Need Help Now

RubberDuckie · Post by **RubberDuckie** » Sat Feb 04, 2006 11:43 pm

I am working on a computer and really F*&*ed up.
I deleted a partition of the WRONG disk....Is there a way to recover this partition and the data ?

RubberDuckie · Post by **RubberDuckie** » Sat Feb 04, 2006 11:47 pm

while we are at it... whats the difference between an dynamic and a basic disc?

ZYFER · Post by **ZYFER** » Sun Feb 05, 2006 12:06 am

I can not think of any free recovery software at the moment that will do the job.

Here is a lik to more info about the difference between basic and dynamic:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Logical_Disk_Manager

Post by **FlyingPenguin** » Sun Feb 05, 2006 12:18 am

Nothing free, but something like iRecover should work. I've had good luck with it.

RubberDuckie · Post by **RubberDuckie** » Sun Feb 05, 2006 12:20 am

Of course it was my computer... and it was my 250 Gig HDD that was full of movies, mp3s, and programs.

I guess that is the downfall of two drives in the same computer of the same size...easy to confuse the two in disc manager. I found a program that seems to be working but will take 3 hours to find files (which it is)... now I just hope it will recover them.

swinada · Post by **swinada** » Sun Feb 05, 2006 10:33 am

it will most likely take way longer then 3 hrs to recover 250gb of movies etc.
It took over 12hrs to recover files of a 60Gb HD for me. But, god luck.

Post by **FlyingPenguin** » Sun Feb 05, 2006 11:01 am

Agreed. May take all day, but as long as you didn't overwrite the drive with data you should fully recover it.

RubberDuckie · Post by **RubberDuckie** » Sun Feb 05, 2006 11:56 am

OK ... downloaded advance recovery wizard and it took 3 hours to give me a directory tree of what is recoverable.

Everything I need looks good...when I go to recover the files. Of course the demo version will not do this so I have to purchase the $80 program. Grrrrr.

Post by **FlyingPenguin** » Sun Feb 05, 2006 12:03 pm

Check your email...

Qui Gon-Jinn · Post by **Qui Gon-Jinn** » Sun Feb 05, 2006 1:06 pm

hey Duckie.. give me a call if you need help with this. I ahve the software that will do it. and can drop it by your place if you need.. I even think I have it on a thumb drive..

806-252-6681

it's called Get Data Back NTFS..

and I actually really do own it.. I bought it for work a while back..

RubberDuckie · Post by **RubberDuckie** » Sun Feb 05, 2006 9:44 pm

the result:

I tried irecover and it did not 'see' all the files I needed/wanted
So I tried a program called Data Recovery Wizard 2.0 and it did 'see' all the files I needed.
Therefore I purchased the program
Installed the purchased version and 8 hours later I have the data I need.

Lesson learned, when you have two HDDs the same, give a CAREFUL look at the drive you are working on.

Thanks for all your support, especially FP.
Good thing is I built a computer for a friend this weekend and the money I earned went to the program I purchased so I broke even, and now I ACTUALLY OWN a program which I know works.

Backing up on DVD now so it will not happen again.

Again thanks for the support, Long live PCA.

Post by **FlyingPenguin** » Sun Feb 05, 2006 10:36 pm

Yeah, I have one system with identical drives and it's always a bit of nail biting when I'm working with an imaging app or Partition Magic to make sure I'm working on the right drive.