doing a spot of reformatting, forgot to switch my ext HD off and have, I presume, managed to delete the directory. Note ... I didn't reformat it. Anyone know of any utility to restore it pls?????
When you say you deleted the directory, what exactly is it that you did?
Decided to reinstall winxp on drive D
2 drives came up on format options. Eg; D and G(ext HD drive)
Hit G by mistake (complete dickhead!!) & it stated it had deleted the partition before I realised the error.
I obviously didn't continue with the format but have this feeling I've had it (game, set and match to the 'puter).
Message on clicking G drive now states that it's unformatted!!
Hirens bootcd has some recovery tools on it http://www.hiren.info/pages/bootcd
Quote from: sobranie on Jul 05, 2008, 22:17:19
Decided to reinstall winxp on drive D
2 drives came up on format options. Eg; D and G(ext HD drive)
Hit G by mistake (complete dickhead!!) & it stated it had deleted the partition before I realised the error.
I obviously didn't continue with the format but have this feeling I've had it (game, set and match to the 'puter).
Message on clicking G drive now states that it's unformatted!!
Take a look at this (http://www.thefreecountry.com/utilities/datarecovery.shtml).
I hope it helps. :)
Tks for replies guys.
Now playing around with Hirens like CAREFULLY
Borrowed a copy of EASEUS data recovery wizard pro. Worked like a dream and simple instructions.
Glad you recovered the data! It, obviously, was all backed up anyway! :out:
:phew:
I'm glad you managed to recover it. :)