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I had a problem resulting from some IBM software confusing my old drive with the one I had jsut installed. The IBM software kindly formatted my old drive for me and the left the empty one untouched and unusable.
I ran a system restore in a vain effort to salvage my files but failed. I've not touched the disk since, and was wondering what I could do to salvage the data off it..
Thanking you muchly.
I ran a system restore in a vain effort to salvage my files but failed. I've not touched the disk since, and was wondering what I could do to salvage the data off it..
Thanking you muchly.
What Colour Will They Be ?
If you've formatted your hard drive AND re-installed over the top, the chances of recovering your files are hovering ever so slightly below infintecimal. Sorry :-)
Mr. Happy wrote:
> I had a problem resulting from some IBM software confusing my old drive with the
> one I had jsut installed. The IBM software kindly formatted my old drive for me
> and the left the empty one untouched and unusable.
I ran a system restore in
> a vain effort to salvage my files but failed. I've not touched the disk since,
> and was wondering what I could do to salvage the data off it..
There are some free data recovery programs available on the internet - try www.tucows.com and do a search for "data recovery"
What you'll have to do is get the drive with lost data, and then simply run the program - i.e. don't install anything new on it or you'll definately lose your dat - when you do things to it it'll overwrite the old lost stuff.
either connect it onto a machine that already has Windows (or whatever) on it, or install windows on your new drive, then re-connect your old one and try it.
I've had to recover lost files before and you can usually get most of your data back.
> I had a problem resulting from some IBM software confusing my old drive with the
> one I had jsut installed. The IBM software kindly formatted my old drive for me
> and the left the empty one untouched and unusable.
I ran a system restore in
> a vain effort to salvage my files but failed. I've not touched the disk since,
> and was wondering what I could do to salvage the data off it..
There are some free data recovery programs available on the internet - try www.tucows.com and do a search for "data recovery"
What you'll have to do is get the drive with lost data, and then simply run the program - i.e. don't install anything new on it or you'll definately lose your dat - when you do things to it it'll overwrite the old lost stuff.
either connect it onto a machine that already has Windows (or whatever) on it, or install windows on your new drive, then re-connect your old one and try it.
I've had to recover lost files before and you can usually get most of your data back.
I had a problem resulting from some IBM software confusing my old drive with the one I had jsut installed. The IBM software kindly formatted my old drive for me and the left the empty one untouched and unusable.
I ran a system restore in a vain effort to salvage my files but failed. I've not touched the disk since, and was wondering what I could do to salvage the data off it..
Thanking you muchly.
I ran a system restore in a vain effort to salvage my files but failed. I've not touched the disk since, and was wondering what I could do to salvage the data off it..
Thanking you muchly.