Hard disk accidentally got formatted!!! Help!

Dashken · 5th Apr 2007, 09:17 AM

I'm down there now. Very down. This morning, when I start up my notebook from hibernation, I forgot to take out a CD from my drive which is a Freedos CD that I created for my company that will automatically format the hdd and install Freedos.

God...

I started up my laptop and went away, when I got back, I see Freedos on my laptop screen. I nearly fainted. 2 years of work plus my software that I was working on, all emails, bookmarks, etc.

Is there any way that I can retrieve back my data without spending hundreds of bucks? I'm now trying on the GetBackData 3.03 Evaluation Version that my colleague borrow me and pray that God understand my plea.

Please help....

Trinity · 5th Apr 2007, 09:36 AM

Oh man... That SUCKS!

ZuePhok · 5th Apr 2007, 10:14 AM

if u want the safest way, dun touch anything on that drive, and most importantly, don't copy ANYTHING into that drive, and send it to data recovery guy.

Dashken · 5th Apr 2007, 11:22 AM

Well, I know. But that would easily cost hundreds...

Bestia(ry) · 5th Apr 2007, 01:42 PM

Like Zue said, don't touch it.
All this @home recovery apps won't do no good.
You'll have to pay or farewell your data.

ZuePhok · 5th Apr 2007, 02:03 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Dashken

Well, I know. But that would easily cost hundreds...

shit like this, it's better to let the expert handles.
in your case, as long as you don't move any new data in, your precious old data can easily be recovered. it's a logical case, not physical so shouldn't be very very costly.

The_YongGrand · 5th Apr 2007, 04:33 PM

Quickly, send your HDD to a data recovery centre! It sucks to have your stuff accidently wiped out.

I usually keep anything like auto-BIOS flash (the one which you busted it and auto-flash upon inserting diskette) and Linux/Freedos CDs AWAY from the computer.

Dashken · 7th Apr 2007, 08:55 PM

Pheewww... finally managed to recover almost all my files (maybe even all) with Active@ File Recovery.

This is not a really good program though. When I scan through and recover, sometimes it stood still for God knows how long... and I can't even press Stop. Have to restart it and rescan the whole harddisk which took between 1-2 hours with a AMD X2 4200+ and 1GB of RAM. I created an image of my HDD with it and used that... don't want to tax my HDD so much.

Thank God and thank you guys...

Even my Outlook Archive seems to be intact. Look through a few folders and everything looks ok.

From now on, I'll disable boot from cd in my notebook's BIOS.

Once is enough already...

Trinity · 7th Apr 2007, 10:21 PM

That's good news!

Dashken · 8th Apr 2007, 12:36 AM

Yup, it sure is!

5th Apr 2007, 09:17 AM	#1 (permalink)
Dashken Administrator! Join Date: 21 Apr 2003 Location: Penang Posts: 29,725 Reputation: 2162 Rep Power: 56	Hard disk accidentally got formatted!!! Help! I'm down there now. Very down. This morning, when I start up my notebook from hibernation, I forgot to take out a CD from my drive which is a Freedos CD that I created for my company that will automatically format the hdd and install Freedos. God... I started up my laptop and went away, when I got back, I see Freedos on my laptop screen. I nearly fainted. 2 years of work plus my software that I was working on, all emails, bookmarks, etc. Is there any way that I can retrieve back my data without spending hundreds of bucks? I'm now trying on the GetBackData 3.03 Evaluation Version that my colleague borrow me and pray that God understand my plea. Please help.... __________________ \| Intel Core 2 Duo E6850 @ 3.2Ghz \| ASUS P5B-E Plus \| G.SKILL 2x1GB DDR2 800 \| 6 HDDs (2TB+ only ) \| NVIDIA GeForce 7600GT \| Dell E248WFP 24" Widescreen \| Blog : Dashken's I-Blog Gallery : Dashken's I-Paintings

5th Apr 2007, 09:36 AM	#2 (permalink)
Trinity Little Kiki Join Date: 5 Jan 2003 Location: Ohio,usa Posts: 6,770 Reputation: 5215 Rep Power: 64	Oh man... That SUCKS! __________________ E6600, P5B-D, 1Gbx2 Crucial PC2-8500, 7600GT, WD 500GbHDD Conroe Bay-Bee! (\__/) (-. - ) (> < )

5th Apr 2007, 10:14 AM	#3 (permalink)
ZuePhok Hold me back! I can't stop posting!!! Join Date: 16 Dec 2002 Location: Floating Island Of Mandango Posts: 8,606 Reputation: 2854 Rep Power: 42	if u want the safest way, dun touch anything on that drive, and most importantly, don't copy ANYTHING into that drive, and send it to data recovery guy. __________________ my motto: poison first, think later.

5th Apr 2007, 11:22 AM	#4 (permalink)
Dashken Administrator! Join Date: 21 Apr 2003 Location: Penang Posts: 29,725 Reputation: 2162 Rep Power: 56	Well, I know. But that would easily cost hundreds... __________________ \| Intel Core 2 Duo E6850 @ 3.2Ghz \| ASUS P5B-E Plus \| G.SKILL 2x1GB DDR2 800 \| 6 HDDs (2TB+ only ) \| NVIDIA GeForce 7600GT \| Dell E248WFP 24" Widescreen \| Blog : Dashken's I-Blog Gallery : Dashken's I-Paintings

5th Apr 2007, 01:42 PM	#5 (permalink)
Bestia(ry) Fenrisulfr Join Date: 11 Oct 2004 Location: Lyngvi Posts: 2,217 Reputation: 1510 Rep Power: 22	Like Zue said, don't touch it. All this @home recovery apps won't do no good. You'll have to pay or farewell your data. __________________ Gods. Men. Beast alike.

5th Apr 2007, 04:33 PM	#7 (permalink)
The_YongGrand Super Active Join Date: 12 Feb 2005 Location: Somewhere in 甲洞... Posts: 2,281 Reputation: 852 Rep Power: 14	Quickly, send your HDD to a data recovery centre! It sucks to have your stuff accidently wiped out. I usually keep anything like auto-BIOS flash (the one which you busted it and auto-flash upon inserting diskette) and Linux/Freedos CDs AWAY from the computer. __________________ Intel Core 2 Duo E7200, 2GB DDR2-667 RAM, Gigabyte 945GCMX-S2, Sapphire ATi Radeon HD4850 512MB DDR3 2nd pc under construction! Wolfdale baby!

7th Apr 2007, 08:55 PM	#8 (permalink)
Dashken Administrator! Join Date: 21 Apr 2003 Location: Penang Posts: 29,725 Reputation: 2162 Rep Power: 56	Pheewww... finally managed to recover almost all my files (maybe even all) with Active@ File Recovery. This is not a really good program though. When I scan through and recover, sometimes it stood still for God knows how long... and I can't even press Stop. Have to restart it and rescan the whole harddisk which took between 1-2 hours with a AMD X2 4200+ and 1GB of RAM. I created an image of my HDD with it and used that... don't want to tax my HDD so much. Thank God and thank you guys... Even my Outlook Archive seems to be intact. Look through a few folders and everything looks ok. From now on, I'll disable boot from cd in my notebook's BIOS. Once is enough already... __________________ \| Intel Core 2 Duo E6850 @ 3.2Ghz \| ASUS P5B-E Plus \| G.SKILL 2x1GB DDR2 800 \| 6 HDDs (2TB+ only ) \| NVIDIA GeForce 7600GT \| Dell E248WFP 24" Widescreen \| Blog : Dashken's I-Blog Gallery : Dashken's I-Paintings Last edited by Dashken : 7th Apr 2007 at 09:01 PM.

7th Apr 2007, 10:21 PM	#9 (permalink)
Trinity Little Kiki Join Date: 5 Jan 2003 Location: Ohio,usa Posts: 6,770 Reputation: 5215 Rep Power: 64	That's good news! __________________ E6600, P5B-D, 1Gbx2 Crucial PC2-8500, 7600GT, WD 500GbHDD Conroe Bay-Bee! (\__/) (-. - ) (> < )

8th Apr 2007, 12:36 AM	#10 (permalink)
Dashken Administrator! Join Date: 21 Apr 2003 Location: Penang Posts: 29,725 Reputation: 2162 Rep Power: 56	Yup, it sure is! __________________ \| Intel Core 2 Duo E6850 @ 3.2Ghz \| ASUS P5B-E Plus \| G.SKILL 2x1GB DDR2 800 \| 6 HDDs (2TB+ only ) \| NVIDIA GeForce 7600GT \| Dell E248WFP 24" Widescreen \| Blog : Dashken's I-Blog Gallery : Dashken's I-Paintings

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