Whoops, deleted wrong partition on wrong drive...

Angry · 09-25-09, 09:23 AM

So in the midist of rearranging the IDE drives in my yee old socket A system, I accidently deleted the wrong drives partition.

I had had 160gb drives jumper set to "Limit capacity to 32gb" but upon reboot and going into disk management, Windows swapped driver letters with another 40gb drive. Instead of deleting the formated 32gb partition, my dumbass delets the 37gb partition of the 40gb!

I quickly relized this once I saw there was now another 160gb drive listed...with a formatted 32gb partition.

CRAP

Now....I havent recreated the 40gb drives partition, its still in the state of having no partition. Im afraid to as I NEED to recover the data on that drive...it was nearly full of VERY important data.

I have a full version of Power Data Recovery, which has worked wonderfully in the past. But it cant see the 40gb drive with it having a partition.

What can I do to recover that all data?

Angry · 09-25-09, 11:24 AM

Managed to recover it all, with GetDataBack.

...worked like a charm!

CompuTamer · 04-05-11, 01:46 PM

Recuva is a good program too for things like that. I keep it on my computer for when my stupid self deletes the wrong folder full of music.

cw823 · 04-06-11, 02:30 PM

ftk imager is another forensic level file recovery tool, have used it on several occasions

athlonhead · 04-07-11, 10:53 PM

I did that too.
There are programs that will reinstall the partitions I found one with an internet search.
I did get them back but the operating system was slow booting up and there were some other glitches too. I may have not done something correctly and caused the problems myself.

I ended up getting another hard drive and just used the other for storage and to get the info I needed off of it.

DigitalMonkey · 04-10-11, 01:02 PM

GetBackData is the way to go, this help me get everything back when I accidentally deleted the wrong hd. It works like a charm.

09-25-09, 09:23 AM	Thread Starter #1
Angry Join Date: Feb 2001 Location: Bluefield, WV	Whoops, deleted wrong partition on wrong drive... So in the midist of rearranging the IDE drives in my yee old socket A system, I accidently deleted the wrong drives partition. I had had 160gb drives jumper set to "Limit capacity to 32gb" but upon reboot and going into disk management, Windows swapped driver letters with another 40gb drive. Instead of deleting the formated 32gb partition, my dumbass delets the 37gb partition of the 40gb! I quickly relized this once I saw there was now another 160gb drive listed...with a formatted 32gb partition. CRAP Now....I havent recreated the 40gb drives partition, its still in the state of having no partition. Im afraid to as I NEED to recover the data on that drive...it was nearly full of VERY important data. I have a full version of Power Data Recovery, which has worked wonderfully in the past. But it cant see the 40gb drive with it having a partition. What can I do to recover that all data? __________________ Main Rig.......................Game Server.........................Media Server..............Untangle Core i3 2100 ....... ........Phenom II X4 965...................Athlon II X4 620....... Athlon X2 2350-BE 2.1ghz MSI P67A-GD65 ..............Asus M4A79XTD........................GA-890GX.................MSI 785GTM-45 G.Skill 1333 4x2gb............16gb Partriot S5 DDR3 1333.......4gb DDR3 1600...........4gb OCZ DDR2 1066 EVGA GTX 670 FTW SLI........2x EVGA GTX 550Ti.........................Onboard 890gx 60gb OCZ Summit.................4x250gb WD RE Raid0 ViewSonic VX2453mh-LED
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09-25-09, 11:24 AM	Thread Starter #2
Angry Join Date: Feb 2001 Location: Bluefield, WV	Managed to recover it all, with GetDataBack. ...worked like a charm! __________________ Main Rig.......................Game Server.........................Media Server..............Untangle Core i3 2100 ....... ........Phenom II X4 965...................Athlon II X4 620....... Athlon X2 2350-BE 2.1ghz MSI P67A-GD65 ..............Asus M4A79XTD........................GA-890GX.................MSI 785GTM-45 G.Skill 1333 4x2gb............16gb Partriot S5 DDR3 1333.......4gb DDR3 1600...........4gb OCZ DDR2 1066 EVGA GTX 670 FTW SLI........2x EVGA GTX 550Ti.........................Onboard 890gx 60gb OCZ Summit.................4x250gb WD RE Raid0 ViewSonic VX2453mh-LED
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04-05-11, 01:46 PM	#3
CompuTamer Member with Some Fancy Text Under His Name Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Brandon Mississippi	Recuva is a good program too for things like that. I keep it on my computer for when my stupid self deletes the wrong folder full of music. __________________ Intel Core i7 C0 @ 4.01GHz with 1.388 vCore ..........................................Intel C2D T8100 Intel DX58SO Motherboard IOH + QPI @ 1.250 Volts..............................HP 6910p Notebook Sony Optiarc Blu-Ray Drive.................................................. ...............DVD-RAM 8 GB G-Skill Sniper DDR3 1600 @ 1.65 Volts ...........................................4GB Hyundai DDR2 800 60GB OCZ Solid 3 + 320GB WD Blue+ 1TB WD Green...............................Intel 320 80GB Antec 900.................................................. .......................................Titanium Lid BFG GS-650.................................................. .....................................Various HP AC Adapters XFX Radeon HD 4850 (660/1060 53C Idle 62C Load) @ 1.31 vCore............ATI X2300 Pro Dual Dell E2311H LED 1920x1080.................................................. .......14.1" 1440x900 Windows 8 ProMC.................................................. .............................Windows 8 ProMC Those specs up there? They're silent. Silence is good. Very good. Your Core 2 Quad is based off of the Pentium pro in a few ways.
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04-06-11, 02:30 PM	#4
cw823 Honeybadger Moderator Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: Earth	ftk imager is another forensic level file recovery tool, have used it on several occasions __________________ As of 9/2012 I am semi-inactive honeybadger moderator smacks the **** out of people that cause issues in the classified section Heatware: cw823 Paypal: paypal @ cw823 dot com Adak - My spreader bar was shaped using a pair of vise grips, a hammer, and the tow receiver on my pick up Support your forum: http://www.newegg.com/
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04-07-11, 10:53 PM	#5
athlonhead Member Join Date: Nov 2005	I did that too. There are programs that will reinstall the partitions I found one with an internet search. I did get them back but the operating system was slow booting up and there were some other glitches too. I may have not done something correctly and caused the problems myself. I ended up getting another hard drive and just used the other for storage and to get the info I needed off of it. __________________ A8N-E NForce4 Ultra- Syba CL Northbridge Cooler-------------------A7N8X NForce2 Ultra 400 Opteron 170 LCB9E Topless A C Freezer 64 Pro---------------------Mobile Athlon XP 2600 SI-97A CPU@2700 MHZ - 1.325 Vcore----------------------------------------CPU@XP 3200 specs 1.65 Vcore Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 160GB ----------------------------------Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 160GB OCZ Platinum 2 x 1GB DDR 400 Dual Channel Kit-------------------3x CORSAIR 512MB Enhance ENP-5240G 400W---------------------------------------------FSP Group AX 400W ASUS EN8400GS/HTD/512M GeForce 8400GS-------------------------ASUS A9250/TD/128 Radeon 9250
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04-10-11, 01:02 PM	#6
DigitalMonkey Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Chicago, IL	GetBackData is the way to go, this help me get everything back when I accidentally deleted the wrong hd. It works like a charm. __________________ Project Akachi Coming Soon...
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