The shortest straw

Dan!! · Post by **Dan!!** » Tue Jul 03, 2007 5:40 pm

Did it corrupt the actual partition or the partition table?

Zune1337 · Post by **Zune1337** » Tue Jul 03, 2007 8:16 pm

http://www.tune-up.com/

Also did you try a system restore?

Ar5eNiC · Post by **Ar5eNiC** » Tue Jul 03, 2007 9:15 pm

Zune1337 wrote:http://www.tune-up.com/

Also did you try a system restore?

If the partition is corrupt he can't start windows

UpsetSpy · Post by **UpsetSpy** » Tue Jul 03, 2007 9:42 pm

Wow, I can't imagine how you feel, when I had a Vista RC installed (which totally wiped out my "security(XP backup that comes on some dells)" partition *place Vista joke here* i had lost all my data which contained 2 WIP mods and a few very easily recovered apps, I can't imagine how you must feel, years of data just gone. Hopefully you can get most, if not ALL of your data back, if I come across any useful information or apps for data recovery, I'll be sure to let you know.

Zune1337 · Post by **Zune1337** » Tue Jul 03, 2007 9:45 pm

gtavcmaster100 wrote:
Zune1337 wrote:http://www.tune-up.com/

Also did you try a system restore?
If the partition is corrupt he can't start windows

Oh I thought he had a 2nd one. Hmmmm.......

ScottyGEE · Post by **ScottyGEE** » Tue Jul 03, 2007 11:19 pm

A few programs can find old folder names...But not files. All programs have not give me any results...I've probably tried about 15 or so.

I'll take the hint

I'll just scrap adventure 5...I'll make a different one...But it truly was totally ORSM, basically all previous animations looked poor in comparison.

Sgt.Peppers · Post by **Sgt.Peppers** » Tue Jul 03, 2007 11:24 pm

ScottyGEE wrote:A few programs can find old folder names...But not files. All programs have not give me any results...I've probably tried about 15 or so.

I'll take the hint

I'll just scrap adventure 5...I'll make a different one...But it truly was totally ORSM, basically all previous animations looked poor in comparison.

Damn, the one I gave you didn't work either?

ScottyGEE · Post by **ScottyGEE** » Tue Jul 03, 2007 11:54 pm

Thats what I used today...Took like 5 minutes for a quick search and then Took 3 hours to search through everything properly but yeah that was the folders one.

Others find "clusters" of 1.44mb but dont even bother to assemble them back together, leavining me with shit.

And yeah, I jsut say its not coming back

edit: I found this funny though:

Pretty big space for an 80gb hdd...Never knew it had it in it

and if it meant giga bits well wouldn't that be over too?

Sgt.Peppers · Post by **Sgt.Peppers** » Tue Jul 03, 2007 11:58 pm

ScottyGEE wrote:Thats what I used today...Took like 5 minutes for a quick search and then Took 3 hours to search through everything properly but yeah that was the folders one.

Others find "clusters" of 1.44mb but dont even bother to assemble them back together, leavining me with ****.

And yeah, I jsut say its not coming back

Damn, sorry. Wish I could be more of a help.

D4rkFire · Post by **D4rkFire** » Wed Jul 04, 2007 12:02 am

There is still one way, but its going to cost you a lot of money.

http://www.1stdatarecovery.com/

There are other sites that you might be able to get better rates on but this is the first one I found on google.

ScottyGEE · Post by **ScottyGEE** » Wed Jul 04, 2007 12:09 am

Unless all the programs I've used have been faulty, I don't think they could retrive files that have been overwritten.

but thanks anyway. and thank to everyone else.

xbox7887 · Post by **xbox7887** » Wed Jul 04, 2007 12:28 am

When something like this happens, you certainly don't start installing more stuff on that partition...you use another hdd and boot from that, then try to recover the corrupted one. Once a file is overwritten, it can't be recovered through software means. If the lost data is that important, you could however send it in and have it professionally done...

shadowkhas · Post by **shadowkhas** » Wed Jul 04, 2007 4:04 am

ScottyGEE wrote:Pretty big space for an 80gb hdd...Never knew it had it in it

and if it meant giga bits well wouldn't that be over too?

Nope, Gigabits are just Gigabytes divided by 8.

MasterNeoChief · Post by **MasterNeoChief** » Wed Jul 04, 2007 5:17 am

That's a pretty big pain. I've lost quite some models I had on my HDD too...

Well, here's to hoping it will turn out even better.
I do recommend a big external HDD. We recently got a 250GB one, which will be fine to back up alot of stuff.

ScottyGEE · Post by **ScottyGEE** » Wed Jul 04, 2007 5:27 am

I think I will invest in one...However RRP is like $400 for one...Yet I could get one off ebay for about $150...But I hate being scammed >_<

Geo · Post by **Geo** » Wed Jul 04, 2007 5:58 am

External HDD's are quite cheap here. I've got a 320GB one for less then

TomClancey · Post by **TomClancey** » Wed Jul 04, 2007 6:42 am

I'd just buy a 250 or 320gb hard drive and buy and enclosure. You can find some dirt cheap HD enclosures. I got mine for like $15-20.

The 250gig HD will also only cost you have $65-75.

xbox · Post by **xbox** » Wed Jul 04, 2007 6:55 am

buy this one
http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage.jsp ... 7112455081

Zune1337 · Post by **Zune1337** » Wed Jul 04, 2007 9:55 am

D4rkFire wrote:http://www.1stdatarecovery.com/

I would try that if I were you.

It sucks though. Not to say anything But I'm waiting for vista to be stabler before I upgrade.

Thrasher Alpha · Post by **Thrasher Alpha** » Thu Jul 05, 2007 10:45 am

Ive lost quite a few things..... I had to recover my laptop about 10 times because i *'d it up somehow.... my 10nth was just a week ago accually