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Trenchcoat
(Hive Bee)
09-06-04 05:54
No 529838
User Picture       HELP! Wiped out a partition

The other day I installed BootStar as my boot manager in order to prevent the default windows boot manager from trying to boot into an old windows installer. For the past several months I've had my programming projects residing on a virtual partition (W:\) on my second hard drive. This partition is now gone (along with X:\, Y:\, and Z:\, which were all empty), I only have C:\ (primary drive) and E:\ (main partition on old HD). Windows drive manager shows empty space at the end of my drive, the E:\ partition does not take up all the space on the drive. Is there any way to manually restore my partitions and get my data back or am I fucked? I have a backup of my projects from about a week ago but I'd still really rather not lose the work. Any help is greatly appreciated.

Love,
TC

Better loving through chemistry.

weedar
(Gaylord)
09-06-04 09:17
No 529867
User Picture       well

As long as the data on that partition hasn't been altered
you can just re-create that partition as long as you
specify the exact same place for the partition to start.
I've done this in the past with linux's version of fdisk.

"seriously thishomo internet shit needs to stop" -mcrandom

Maadmike
(Stranger)
09-07-04 10:21
No 530098
      Easy

There are heaps of programs out there to help you. Like mentioned as long as you haven't actually written over the top of the data your okay. NASA was able to recover data from a HDD that blew up in a space shuttle and fell to earth. You shouldn't have any problems at all :D Do a quick google and you should find heaps of stuff, if you have trouble PM me (i work in a computer shop and have heaps of programs for this).

Time aint real, it was just created to monitor our ongoing decay!

Grouch
(Hive Bee)
09-10-04 02:33
No 530577
      I did the same thing once.

I did the same thing once. I used Powerquest lost & found.

lemuralia
(Stranger)
09-10-04 05:47
No 530596
      Trenchcoat: have you tried "fdisk /mbr

Trenchcoat: have you tried "fdisk /mbr" in a cmd box?

There is a backup of your mbr somewhere.

weedar
(Gaylord)
09-10-04 11:27
No 530623
User Picture       uh

Why would he want to remove his Master Boot Record?

"seriously thishomo internet shit needs to stop" -mcrandom

lemuralia
(Stranger)
09-10-04 16:34
No 530660
      You are correct Weedar.

You are correct Weedar. "fdisk /mbr" only restores the loader not the whole mbr.

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		Trenchcoat (Hive Bee) 09-06-04 05:54 No 529838				HELP! Wiped out a partition
						The other day I installed BootStar as my boot manager in order to prevent the default windows boot manager from trying to boot into an old windows installer. For the past several months I've had my programming projects residing on a virtual partition (W:\) on my second hard drive. This partition is now gone (along with X:\, Y:\, and Z:\, which were all empty), I only have C:\ (primary drive) and E:\ (main partition on old HD). Windows drive manager shows empty space at the end of my drive, the E:\ partition does not take up all the space on the drive. Is there any way to manually restore my partitions and get my data back or am I fucked? I have a backup of my projects from about a week ago but I'd still really rather not lose the work. Any help is greatly appreciated. Love, TC Better loving through chemistry.



		weedar (Gaylord) 09-06-04 09:17 No 529867				well
						As long as the data on that partition hasn't been altered you can just re-create that partition as long as you specify the exact same place for the partition to start. I've done this in the past with linux's version of fdisk. "seriously thishomo internet shit needs to stop" -mcrandom



		Maadmike (Stranger) 09-07-04 10:21 No 530098				Easy
						There are heaps of programs out there to help you. Like mentioned as long as you haven't actually written over the top of the data your okay. NASA was able to recover data from a HDD that blew up in a space shuttle and fell to earth. You shouldn't have any problems at all :D Do a quick google and you should find heaps of stuff, if you have trouble PM me (i work in a computer shop and have heaps of programs for this). Time aint real, it was just created to monitor our ongoing decay!



		Grouch (Hive Bee) 09-10-04 02:33 No 530577				I did the same thing once.
						I did the same thing once. I used Powerquest lost & found.



		lemuralia (Stranger) 09-10-04 05:47 No 530596				Trenchcoat: have you tried "fdisk /mbr
						Trenchcoat: have you tried "fdisk /mbr" in a cmd box? There is a backup of your mbr somewhere.



		weedar (Gaylord) 09-10-04 11:27 No 530623				uh
						Why would he want to remove his Master Boot Record? "seriously thishomo internet shit needs to stop" -mcrandom



		lemuralia (Stranger) 09-10-04 16:34 No 530660				You are correct Weedar.
						You are correct Weedar. "fdisk /mbr" only restores the loader not the whole mbr.

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