Recuva is one tool to check...
*ASB *(My XeeSM Profile) <http://XeeSM.com/AndrewBaker> *Exploiting Technology for Business Advantage...* * * On Tue, Oct 19, 2010 at 12:51 PM, Raper, Jonathan - Eagle < jra...@eaglemds.com> wrote: > I have a friend who attempted to install XP on a new larger hard drive on > his Sony Vaio (yuck, but I digress) and ran into failures after 3 attempts, > so he called me. I get to his house and notice that his external Seagate hdd > is still attached via USB. I disconnected it and the install worked like a > champ. It turns out that the system detected his external USB drive as a > bootable device and attempted to install XP multiple times with a 30 Gig > primary partition and a 470 Gig secondary. > > > > So, all the data he had on this external drive is lost. He does have > backups of some of the data, but do any of you know of any tools (preferably > free, as he doesn’t want to spend any $ if he doesn’t have to) that would > possibly be able to recover the data? I know it is a long shot… > > > > Presently the space on the drive is listed as unallocated in Disk > Management. > > > > I tried http://easeus.com/partition-recovery/ and it did find the > partitions that the Sony recovery disks created, but nothing else… > > > > Any other advice before I format and tell him he’s out of luck? > > Jonathan L. Raper, A+, MCSA, MCSE > Technology Coordinator > Eagle Physicians & Associates, PA* > *jra...@eaglemds.com* > *www.eaglemds.com > > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
