Thanks Tony - I've got a couple of copies of UBCD4win, but somehow I missed that utility. I'll boot one up tonight and see what it yields.
Jonathan L. Raper, A+, MCSA, MCSE Technology Coordinator Eagle Physicians & Associates, PA jra...@eaglemds.com<BLOCKED::mailto:%20jra...@eaglemds.com> www.eaglemds.com<BLOCKED::http://www.eaglemds.com/> ________________________________ From: Tony Patton [mailto:apco...@gmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, October 19, 2010 2:29 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: partition recovery after attempted XP install TestDisk, I think the app is called, its on the UBCD4win cd. I've used it in the past after messing partitions up, but not with usb so ymmv. T typed slowly on HTC Desire On 19 Oct 2010 17:50, "Raper, Jonathan - Eagle" <jra...@eaglemds.com<mailto: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<mailto:jra...@eaglemds.com><BLOCKED::mailto:%20jra...@eaglemds.com<mailto:20jra...@eaglemds.com>> > www.eaglemds.com<http://www.eaglemds.com><BLOCKED::http://www.eaglemds.com/> > > > ________________________________ > Any medical information contained in this electronic message is CONFIDENTIAL > and privileged. It is unlawful for unauthorized persons to view, copy, > disclose, or disseminate CONFIDENTIAL information. This electronic message > may contain information that is confidential and/or legally privileged. It is > intended only for the use of the individual(s) and/or entity named as > recipients in the message. If you are not an intended recipient of this > message, please notify the sender immediately and delete this material from > your computer. Do not deliver, distribute or copy this message, and do not > disclose its contents or take any action in reliance on the information that > it contains. > > ~ 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<mailto:listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com> > with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ 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<mailto:listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com> with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ 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
