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scoots987

01-20-2002, 11:54 AM

Without sending the drive out to a service, is there a tool out there that would allow me to at least attempt to recover some data on drive that has data on it? I inadertently started a fdisk on it but canceled(maybe too late) immediately. Basically I have some family pictures on it I'd like to recover. If it a loss then so beit. I can reformat and start with a clean drive. The drive is functional.

Any help please...

Scoots987

Jimstep

01-20-2002, 01:11 PM

Just curious to know at what point you cancelled the FDISK operation? Did you actually make a change?

I think a program like Partition Magic might be able to help you. I don't know for sure, but it is worth a try. Partition magic can alter partitions on the fly without losing data. It might have a utility to help recover from accidents.

scoots987

01-20-2002, 01:33 PM

Right away!!! I don't think it got past 1 percent. I realize that this may be a lost cause but I need to try to recover these pics for a friend that isn't computer literate. After I did this I just about shot myself for not taking better care. But we all make mistakes at some point in our lives. I don't have PM but I'll look into it. I played with that some time ago.

Scoot987

BobViper

01-20-2002, 04:01 PM

ALOHA

Try OnTrack Easy Recovery. (http://www.ontrack.com/easyrecovery/)

Free Personal Version shows 95-98-Me what you can recover before you buy!!! (http://www.ontrack.com/freesoftware/ERPERFUS.EXE)

Free Pro ver All 9x + Nt,Xp,Win2k. (http://www.ontrack.com/freesoftware/ERPROFUS.EXE)

I've used it before and its amazing what it digs up:D !Also teaches
you that delete doesn't Really mean a Lot;)!

Aloha~BobViper

scoots987

01-20-2002, 08:48 PM

Wow, thanks that might work.

Scoots987

scoots987

01-24-2002, 11:16 AM

$500 for a one time deal. I don't think so! Does anyone else have an alternate solution? The data is there but unless I spend $500 for this software, I'm not going to get it with that software.

Scoots987

Shinta

01-25-2002, 01:12 AM

o0o thanks for the link on those programs.. but do you have links to the page of the download so that i can click it to d/l instead of directly to the download?

BobViper

01-25-2002, 10:51 AM

ALOHA

Re:scoots987 The Free versions will at least tell you if the data you are looking for is available for recovery or if you can Forget it.

Re:Shinta~Free DownLoad page Here. (http://www.ontrack.com/freesoftware/index.asp#easyrecovery)

Shinta

01-25-2002, 07:09 PM

thanks bob.. by the way was that you who messaged me on instant messenger today?

01-29-2002, 03:44 PM

If you want the program mentioned, and more, free from me, send me a PM with your email. In total, it will be 5.5+MB.

G

NDD

01-29-2002, 08:10 PM

I remember I've already seen similar posts somewhere, G :D
But there the required size was just 1MB. What are you adding ?

Shinta

01-29-2002, 09:27 PM

nd wheres can i dl that file? :o

01-31-2002, 04:44 AM

More expensive but free goodies. Definitely worth the extra MB download.

G

Shinta

01-31-2002, 06:54 AM

what do you mean more expensive but free? :-p

Brona

10-30-2005, 05:06 AM

Greetings,

I suppose Active@ undelete can help you. It works really great and never failed me before. It's alogrithm is really awesome, you should definately try it out. Really recommended!
http://www.active-undelete.com/
For data restoration under DOS Uneraser palys it really cool.
http://www.uneraser.com/

Midknyte

10-30-2005, 05:55 AM

You were warned. Goodbye.