OMG what have i done !!! Format mistake

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Hi

I have had problems installing windows XP on my HDD, as when it reaches 99% it says that some files cannot be installed and there is an internal error.

I installed my old pc bits to enable me to boot off my old hdd where i had a previous windows install on partition C (containing my docs that i wanted to backup). Partition D also contained my music and most importantly all my uni work for *** last 3 years, that i wanted to backup too. Unfortunately i formatted the D partition using the disc storage manager in the administrative system options.

All i did was click format, and bosh it was gone. Im using some recovery tool, but what is that chance that it will be able to recover *** uni documents ?

**** **** **** :(
 
erm well its recovering a lot of files, but does anyone know of a program that will look for *** deleted folders containing all the files rather than jsut listing all the recovered files by filetype ?

thanks
 
All you needed one was of these, and you wouldn't be pooing yourself..

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Prepare yourself you might not able to recover the data. You could send it away to data recover companies, it'll cost a bit though. And learn from this mistake

1) Always have important/non recoverable data/coursework backed onto another machine or onto media

2) Be in a recovery situation that your hard drive can stop working at any time, and you still have data elseware, albeit not quite up to date (ie at worst lost 1 weeks of work)
 
Cheers lads, il give that program a go.

Squiffy, i have plenty of those and backed up all videos etc jsut before i came to uni. I also installed my old pc bits today so i could remove the password on my old windows so i could access my documents and backup everything on that drive later on today. Just a silly error of mixing up drive letters on the day i had devoted to backing up :rolleyes:

Im scared that ive lost my uni work, bu its about 1/6 of the way through and has recovered a few hundred word files already. A few of which are the latest documents.

I think im lucky that ive done it today so windows will not have been able to overright those files on the formatted part of the HDD.

1) Always have important/non recoverable data/coursework backed onto another machine or onto media
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Actually i might have backed up my uni folder onto my brothers pc at home.
 
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