OMG I LOST EVERYTHING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[ILikeSprite]

My Win2k install got totally FUBAR so I tried reinstalling it and it didn't work. I had 30GB worth of stuff on my HD and had nowhere to back it up to so I told it to install a clean copy and leave the filesystem how it is. Well for some fvcking reason it decided to completely wipe out my partition!!!! I LOST EVERYTHING!!!!! :|:|:|:|:|:|:|:|:|:|:|:|:|:|:|:|:|:|:|:|:|:|:| Is there anyway I can get any of it back? I am desperate!

 

[UglyCasanova]

i dunno, but that sucks. hope you can get it back.

 

[Jerboy]

<< My Win2k install got totally FUBAR so I tried reinstalling it and it didn't work. I had 30GB worth of stuff on my HD and had nowhere to back it up to so I told it to install a clean copy and leave the filesystem how it is. Well for some fvcking reason it decided to completely wipe out my partition!!!! I LOST EVERYTHING!!!!! :|:|:|:|:|:|:|:|:|:|:|:|:|:|:|:|:|:|:|:|:|:|:| Is there anyway I can get any of it back? I am desperate! >>




Been there done that.

I was using fdisk and since MS-DOS, Windows (and possibly Linux) likes to switch around drive letter when drives are added, removed/partitions added removed, I typed in what usually would be the second partition of my HDD, but since I erased that already, format D: wiped out my entired data drive.

 

[Barnaby W. Füi]

<<

<< My Win2k install got totally FUBAR so I tried reinstalling it and it didn't work. I had 30GB worth of stuff on my HD and had nowhere to back it up to so I told it to install a clean copy and leave the filesystem how it is. Well for some fvcking reason it decided to completely wipe out my partition!!!! I LOST EVERYTHING!!!!! :|:|:|:|:|:|:|:|:|:|:|:|:|:|:|:|:|:|:|:|:|:|:| Is there anyway I can get any of it back? I am desperate! >>




Been there done that.

I was using fdisk and since MS-DOS, Windows (and possibly Linux) likes to switch around drive letter when drives are added, removed/partitions added removed, I typed in what usually would be the second partition of my HDD, but since I erased that already, format D: wiped out my entired data drive. >>


linux doesnt use drive letters. you were using it and didnt know that???

also, you might want to try partitioning your hard drive and backing up your data!!!

 

[DannyLove]

why in the hell didnt you back up your files? jesus! its 30 gigs we're talking about. Once I happen to obtain large amounts of data, i take super extreme caution when I do something like "installing a operating system"

my only words of advise here is:

a lesson well learned.

 

[Czar]

next time, install a 5gb partition for the windows installation and the rest for all your other files.

 

[randomlinh]

now you know, never ever do anything major w/o a backup

 

[cavemanmoron]

format,and never backup.important stuff belong on paper ugh!!me cAVEman"moron" LOL
i like fat32,not the nfts or ntfs?>? doh
never tried linux tho
wah sorry for ya.you have a cdburner,
try a goback program????
do search on googlelink a
link b

 

[HappyFace]

Yea it's probably a good idea to back everything up. Whats the best way of doing this? Obviously backing up on 2034 floppies isn't the answer.

 

[Squisher]

Was almost there with you. Had a 4 month old stick of DDR go bad(what's up with that). Windows protection errors, etc. Wasn't too far from a reformat myself, when I figured it out.

 

[kami]

Live and learn.

 

[ILikeSprite]

Umm... how? The second biggest hard drive in my house is an 8.4GB which is already full of crap anyway. There is no way I could have backed anything up especially since I couldn't get into windows and I can't boot off a floppy since it's an NTFS.

 

[McPhreak]

Have no fear. Same thing happened to me.

 

[Barnaby W. Füi]

<< Umm... how? The second biggest hard drive in my house is an 8.4GB which is already full of crap anyway. There is no way I could have backed anything up especially since I couldn't get into windows and I can't boot off a floppy since it's an NTFS. >>


well if you dont get a cd burner, then dont be surprised when all your stuff goes down the crapper. you could use fat32. you also could have reinstalled w/o formatting, or in a worst case scenario, install into another directory (i.e. not winnt)

 

[Time2Kill]

Go find lost and found, I think it is by norton and it will recover most of your crap.

It has saved me a couple of times!

 

[Presence]

Thats a lot of pr0n you lost there.

 

[ILikeSprite]

30GB onto cdrs??? I don't even think I have that many. Also i had quite a few files over 700MB that would not fit on a cd. I told win2k not to format. I specifically selected "leave current filesystem intact". Did it? NO! :|

 

[Rahminator]

burners are very cheap nowadays. You don't need to buy the newest ones if you're on a budget. Buy a burner.

 

[Harvey]

It won't help, this time, but the cheapest, fastest backup you can use is a second hard drive and Norton Ghost. I back up my 20 gigger while I'm taking a shower.

I always do a full backup before in stalling a new program. That way, if it fails or screws up the drive, I can just Ghost it back and try again.

 

[Barnaby W. Füi]

<< 30GB onto cdrs??? I don't even think I have that many. >>


go buy them then. you can't just complain about losing your data and then give all these reasons why you refuse to back up, that makes no sense.

 

[PsychoAndy]

Speaking of which..........I'm planning on going 2k tonight. Just as a test run, I ran thru some of the install prompts. I was planning on running the upgrade to 2k from 98se. You mean instead of running an install over the OS, it went and formatted everything?

<--starts backing up stuff onto other HD

 

[DanFungus]

<< << 30GB onto cdrs??? I don't even think I have that many. >>


go buy them then. you can't just complain about losing your data and then give all these reasons why you refuse to back up, that makes no sense. >>


no, not 30GB onto CDrs in a 1:1 ratio.....I used Norton Go Back to backup my drive and it was like 1 80 minute (700MB) CD to 1300MB hard drive space. Worked pretty good.

 

[ILikeSprite]

What is the best program for recovering files? Does anyone know if Ontrack Easyrecovery is any good? I am about to buy one.....

 

[peto]

It's a message from God telling you not to hoard porn.

 

[Photon]

data loss occurs all too frequently. :frown:
backup, backup, backup.. speaking of which, i need to