Inadvertent HDD formatting = beating myself up for doing so

neo_bahamut1985 · Post by **neo_bahamut1985** » Tue Jan 13, 2009 2:56 am

Okay, so, I was attempting to reinstall WinXP on another PC (the OS had corrupt system files, and thus needed to be reisntalled). Not to mention that the Windows HDD wasn't being detected, but I didn't realize this until AFTER. So, I boot of the XP CD to initialize an reinstall. Well, I do so, but it gave me no choice but to delete the partition and start over. I select the partition and format it. However, after I formatted, I realized that I did something that not only was stupid but downright asinine.
The HDD I meant to delete the partition on was the wrong HDD! Yes, I did make backup DVDs here and there, but going through them one by one is awfully tedious, so, is there any good/free recovery software for accidentally formatted HDDs?

franpa · Post by **franpa** » Tue Jan 13, 2009 3:49 am

backup software kinda does fall into the category of recovery software :/ stop being lazy and make use of what you already got!

neo_bahamut1985 · Post by **neo_bahamut1985** » Tue Jan 13, 2009 4:07 am

Sounds more like a tirade than an answer, but, okay.

MajereDB8 · Post by **MajereDB8** » Tue Jan 13, 2009 5:08 am

neo_bahamut1985 wrote:The HDD I meant to delete the partition on was the wrong HDD! Yes, I did make backup DVDs here and there, but going through them one by one is awfully tedious, so, is there any good/free recovery software for accidentally formatted HDDs?

You can try Recuva - http://www.recuva.com . It's made by the same people who bring you the wonderful CCleaner.

Keep in mind that if you wrote data over the files in addition to formatting, you may have some issues recovering the files, but it's worth a try.

blargg · Post by **blargg** » Tue Jan 13, 2009 1:28 pm

Any recovery effort should only be if you have no backups, since the recovered files might be corrupt/incomplete. Since you have a backup, that'll be more reliable. Remember, you aren't making backups unless you verify that you can reasonably do a restore from them.

neo_bahamut1985 · Post by **neo_bahamut1985** » Tue Jan 13, 2009 4:25 pm

Right, but I've only made a few incomplete backups, but I just need recovery that'll recover more than a couple 4.7GB DVDs (the HDD is around 120GB).

Post by **grinvader** » Tue Jan 13, 2009 8:52 pm

The amount of stupid shit happening to you is ridiculously daunting. It's not even funny anymore, you're exactly like a retarded kid who breaks everything he touches.

Seriously, 80% of your posts are "i suck help me"

almost enough to make it illegal

at least it should

darkbenny · Post by **darkbenny** » Wed Jan 14, 2009 1:53 am

that's helpful

neo_bahamut1985 · Post by **neo_bahamut1985** » Wed Jan 14, 2009 2:57 am

.......

Oh, I see how it is now. I go on a forum and ask a technical question just to have my freakin' head bitten off. Not to mention have myself compared to a kid who not only breaks everything he touches, but sucks at life. Gee, had I know that before I would've never asked for advice. It all makes sense now. First of all, I'm 23 and not some noob. Second of all, I know very well how to operate computers and have been doing so since 1994. All I was asking for was advice, not to be the brunt of snide remarks and asinine arguments.

Gil_Hamilton · Post by **Gil_Hamilton** » Wed Jan 14, 2009 3:14 am

neo_bahamut1985 wrote:....... Oh, I see how it is now. I go on a forum and ask a technical question just to have my freakin' head bitten off. Not to mention have myself compared to a kid who not only breaks everything he touches, but sucks at life. Gee, had I know that before I would've never asked for advice. It all makes sense now. First of all, I'm 23 and not some noob. Second of all, I know very well how to operate computers and have been doing so since 1994. All I was asking for was advice, not to be the brunt of snide remarks and asinine arguments.

I iz growed up. I kan wurk com-poo-tars gud. Help plz?

Deathlike2 · Post by **Deathlike2** » Wed Jan 14, 2009 3:23 am

neo_bahamut1985 wrote:....... Oh, I see how it is now. I go on a forum and ask a technical question just to have my freakin' head bitten off. Not to mention have myself compared to a kid who not only breaks everything he touches, but sucks at life. Gee, had I know that before I would've never asked for advice. It all makes sense now. First of all, I'm 23 and not some noob. Second of all, I know very well how to operate computers and have been doing so since 1994. All I was asking for was advice, not to be the brunt of snide remarks and asinine arguments.

South Park wrote:There are no stupid questions... just stupid people.

Sometimes, there's like "something missing" when you ask your questions and I don't know what it is (I'm not saying you're not intelligent, but it seems like you're missing some obvious step when you ask them...)

sweener2001 · Post by **sweener2001** » Wed Jan 14, 2009 3:29 am

neo_bahamut1985 wrote:....... Oh, I see how it is now. I go on a forum and ask a technical question just to have my freakin' head bitten off. Not to mention have myself compared to a kid who not only breaks everything he touches, but sucks at life. Gee, had I know that before I would've never asked for advice. It all makes sense now. First of all, I'm 23 and not some noob. Second of all, I know very well how to operate computers and have been doing so since 1994. All I was asking for was advice, not to be the brunt of snide remarks and asinine arguments.

your age has nothing to do with it.

how long you've been using computers has nothing to do with it.

the fact that nearly every topic you've started in the last couple months have been about crap you have that's not working, and then your subsequent ability to ignore all advice you claim to ask for.

i mean, what did you do in this topic? formatted the wrong partition, was it? it's a retard/n00b move

Deathlike2 · Post by **Deathlike2** » Wed Jan 14, 2009 3:32 am

sweener2001 wrote:the fact that nearly every topic you've started in the last couple months have been about crap you have that's not working, and then your subsequent ability to ignore all advice you claim to ask for.

i mean, what did you do in this topic? formatted the wrong partition, was it? it's a retard/n00b move

I chalk it up to ignorance or carelessness (or both).

neo_bahamut1985 · Post by **neo_bahamut1985** » Wed Jan 14, 2009 3:42 am

And this deletion isn't an accident..why?

franpa · Post by **franpa** » Wed Jan 14, 2009 3:42 am

Unless multiple partitions on BOTH hard drives had no (or the same) label, I would chalk it up to carelessness.. Windows setup lists volume names.

Joe Camacho · Post by **Joe Camacho** » Wed Jan 14, 2009 3:58 am

neo_bahamut1985 wrote:And this deletion isn't an accident..why?

Because you were careless.

Still, any good recover software or service worth the trouble is going to be complex and expensive, something you obviously can't handle, I seriously doubt that you have 120 gigabytes worth of user created data.

So suck it up, use your back up dvds and redownload all that anime, games, movies, music and porn.

sweener2001 · Post by **sweener2001** » Wed Jan 14, 2009 5:12 am

neo_bahamut1985 wrote:And this deletion isn't an accident..why?

everything is labeled

you clicked through without reading.

between keyboard and chair

Post by **odditude** » Wed Jan 14, 2009 6:45 pm

pebkac ftw

funkyass · Post by **funkyass** » Wed Jan 14, 2009 7:06 pm

its like saying one can accidentally masturbate.

neo_bahamut1985 · Post by **neo_bahamut1985** » Wed Jan 14, 2009 10:52 pm

Okay, I managed to find a nice program and it seems to recovery maybe 85% of what I lost, so, this will work out.

Post by **grinvader** » Wed Jan 14, 2009 11:26 pm

funkyass wrote:its like saying one can accidentally masturbate.

May I store this quote in my book ?

Deathlike2 · Post by **Deathlike2** » Wed Jan 14, 2009 11:35 pm

funkyass wrote:its like saying one can accidentally masturbate.

Idle hands are controlled by the devil....

franpa · Post by **franpa** » Thu Jan 15, 2009 2:10 am

Deathlike2 wrote:
funkyass wrote:its like saying one can accidentally masturbate.
Idle hands are controlled by the devil....

hahaha good show

Squall_Leonhart · Post by **Squall_Leonhart** » Thu Jan 15, 2009 3:18 am

im starting to see why you guys pick on this idiot.

neo_bahamut1985 · Post by **neo_bahamut1985** » Thu Jan 15, 2009 3:26 am

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