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Originally Posted by markey164
Oh great, are you serious. It only took a few seconds, so the data must still physically be on the disk.
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yeah, that's why i suggested trying some freeware utiities, here is a google search
freeware data recovery software
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Originally Posted by markey164
What should i have done instead for reference?
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that depends, was the drive making any clicking noises and you could have downloaded a utility .iso (bootable CD image) from the HDD manufactures website
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with Seagate drives their utility CD is called Seatools, Seatools can destroy data but you have to agree to wipe the data twice
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Originally Posted by markey164
would a fixdisk /mbr or something similar fix the disk in this situation. It seems like it has lost its partition table or something. Which is why it thinks the space is unallocated.
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dunno,
used to just wipe the MBR (Master Boot Record) but XP can do so much more
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but i not expert in XP cos i use linux, i hate Win
all i know about XP is what i've picked up on HWF
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although i did use XP (over a year ago) but i wouldn't say i knew a lot about XP