hard drive partition deleted by mistake please help

i hooked up my external hard drive to another pc to back up the data off of it, after doing so i start to reinstall windows xp on it. like a dummy i kept my hard drive hooked up to the pc and i know i clicked to delete the pc’s hard drive and reformat it, well while i was doing that i disconnected my hard drive and hooked it up to my other pc to scan it for viruses. well when i hooked it up everything was gone and the pc is asking me to reformat the drive. which i dont see y when i didn’t even touch the partition. so i tried downloading the o&o recovery and that doesnt find anything on the hard drive. i haven’t reformatted the drive yet because i know u can destroy the the files when u overwrite on them. so does any know what i could do to get these files back? thanks in advance
Answer #1
try file recovery softwares….but i doubt if they will help!
Answer #2
You could have wiped the MBR/partition table try a scan with Active@ Partition Recovery it can scan the drive for a previous partition and restore the MBR/partition table.
Answer #3
You could have wiped the MBR/partition table try a scan with Active@ Partition Recovery it can scan the drive for a previous partition and restore the MBR/partition table.
thanks i tried this and it shows the partitions, but now it says theres 2 partitions when i only had one. it also will not let me recover the files says the partitions over lap each other. does anyone know how to fix this?
Answer #4
i hooked up my external hard drive to another pc to back up the data off of it, after doing so i start to reinstall windows xp on it. like a dummy i kept my hard drive hooked up to the pc and i know i clicked to delete the pc's hard drive and reformat it, well while i was doing that i disconnected my hard drive and hooked it up to my other pc to scan it for viruses. well when i hooked it up everything was gone and the pc is asking me to reformat the drive. which i dont see y when i didn't even touch the partition. so i tried downloading the o&o recovery and that doesnt find anything on the hard drive. i haven't reformatted the drive yet because i know u can destroy the the files when u overwrite on them. so does any know what i could do to get these files back? thanks in advance
EASEUS Data Recovery Wizard Pro
Answer #5
I had a similar problem go to this link you may find it useful
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Answer #6
i hooked up my external hard drive to another pc to back up the data off of it, after doing so i start to reinstall windows xp on it. like a dummy i kept my hard drive hooked up to the pc and i know i clicked to delete the pc's hard drive and reformat it, well while i was doing that i disconnected my hard drive and hooked it up to my other pc to scan it for viruses. well when i hooked it up everything was gone and the pc is asking me to reformat the drive. which i dont see y when i didn't even touch the partition. so i tried downloading the o&o recovery and that doesnt find anything on the hard drive. i haven't reformatted the drive yet because i know u can destroy the the files when u overwrite on them. so does any know what i could do to get these files back? thanks in advance
EASEUS Data Recovery Wizard Pro
thanks works now