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p00p · 07-08-2003, 07:37 PM

Don't just format, you should delete all the partitions first.

Isn't there a boot partition? And if you format, you are not formating the boot partition, just the primary one? Something like that....

If you want to save your data, maybe get a new hard drive, make that your primary drive. Install XP on it fresh, hook up the corrupt drive as a slave, and your data should all be there unless you erased it in the format. If so, you can get the data back with a program called GetDataBack for NTFS.

I have used that software on a drive I formatted, and I'll be damned if I didn't get every single file/folder back, intact with no damage.

07-08-2003, 07:37 PM
p00p Confirmed User Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: CanaDUH Posts: 5,125	Don't just format, you should delete all the partitions first. Isn't there a boot partition? And if you format, you are not formating the boot partition, just the primary one? Something like that.... If you want to save your data, maybe get a new hard drive, make that your primary drive. Install XP on it fresh, hook up the corrupt drive as a slave, and your data should all be there unless you erased it in the format. If so, you can get the data back with a program called GetDataBack for NTFS. I have used that software on a drive I formatted, and I'll be damned if I didn't get every single file/folder back, intact with no damage. __________________ ICQ: 316365783 <a href="http://www.hostultra.com/~p00p" target="_blank">TEST</a>