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by kevin_476 1 view

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Hi all!

I've done some search on the net but didn't find the solution for this problem.
I have 2 Maxtor HDD's 30 GB each, in raid0. And now I added a 120 GB HDD alone so out of the raids. But when I configured the raid setup, i accidentally said yes to 'Do you want to erase old data for the new array' or something like that. I was stupid, I know. I thought it's just the usual confirmation thing.
And now I'm here with a 60 GB not initialized, unallocated drive.
I thought its best not to do anything until I'm really sure about what I do.
The problem is that there were some very important files and digital photos on that drive...

Please, can you think of any possible free solutions to this? No matter how hard it is, or long it will take, I would even sit here for the whole night if I had to.

Thank you very much for any advice on what to do.

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by -naturatek-

Hello,

Sorry to hear about your misfortune, data loss is the most crappiest of all nightmares.

Out of all the data recovery software in the market, one gets confused where to begin.

I will give you simple suggestion.

Go to google, search for a BOOT CD. My favorite is 'Hiren's Boot CD', I think it's at 8.6 right now. Find a suitable download link. Download it, and burn the ISO image using your favorite burning application.

I would suggest you connect that 120gb hard drive to the troubled pc. Place the boot cd in the cd drive and configure the boot order in bios to boot from CD ROM first.

The boot cd has some great utilities that run from the CD itself, including a few data recovery utilities. Booting from the CD, you will see a menu. Choose recovery tools. There are 2 of my TOP software recovery tools there. 1. Ontrack Easy Recovery and 2. Winternals disk commander.

Run Ontrack first, choose the recovery directory to point at the 120gb HD. You do NOT want to write/save anything on the HDs that have data loss, as it will minimize your chance of 100% recovery.

Disk commander works awesome too.

The key is to find the utilities on a self bootable CD. The one I mentioned above is a great one.

Good luck!

KTech

by bearfuel2005

I have the same problem as the original poster. I found and downloaded Hiren's Boot CD 9.5. The cd is packed in .rar format. I know I need to unpack it and I have winrar installed and ready to go. I am usually pretty good with doing computer work, but I have never encountered this problem of recovering files before. I would like some advice on exactly how to unpack it and what to actually burn to cd. What programs do you use to burn the ISO to a cd. I normally just use windows explorer to burn files on cd, but I want to do this right the first time. I have a 160gig hd that has been working fine until a few days ago. It has all of my important stuff on it that I do not want to lose. It gives me the "not initialized" message in device manager and does not show up in windows explorer. Any advice and/or help would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks,
Bearfuel

by logan_657

This is the same blunder I did and you knows what? I almost lost my data. I was so tensed caz all data was lost (I thought ) But My friend suggested me a lab something called Salvage Recovery Lab or something similar to that. When I contacted I got my problem was solved. They solved the bug and got my 90% of the data back. I don?t know how but they managed to got it back. I was extremely happy that I got my maximum data. If you want you can call at 1 203-973-0242 get your problem solved.
All the best.

by -naturatek-

Before you consider going 3rd party for data recovery. Try the solution I posted. If you are technically inclined, it will come natural. Key is to remember not to install, write anything on the data loss drives.

I would only go 3rd party if data loss is Hardware failure. You simply deleted the data. It's not gone, it's just hidden in there.

GLuck

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