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Hi!
I am in a shit siutation:
I wanted to create a recovery drive. I plugged in an external drive with an M and an N Partition. Once i started the wizard, it told me to use either the M or the N drive. I took M, since on N there was the backup of quite a lot of pictures.
Then the process to establish the recovery drive, my N-Drive was gone. Now there is a G-Drive (with the recovery part) and the rest of my HDD with 1,8GB of unformatted space.
My question: Can i somehow recover my data without spending a fortune?
Thanks!!
I am in a shit siutation:
I wanted to create a recovery drive. I plugged in an external drive with an M and an N Partition. Once i started the wizard, it told me to use either the M or the N drive. I took M, since on N there was the backup of quite a lot of pictures.
Then the process to establish the recovery drive, my N-Drive was gone. Now there is a G-Drive (with the recovery part) and the rest of my HDD with 1,8GB of unformatted space.
My question: Can i somehow recover my data without spending a fortune?
Thanks!!
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livix07
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It would be very helpful if you took a screenshot of your HDD partitioning scheme.
You can try this software for recovering deleted files/folders but I am not sure it can also recover partitions:
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You can also try a Linux live-DVD/USB and run Testdisk utility:
How to Recover Data and Partitions for Free with TestDisk
You can try this software for recovering deleted files/folders but I am not sure it can also recover partitions:
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You can also try a Linux live-DVD/USB and run Testdisk utility:
How to Recover Data and Partitions for Free with TestDisk
livix07
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You should stop using that HDD, so that it does not get overwritten.
Please watch the following tutorial about creating a Linux live-USB (use another computer) :
Then run the Testdisk utility to try to recover the deleted partition(s):
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livix07
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You can also install TestDisk utility on Windows but in that case you have to take out the HDD and connect it to the computer on which you install the utility. That is why I recommended using a Linux live-USB.
Don't install TestDisk on the affected HDD as it might overwrite the space on which the deleted partition was.