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The user initially faced installation issues when trying to upgrade from Windows 7 to Windows 10 and, after deleting partitions and using the command prompt, accidentally wiped their data by executing the "clean" command on the drive. They are now seeking ways to recover their lost data. Responding, another user explains that the "clean" command deletes the partition table, making data recovery challenging, and suggests that recovery might be difficult or unlikely without advanced tools, while also advising on disk compatibility for Windows installation.

suuresh

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Hello,
I had windows7 in my laptop.I tried to install windows 10 with USB flash drive, When I selected drive to install windows it said windows can't be installed on this drive.
Later I have deleted the partition 1 under disk 0,but still didn't give me a solution got the same error.
Then I have gone thru some youtube videos and done as it is like opened cmd then diskpart>selected dis 0,selected partition(which need to be installed windows).Then done clean command,later I have lost all data.and hard drive formatted.
Now Im unable to access my data it showing only Disk 0(Unallocated space).It means total free space.
Now I want to recover my data( I don't have access to windows).
Is there anyway we can recover lost data?
Please help me.
Thanks in Advance.
 

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The "clean" command in diskpart wipes the partition table off the selected disk, so the NTFS master file table is no longer associated with the partition. There might be a Linux tool that can restore the MFT to a new partition but I'm not aware if that's actually possible. Most likely you're SOL. You have to get Windows to install on that empty disk now, just make sure it's not a GPT or Dynamic disk, consumer esitions of Windows can't boot from those disk partition types.

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DevilSlayerDante

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The "clean" command in diskpart wipes the partition table off the selected disk, so the NTFS master file table is no longer associated with the partition. There might be a Linux tool that can restore the MFT to a new partition but I'm not aware if that's actually possible. Most likely you're SOL. You have to get Windows to install on that empty disk now, just make sure it's not a GPT or Dynamic disk, consumer esitions of Windows can't boot from those disk partition types.

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