Hard Drive recovery

[Nightfall Z]

Just wondering who has tried any hard drive recovery programs and how did it work out for you. My 250 gig HD crashed on me and i had to reformat the thing. So there goes roms, isos, and my beloved anime ouch.

[MaXim]

Hm, you shouldn't have formatted the HDD. There is a high chance that at least 1/3 of your files will be impossible to recover, even higher if you've done anything further to the drive. There isn't alot of 'free' recovery apps, so I took the warez way out and got GetDataBack NTFS. At that time, Windows XP wiped my partition tables (on the IDE 120GB HDD). Unweary of what happened, I formatted the larger 80GB partition, AND THEN ran chkdsk - something that I won't ever do again. After getting my system back on its feet, I ran GetDataBack and managed to recover about 2/3 of my files. Most of the files I lost were large ones, over 200MB. I would imagine this is because they would have been fragmented, and parts of those files would have been destroyed in the format. The number one thing to remember is that if something goes wrong, DO NOT WRITE to the drive. That includes a chkdsk, which you should only run the first time in read-only mode.

[Nightfall Z]

yeah my fault. Im using recover my files v6 just to see if it can see the deleted files. All i really want back the most is my mp3 files. The rest i can probably just do without for the time being. I actually ran checkdisc after reinstalling windows on my master HD . The thing is all i did was just unhook my slave drive and when i was finished reformating the other drive i rebooted and reconnected my second HD again. Thats when things went wrong. First most of the folders wouldnt show, so i ran chckdsk and it found some files but then fucked files up as well. For example my naruto episodes will play 10 songs mixed together. lol Well not all data was fucked but alot. I think ill try this recover my files program and see what i can do. Thanks maxim for the input.

Edit: Oh yeah anyone got any ideas on what i SHOULD have done if i was going to do this again. Just for future reference that is . Thanks.

[Ultimate X]

well if it was partions u could have just formatted the part with windows in it

and if it isnt you could have hooded it u p to another pc and backed up your important files before formating

[Panda Man]

HOLY CRAP!!!! what do you do with 250 gigs??!! i can barley use 50

[GODJonez]

My 160 GB is running out (now that I host the FTP server)

[Ultimate X]

i filled up my 120 gig the problem is i download faster than i burn i got like 25 albums to burn

[Nightfall Z]

HOLY CRAP!!!! what do you do with 250 gigs??!! i can barley use 50

Well i had like allmost 100 or so gigs of really good quality anime. Plus 20-30 gigs of mp3s. Then software and lastly a big chunk of it was psx and ps2 iso's. lol I found myself at times with only like 2-3 gigs left. Anyways i plan on getting another pc and buying seperatly 2 250 gig HD's for that. You can never have enough space with anime.

[Ultimate X]

You can never have enough space with anime.

so true

its like loseing a piece of your soul when you have to delete them

[Iceboie]

I used two HDD, one for software(progams) such as Windows XP, Office, Photoshop, and etc, while the other is for storage such as Movies, MP3, Games, and etc.

[Nightfall Z]

so true

its like loseing a piece of your soul when you have to delete them

OMG your soooooo right thats why i couldnt delete it. Animes a part of me and deleting it was like abandoning my children. I just couldnt do it. The only anime ill miss the most is my kenshin episodes,full moon, naruto, and one piece episodes the most.

[Ultimate X]

i need like a 500gb hdd just for anime

[qingshuiwujian]

why so much ,u can copy files to vcd.i use 3 piece of 40gb

[Nightfall Z]

why so much ,u can copy files to vcd.i use 3 piece of 40gb

Why copy files to a VCD. that will ruin the quality. I liked my anime on my HD because they were great quality and didnt skip or whatnot. plus id only be able to like have 1-2 eps on vcd at the most.

[Ultimate X]

if im gonna do a back up id rather do a data dvd fittin 20 dual audio and prolly 25 xvid