L
leguerri
Hello,
I'm having a problem with a HD containing critical data. This HD has 2
partitions: C: and logical letter D:, and I'm running Windows 95 on that
machine.
I booted DOS (Windows 95, but no GUI), and ran FORMAT D:, knowing my
critical data is on C:. I checked 3 times I really typed "FORMAT D:" and
"... DATA IN DRIVE D WILL BE LOST, ARE YOU SURE?". I formatted D:, but
after, the D: is blank with all free space (that's OK), but the C: is
blank as well!!! However, I see the free space is the same as when the
data was visible, so it's not been formatted, but something seems corrupted.
I booted from floppy, same DOS version, and ran SCANDISK. It detected my
FATs were not the same, and took the "best" one. I ended up with a really
empty C: drive! (all free space, like blank). Fortunately, I have an UNDO
diskette, so I should be able to go back to the previous state.
Running FDISK shows both partitions OK.
Any way I can recover this data?
Thanks for your precious help...
Louis-Luc
I'm having a problem with a HD containing critical data. This HD has 2
partitions: C: and logical letter D:, and I'm running Windows 95 on that
machine.
I booted DOS (Windows 95, but no GUI), and ran FORMAT D:, knowing my
critical data is on C:. I checked 3 times I really typed "FORMAT D:" and
"... DATA IN DRIVE D WILL BE LOST, ARE YOU SURE?". I formatted D:, but
after, the D: is blank with all free space (that's OK), but the C: is
blank as well!!! However, I see the free space is the same as when the
data was visible, so it's not been formatted, but something seems corrupted.
I booted from floppy, same DOS version, and ran SCANDISK. It detected my
FATs were not the same, and took the "best" one. I ended up with a really
empty C: drive! (all free space, like blank). Fortunately, I have an UNDO
diskette, so I should be able to go back to the previous state.
Running FDISK shows both partitions OK.
Any way I can recover this data?
Thanks for your precious help...
Louis-Luc