Reformatted HDD, all partition deleted - recovery options?
Posted: Thu Feb 12, 2015 9:53 am
Hi,
I have this HP laptop with 750 GB HDD. Couple of days back the laptop failed to start. It shows me some error and instruct me to run Windows Repair.
I purchased HP's windows repair/installation disk (CD) and boot it from this disk and perform the installation. The installation process does a reformatting on the HDD as well.
:
Here is how I set up the partitions before the laptop failure: Original laptop had only one partition (C: drive), I re partitioned into four logical drive the moment i received my new laptop way back in 2010)
I created C:(windows), D: , E: and F: drive of approx 150 to 200 GB each.
After the Laptop failure:
I ran the installation/repair disk from HP and in the process it performs reformatting and also deletes all the partition I created earlier. Now after this repair It installs a new Windows and only one drive is left(basically it resets to factory settings).
I had stored lots of important document and photos on D: E and F drive. All is gone.
I want to be able to recover the data that was saved on this three partitions. I have few questions.
a) Is R-Studio a right software for this case?
b) Can I install R-studio on the same laptop(victim with one partition) and run recovery on partition were the OS resides and store the recovered data on external USB Hard disk ?
c) If i purchase R-Studio(network) and install it on my friends PC, can i use it to recover data from my laptop by connecting in a network? Can i install the same software in my laptop later using the purchased license?
I have this HP laptop with 750 GB HDD. Couple of days back the laptop failed to start. It shows me some error and instruct me to run Windows Repair.
I purchased HP's windows repair/installation disk (CD) and boot it from this disk and perform the installation. The installation process does a reformatting on the HDD as well.
:
Here is how I set up the partitions before the laptop failure: Original laptop had only one partition (C: drive), I re partitioned into four logical drive the moment i received my new laptop way back in 2010)
I created C:(windows), D: , E: and F: drive of approx 150 to 200 GB each.
After the Laptop failure:
I ran the installation/repair disk from HP and in the process it performs reformatting and also deletes all the partition I created earlier. Now after this repair It installs a new Windows and only one drive is left(basically it resets to factory settings).
I had stored lots of important document and photos on D: E and F drive. All is gone.
I want to be able to recover the data that was saved on this three partitions. I have few questions.
a) Is R-Studio a right software for this case?
b) Can I install R-studio on the same laptop(victim with one partition) and run recovery on partition were the OS resides and store the recovered data on external USB Hard disk ?
c) If i purchase R-Studio(network) and install it on my friends PC, can i use it to recover data from my laptop by connecting in a network? Can i install the same software in my laptop later using the purchased license?