Blank Hard Drive - Problem Solved (GetBackDataNTFS)

[Bmw]

Ok,

 

 

 

Let me try to catch my breath.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I have been working on my troublesome computer of late as you all know, until today, where I got and installed a new 300gb harddrive. Its up and running, and works great.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

My old drive however, died. I was in the process of gathering files together to backup to my 300gb harddrive, when it just restarted. After that, upon boot up, it says "Searching for IDE-O...Ok.

 

 

 

It stops there and does not go any further.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Moreover, when I booted up on my new drive, it said my old drive was corrupt and unreadable. I then popped in the Windows XP CD, and chkdsk told me it fixed any errors. Whaddya know, I still can't boot up, but in the process chkdsk identified my old drive as 80gb, with 79gb free :cry:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Wth just happened? Why is my old hard drive supposedly erased?! Can this be true? Is it even possible? I had so much important info on that thing, can it really be gone that easily? In a matter of seconds, on a restart, thats it? Game over? Please tell me there is something that I can do.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

An additional note, when I boot up on my 300gb hard drive it is now able to read my C drive (old hard drive). However, it also says that 79gb of the 80gb drive is free space. Please tell me this isn't so. What a way to ruin the holidays...I can only hope there is something I can do to fix this :cry:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Thanks,

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

AD

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

EDIT: Thanks guys, problem solved. I used a data recovery software tool like mentioned, and it worked like a charm. Man, was that ever a life saver! :P

[Hannibal]

In general it's hard to fix it, especially if chkdisk has already had its way with it. There are, however, all kinds of file recovery programs available on the internet. Some are free, some are not. I suggest you look around (Google File recovery), read reviews, and be careful not to spend too much money on them (think about how much the data you'd get back is actually worth to you, and multiply that by about a 1/10 chance that you actually get the data back, even with the help of those programs).

[Albosky]

Check cable connections / jumper settings

[NY]

GIVE IT TO FBI I KNO THT THEY CAN PUT TOGETHER A FLOPPY DISK THT WAS CUT INTO 341 PECIES AND THEY CAN READ IT (PUT TOGETHER IN A LAB

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

LOL 8)

[Hannibal]

Glad to know you fixed that one AD :D

 

 

 

Oh, and thanks for posting the name of the tool you used :)

 

 

 

*memorizes*