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[Brutuskend]

All of a sudden, for no reason I can conceive of, my 75 GIG storage drive with ALL MY MP3'S and videos and a TON of other stuff says it isn't formatted. :Q

Have I LOST everything?

Any way to save the data on it?

Should I just KILL MYSELF NOW????

I am NOT a happy camper....

 

Freeze it in your freezer, take it out, reconnect it, and just try to get the data off it from the command line. Don't fool around with Windows.

 

[z0mb13]

yes you should kill yourself..

your past few jokes are awful!

seriously I have no idea what you are talking about

 

[GasX]

you = me 6 months ago...

 

[jamerdean]

you're pretty much screwed. Try restarting and see what happens, not reformatting

 

[Mallow]

ooo... this is just another Brutuskend joke thread...

j/k... good luck man

 

[Hammer]

my vote: seppuku!

 

[Eli]

Ouch.

There is hope.

What is the drive formatted, FAT32?

 

[Farfrael]

Omniscience protocol has struck
http://yro.slashdot.org/yro/04/04/01/1334218.shtml?tid=126&tid=158&tid=95&tid=99

Was there any warning : clicking sounds ?
Try following the various solutions, you might want to try using a knoppix CD + some forensic tools to try and get back some of your stuff

 

[Abhi]

GetBackDATA for NTFS...

Might help...

The freezer trick shud be used as the last resource.... Also... keep it in a plastic zip bag before you stick it in the freezer..

You might get better advice on the General Hardware forum.

 

[geno]

aww, you got my april fools joke a couple days late....

 

[Murphy Durphy]

Whats the reasoning with the freezing idea?

 

Originally posted by: HajikuFlip
Whats the reasoning with the freezing idea?

Dunno. I've never had to try it but I've heard it works.

 

[Czar]

http://www.runtime.org/

might work

 

[FrustratedUser]

Originally posted by: HajikuFlip
Whats the reasoning with the freezing idea?

The number of bytes decreases due to shrinking --> takes less time to transfer data.

 

[Brutuskend]

you're pretty much screwed. Try restarting and see what happens, not reformatting

Tried that, no love.

What is the drive formatted, FAT32?

I think it was FAT 32, though it could have been NTFS I don't remember.

 

[xXped0thugXx]

try easyrecovery pro.


i formatted a drive and realized i needed some stuff off it and i was able to get whatever i wanted.

 

[Analog]

I've never heard of the freezer trick. I've got some liquid N2 back at the lab.... Hmmm (gears turning).

 

If its fat32 you're golden to toss it in another computer or boot up with a boot disk and see if the data is still there.

 

[Brutuskend]

Originally posted by: SampSon
If its fat32 you're golden to toss it in another computer or boot up with a boot disk and see if the data is still there.

I'll try that.
Thanks

 

[LeetViet]

I thought FAT32 was restricted to drives that are 32GB or smaller.

 

[DeviousTrap]

First do you have another drive that you could copy all 75gb onto?

If so, my suggestion (slight risk):
Create a partition (one for the whole drive) (just a quick format not a complete one that takes hours)
Make sure that once you make that partition its EMPTY... don't copy anything on it or you will loose the data that it overwrites.
Then get RUndelete and tell it to scan the drive. Usually, if a hard format was not performed then all the data should be recoverable.
Copy all the files that it finds onto the other drive.

 

[bleeb]

Is this a post april fools joke you forgot to post on april fools day??

 

[Brutuskend]

Getdataback is WORKING!!!

YEAH!!!

 

[Psycho18]

Good job!!