anyone.. ?

it was like this, my friends got Seagate HD (80G) and have two partition on it.he used it as extrenal storage (USB). suddenly, one of the partition can't be read/access at all, the other one can. so he send it to one of the IT shop (at Lowyat - Hypermarket something) to recover it since he need his project data on it.

To make it worst, after he send it to that shop... both of the partition can't be read anymore and the disk now mark as DYNAMIC Disc (Unreadble) when used Disk management.

so, question is, is there any way to recover that partition? if does.. how to do it?

thanks in advance.

i aedi ask almost same situation like u but until now no reply that i can retrieve that data except using data recovery software.
u can visit the link here.
http://forum.lowyat.net/index.php?showtopi...6526&hl=dynamic

I'm kinda caught by this weird problems of drives reverting to Dynamic disks.

I suspect it could be the use of SATA hard drive. Possibly the SATA RAID driver bugs or operating system bugs which a "new drive" (if not recognized) will be converted to dynamic disk setup (this is similar to NRAID configuration).

For those who did not encounter this problem yet, I suggest not to install any SATA RAID drivers but just the normal SATA drivers instead (most manufacturers have 2 driver versions - one for RAID and the other for non-RAID setup).

Another thing to watch out for is disk spanning (used for dynamic disk setups) also... If you are not using it, then disable this.

So far I had 6 external USB HDDs (and all Seagates inside) and none of them had exhibit these kind of problems.

Anyway.. WHAT brand and model is that external HDD case?

There is a data recovery service in Low Yat though, on the 3rd floor. Its called SCS-Myung. I suggest you ask for pricing first before trying it.. it may be quite expensive.

Reference: http://www.scs-myung.com/

Anyway would like to ask a few questions here:

Which WinXP operating system are you using?
1. Home Edition
2. Pro Edition
3. Corporate Edition

What Serive Pack are you using?
1. No Service Pack installed
2. Pre-Installed SP1 (comes with the WinXP)
3. Updated to SP1
4. Updated to SP2

Did you intsall any drive utilities such as Norton Utilities?

Did you install any drive auto-defragment utilities like "Disk Keeper"?

Can you list down your detailed full PC hardware specifications?

For research.. need to know if there are similarities in these cases.

This post has been edited by lex: Feb 12 2006, 06:31 PM

Lex:

- Using WinXP Pro
- Service Pack 2
- no Norton Utilites (only norton antivirus)
- No disk keeper also
- Forgot the spec since it not in my pc.. it was my friends.. ask me to help him.. got so many project data in it.. pitty him.

Yup.. my friends already went to Data recovery shop at low yat, but its closed .. maybe next week.

now, he was very angry with the tech guy at that Hypermarket shop that make the disk morst.. (both of it can't be read at all)

thanks for the reply.. need to send it to data recovery.. ..

thanks again

From what I gather from other forum.. This issue of drives being assigned by Windows XP as dynamic disks arise when the drive letter assigned is used by another drive (usually a fixed drive) already installed. Since the drive already exists, then Windows XP doesn't know what do with it and re-assigns it as dynamic disk (because having the same drive letter).

What was the drive letter assigned to your drive before it suddenly became dynamic disk?

Try use R-Studio for NTFS for data recovery (Support Dynamic DIsk)..

problem.... solved!!! using Active@Recovery Software (for ntfs)

both partition and all data are savely recovered!! no need to send it to data recovery center at lo yat... may be i will visit that hypermarket and told them how i did it..

thanks for your support

Active@Recovery , whr r u download ? Is it free ?

i want to know where is that being downloaded too..

This post has been edited by lex: Feb 12 2006, 06:31 PM

where to download it?

This post has been edited by lex: Feb 12 2006, 06:31 PM

off BT kua.. i used ontrack datarecovery

This post has been edited by lex: Feb 12 2006, 06:32 PM

For Ontrack...

http://www.ontrack.com/easyrecoverydatarecovery/

nampak cozack punya special weapon lagi chun wor, atau mana yg bagus sekali?

This post has been edited by lex: Feb 12 2006, 06:31 PM

Get It here Active@ product....

http://www.active-undelete.com/products.htm

This post has been edited by lex: Feb 12 2006, 06:32 PM

my friend had the same prob.

i took his hard disk, put it in my pc, and suprisingly, i could read it....

i backed all the data into my ext hd and passed it back to him.

back home, my friend plugged his hd back into his drive and yet...he couldnt do anything....so he reformatted it...and retrieved his data from my hd.

but i'm curious....why can i read it when he cant?

This post has been edited by lex: Feb 12 2006, 06:32 PM

Is there any freeware data recovery for FAT and FAT32, Active@Data recovery is only support reading from ntfs and ntfs5, and Ontrack Data Recovery is not freeware..

Dynamic disks can only be used in WinXP Pro and Windows 2000. Windows XP Home, Windows 95, 98 etc cannot use dynamic disks. Search for "dynamic disk" in Google, there're alot of articles about it.

If u need to downgrade from Pro to Home (like me), you need to convert the disk's data back to basic disk.

What I did was I copied out my files from HDD 1 to HDD 2 in WinXP Pro, then used the Disk Management tool to convert HDD 1 to basic disk... then copy everything back. Very mafan. I haven't tested the programs listed earlier, but if they work, use them. It'll make life alot easier.

This post has been edited by lex: Feb 12 2006, 06:33 PM

i use stellar pheonix recovery. it can support FAT, NTFS and Linux format also, works great, can recover file in bad sector hdd too..

This post has been edited by vandetta: Jun 26 2005, 11:33 AM

Guys i think i'm having the same problem here...not too sure about it tho...

i've a 40Gb and 80GB hdd. The 40gb are my OS and prog files and the other hdd (80gb) are my datafiles,video and mp3s.

in my 80GB there are 3 partitions. strangely one of the partitions when i double click on it, a dialog box pops out saying this drive is not formatted, do you wnat to format it?

I went to the computer management and check the partition is with a FATor NTSF and its just empty there.

Any idea how can i recover the data in that partition. Before this happenned the partition's space is fully maxed out (could this be the reason?). Now i cant even browse the partition.

Cheers.

I suggest that you check the harddisk vendor. Goto their websites, normally they have tools to check for problem in your hardisk.

To recover data, try using easy recovery by Ontrack. This data recovery program is quite good. I am not sure whether you can download it from their websites. If not try to get it in LYP. I did a data recovery on my 80GB hardisk which is complaining of errors.

Happy recovery.

This post has been edited by lex: Feb 12 2006, 06:24 PM

I just recovered my Maxtor 40GB using Stellar Phoenix NTFS, just that you have 2 recover all the files to another drive, or you can choose to recover folder by folder.

soccergod pls help me..
do u dl the original version of stellar phoenix ntfs
coz i found the software,and successfully found all deleted files..
but it cant recover back to my pc..
do i need to pay for it? or is there any other way??

This post has been edited by lex: Feb 12 2006, 06:24 PM

How to recover the data i'm not so sure but this thing do happen to me during my final year. my hardisk crash and all the project gone. I sent to to someone else to recover the data coz i've try many ways to recover it but can't.

same problem here. I'm trying out Active@Recovery but it is a demo version. where to get full?

This post has been edited by lex: Feb 12 2006, 06:25 PM

bt will do~~

This post has been edited by lex: Feb 12 2006, 06:25 PM

seems like all is shareware
have to pay lor...
how......

if u sent to the data restore center, they require a very clean place to do their duty.


This post has been edited by lex: Feb 12 2006, 06:25 PM

Good day, i have the same problem...I accidentally touch the molex connector on my Maxtor harddisk, damn, my pc hang. After re-boot, Oh my god, i keep on saying to myself, wtf and wts, all my data in my Maxtor harddisk gone..i can't even know what is the file format because the windows XP need me to initialize my harddisk and then need to format in order to use back the maxtor harddisk..I say to God, i dont care on my HK drama, i just want back my photo ( around 3.5GB ). I have become a mad man searching the internet looking for the solution and at last.....
Thank for this PINNED topic, i quickly get the ontrack EasyRecovery Pro v6.03 from internet (if you want to know how, please PM me, it is not good to publish the way to get the software). After download the USER GUIDE from Ontrack ( this is VERY IMPORTANT ), and read through, then i know what should i do.
I select RAW recovery. After letting the ontrack software scan on the maxtor harddisk, almost all the files recover (especially my photo). You just need to prepare an extra harddisk which is big enough for your data and files recovery in your old harddisk.
I would like to say thank you to Ontrack and Lowyat.net.

Now i am waiting for my files to be recover....Wish that all the lyn member discover the way to recover harddisk important files when WinXP can't recognize the File Format..

It take around 1hour and 20minutes to recover around 8.5GB of files..for the ontrack software..

Just a little bit sad because all my photo which over 2mb per photo can't recover perfectly, all my 8MP picture had been resize to 160 x 120. OMG, that is just i can say. Anyway the other type of file can be recover.
I am trying and searchin for the software which can recover photo in jpeg format ( the photo itself is over 2mb ).
Or does anyone know which software can do this perfectly??
Thank you and have a nice day.

Good day,
Finally i found the software that can meet my requirement and this software is really powerful.

Compare to the OnTrack EasyRecovery, the Stellar Phoenix FAT & NTFS is far more powerful than the OnTrack, but the User Interface is not attractive as the OnTrack.

After the comparison between the OnTrack and Stellar Phoenix, i will recommend the Stellar for more advance recover (like my photo-2mb case). As conclusion, both software perform well in normal recover task.
Thank you and have a nice day.

This post has been edited by cheenjeat008: Oct 18 2005, 05:17 AM

i dont know whether it is appropriate to put this here ....

a friend of mine help me to assemble pc, i gratefully thank him for setting up my pc , however , there is one thing i dont understand, why he divided my harddisk into 3 partitions , and the C drive with total size just 4 GB , izzit suitable?

i am a stranger to this stuff, hope someone can help me

when u dun trust his profesional knowledge in pc, why u let him to do the assembly for u?


divide to few partition is normal, especially when u have a big capacity of hard disc
but 4gb for c a little too little, unless u dun install alot game and application need a large hard disc space

and for the recovery of my hard disc has fail, it show that my hard disc are unable to access and retrieve the data
sob sob

This post has been edited by lex: Feb 12 2006, 06:28 PM

ontrack EasyRecovery Pro v6.03 lose to Stellar Phonenix Fat & NTFS?
any reffer url for stellar?

This post has been edited by lex: Feb 12 2006, 06:28 PM

How about the latest version of Ontrack EasyRecovery Pro 6.10.07 as compared to Stellar Phoenix ?

This post has been edited by lex: Feb 12 2006, 06:29 PM

i didnt say i dont trust his knowledges

i just wonder if 4 GB C drive is too little for me

anyway thanks , i've formatted my pc

This post has been edited by lex: Feb 12 2006, 06:29 PM

I should have checked this thread earlier, my maxtor hdd facing this problem too, too bad i formated it already

This post has been edited by lex: Feb 12 2006, 06:18 PM

Good day,
with the stellar software, you can recover the formatted harddisk data.....

Good day,
In the case for the recover folder and file name, the ontrack will set their own file and folder name, while the Stellar software let you to have a glance view on the recover data with the previous folder and files name.....

oh the irony of it all.

first you steal ontrack software by using a cracked copy. next you thank them pula.

lol!

why not thank them buy actually paying for a copy of their software?


This post has been edited by lex: Feb 12 2006, 06:19 PM

Ontrack actually has a distributor in Malaysia? Wanna thank them personally?

Ontrack's software is actually not that powerful, but it puts everything in an easy to understand package.. it doesnt work at the lower levels of the drive operation...

This post has been edited by lex: Feb 12 2006, 06:19 PM

guys what about this RecoverMyFile software?

if you're talking bout just recovering from deleted files/folders then give it a try.... dont recommend RecoverMyFile though.. there are lots more established names around..

ooooh ok ok..thanks for thepointer.

btw my problem is that windows recognizes my drive as 'unformatted'

sure i guess that the above mention 2 software are the best around?

This post has been edited by lex: Feb 12 2006, 06:20 PM

just run the software and select the drive you want to recover.. any software will do cause your problem is actually quite simple to solve..

I'm using a WD 80GB hd. I used PartitionMagic to create a new partition but instead created 2 accidentally. So I tried to merge both the 2 new partitons into a single partition but it fails.

Now, my old partiton becomes inactive and hidden. After toying around with a couple of times of merging and creating new partitions, even PartitionMagic could not load now. It states that the partition table could not be loaded. Any idea on what actually went wrong or how to solve this problem ?

Snapshot of my storage management console



This post has been edited by lex: Feb 12 2006, 06:20 PM

like above... try running the data recovery software... the whole table is lost, file locations are lost, got a chance that maybe some percentage of your files will be lost unless you do a raw recovery..

Is this R-studio DOS or Windows based ? Am trying to look for a DOS based one that can access and remove dynamic disks

This post has been edited by lex: Feb 12 2006, 06:21 PM

running recovery...in progress now...shall update youguys on the outcome!

finger crossed!

Use Knoppix LiveCD and run QtParted to fix the partition table. RTFM on howtos and good luck!

good.managed to reclaim back all the photos in my drive..somephotos i think its being resized...not sure..have to ask the owner. I'll try on some audio and video files and see if there are any issues.

Restoring 1800++ files took only 1-2 hours. Vid and audio i believe will take ages. The restoring rate is somewhere between 300-400KB per second. Well depends on your pc spec i believe.

Cheers.


This post has been edited by lex: Feb 12 2006, 06:21 PM

Works on Dynamic disk ? without booting into Windows 2000/XP ?

This post has been edited by lex: Feb 12 2006, 06:22 PM

i've recovered somefiles...but right after i restart my pc...i got some DNS problem..my network completion out and i couldnt connect to the net!

hi all,

can any body help me. i think i have a weird problem. i'm trying to install P2P software call DC++. then after install that software required to do "hashing" in my hard disk in order to share my file. the problem is when hashing process still running ( about 60 % ), i had restart my pc. this is because it take to long to do that job and i could not wait. after restart PC my hard disk cannot be read. i had try to use maxtor tools download from internet to recover even use minimal format also my hard disk failed. so anybody sifoo that can help me on this matter. my hard disk is maxtor diamond 40 Gb ATA/133 HDD. thanks any way.

can give us again the full name of the software kah?

This post has been edited by lex: Feb 12 2006, 06:23 PM

I use the stellar software in the window base

On????k....

Good day,
Anyone know the way to recover the inside the SATA RAID??
Thank you and good day..

i mean the sw u use to recover from ur hdd disaster previously lah.

This post has been edited by lex: Feb 12 2006, 06:10 PM

cheenjeat: thanx

anyway, here's my share of stoopid maxtor drive

yes, i have a maxtor drive. it's an 80gb HDD that is used as a tertiary drive, seldom accessed, keeps all my manga (about 80% full) and suddenly, one fine farking day, the hdd master file table just got corrupted

that was 2 months ago. lucky that i was soooo lazy to re-format everything. i got the chance to recover 100.00% of my files, INTACT, and with ease in less than 2 hours (that's about 250,000+ individual files, mind you)

what software u say? it's none other than the full version STELLAR PHOENIX FAT & NTFS recovery software. works like a charm i tell you. however, ur gonna need another different hdd to store all recovered files (in my case, i have 3 different hdds)

This post has been edited by lex: Feb 12 2006, 06:10 PM

Good day to Lucifah...
Is good to hear that you have recover all your file with the powerful software..

u both using the same version?

This post has been edited by lex: Feb 12 2006, 06:11 PM

hi guys..this is the worst situtation thread we dun want to join in the whole LYN area.

btw, i had become one of the victim now. So BLoodyful lucky.

I got a 2.5HDD cannot access anymore. It is not the Enclosure problem. CUz i did tried wif another good condition 2.5 HDD.

then, i followed u guys getting the Stellar. I still cannot accesed the SPoilt 2.5HDD.

So, how am i supposed to "detect" my Spoilt 2.5HDD wif Stellar?
Connect into CPU? But the Pin socket is not match btwn 3.5 wif 2.5.

thx for advicing approachment~

Most data recovery software works properly with internal IDE interface, and do not usually work with external USB and/or Firewire drives.

Refer to your thread here: Seagate EXT 2.5 HDD no Respond anymore~, Due to UN-Safety remove too many times. You can buy a 2.5 to 3.5 IDE adaptor to use it as an internal IDE drive on your desktop PC.

Yeah dude.. Its my turn to be the victim today!

I dunno why, after doing some maintenance inside my casing, the ckhdsk blue screen is taking place everytime I boot up my pc at my E: drive

[ I have 2 160GB WD SATAII drives. 1 (2 partition, around 79GB each drive C and E) and the other 1 is 4 partition (39GB each) drive D,F,G,H ] - My WINDOWS file is in D drive..

However, Drive C is UNREADABLE and after being fully formatted in Windows, this error message appear.



I lost ALL my videoclips in that drive, and I tried to recover it using File Scavenger.



Question:
1. Is my drive corrupt?
2. How about warranty, is this problem covered?

Thanks for any help!

This post has been edited by lex: Feb 12 2006, 06:12 PM

wow.. lots of HIM video clips... i like HIM

p/s i'm not gay, HIM is a rock group

Hi again...

After trying by myself, I've got my solution.


STEP 1 - Is the drive ok?

1. Shut down Windows
2. UNPLUGGED the OK drive, leave the problem drive stick at MOBO
3. Insert WinXP bootable CD.
4. DELETE the unaccessible partition.
5. Create partition in unpatition space
6. FULL FORMAT the newly created partition.
7. Install WinXP as usual.

*If you noticed, If the drive really corrupted with bad sector etc, it cannot be formatted or even being installed.

Step 2 - Recovering Files

1. I'm using File Scavenger 2.1
2. Read manual first, usually File Recovery program like mine, we will use EXHAUSTIVE SEARCH in the drive related. In my case, we will recover file in DRIVE C:.



3. Find the file, example... I need my NFS most wanted PROFILE data, so I will search [remember_your_file_dude!], if a documents file, just type in *.doc. In my case, I'll find speedo because I remember my profile in NFS Most Wanted

4. Recover it anywhere in other partition.



5. File Scavenger recover the main folder also dude.... That's an option. Copy your recovered file, and paste it at Most Wanted folder in My Documents. Walla! Your career mode now is safe without you have to play it again!



This post has been edited by lex: Feb 12 2006, 06:13 PM

but u need to full format is too serious i guess just bcoz disk scan every boot. ~~"~~

This post has been edited by lex: Feb 12 2006, 06:13 PM

if the disk STILL being 'chkdsk' (blue screen check disk) every time you boot, that's mean the drive is either have other problem or DISMOUNTED.

1. START>RUN>CMD (bring up the command promt)

2. chkdsk [drive]:\f

settle.

wat diffrrent with boot windows scandisk? not same?

This post has been edited by lex: Feb 12 2006, 06:14 PM

I dont know... Its probably because.. When u try defrag the problem partition, Windows will give notes that the partition have been scheduled to be chkdsk when boot up.

After I chkdsk'ed it with cmd prompt in windows, then I can defrag it and no more boot chkdsk for that partition.

I've send the error simptom to ABIT tech staff and waiting for their answer.. The problem just strike again for me just now.. I dont know why...

My WD 80GB HDD also crashed last week. My windows XP didn't detect the hdd & turned it into RAW File System. The bad thing is, I've ran chkdisk and it has created some new folders in the hdd which contains .chk or .001 files.

I've tried to recover the hdd by using Stellar Phoenix FAT & NTFS & Active @ Undelete but failed.

The software that can recover my hdd are Stellar Phoenix RAW File Recovery & Ontrack RAW Recovery. But Ontrack RAW Recovery has resized my >5MB recovered pictures to 160 x 120. Stellar Phoenix needs an activation code in order for it to start recovering my hdd. (I have the demo version, which only allows me to search the hdd but not recover).

So anyone out there know any good RAW File Recovery softwares that I could use? Which of course, have available cracks. I know there's EASEUS DataRecovery, but there's no available cracks for in online.

Cheenjeat008, do you have the crack for Stellar Phoenix RAW File Recovery. I need it desperately.

Stellar Phoenix FAT & NTFS & Active DIFERRENT with Stellar Phoenix RAW File Recovery?

This post has been edited by lex: Feb 12 2006, 06:15 PM

yup... i've tried to recover my files using Stellar Phoenix FAT & NTFS but the files aren't there.. but when i use Stellar Phoenix RAW File Recovery.. i've found all my lost files.

I think its b'coz Stellar Phoenix FAT & NTFS & Actine doesn't support RAW file system.

I've submit the error log from Microsoft
Online Crash Analysis

ABIT's answerHuhuhuhuhuhu.... Newest BIOS datafile although it's only BETA. Look at the date dudes~ ABIT rawks!!!

This post has been edited by lex: Feb 12 2006, 06:16 PM


Attached thumbnail(s)

wow, they provide u beta bios for u only?

maybe to other users too.. Many users complaining about the system will crash when connecting to network (especially when using P2P proggies)...


Still testing...

my system only crash if under win98.

u mean only full version can use it?

This post has been edited by lex: Feb 12 2006, 06:08 PM

just recovered my bust up thumbdrive (EMTEC) using a very cool software called DFSee. DOS program running in a shell inside windows xp. R-Studio and a couple of other software was tried and all failed.

what led to the problem was my attempt at making my thumbdrive bootable for Damn Small Linux. it made two partitions and one was a swap, thus hidden. after a successful run, i tried changing it back to fat32 for the usual data commuting role. then the disaster striked. primary partition gone, secondary hidden. even QParted on Knoppix couldn't do a thing.

This post has been edited by lex: Feb 12 2006, 06:17 PM

is tat freeware too?

This post has been edited by lex: Feb 12 2006, 06:08 PM

DFsee is a compilation of tools that are used when doing data recovery or just diagnostics.. quite a useful set of tools if used properly..

I've tried to use Stellar but the files which I've deleted a few weeks ago doesn't seem to show up.

Good day,
After you face the lost file problem, don't add any file to your hdd, because the new file might be stack on your old file, then you can't find your old file.
At the same time, dont defragment your hdd before you recover your file with any recovery software...
By the way, sorry for the late reply AnimeAsia, do you get a full version of S & P recovery software??
Thank you and all the best...

Yup, I got the full version. Thanks man. If can't add files to the hdd, what's the point of this software then? So means I can't retrieve the old files I've deleted since I added files to the hdd already?

r u refer to the stellar raw receover?

This post has been edited by lex: Feb 23 2006, 10:16 AM

good day,
is the stellar and phoenix recovery software only...

other forumer said stellar raw recover is more powerful than the basic recovery in ti thread.

This post has been edited by lex: Feb 24 2006, 05:31 PM

hi everyone

my 200 gb just did a crash on me and after reading through all the posts, i should gat a data recovery program.

problem is, i can only find the demos.

any way to get the full?

hi everyone..
now its my turn ..200GB Seagate with 3 partition. 2 partition suddently converted to "raw"..i tried Easyus Datarecovery 2.0..data seems ok but i still need an additional hdd to transfer them. hrmm..wonder how to recover the "raw" into its original condition along with the contents.

neway, thanks all for the big info

Referring to my recent 160GB HDD "crash" (see pinned thread Eight Ways To Kill Your HDD, About what NOT to do to prolong HDD life, Post #139) no thanks to my old ASUS CDRW, I've used Ontrack Easy Recovery and managed to recover almost all of my files out of that drive.

Actually, I had another copy of most of the files in that drive already (redundancy, using another HDD) but I needed to recover files that were added recently.

Recovery success very much depends very much on the type of drive failure. In my case, it was some bad sectors (ie. probably head touching the media induced by vibrations from my old CDRW) while the SMART status shows OK.

This post has been edited by lex: May 11 2006, 04:47 PM

I pressume that the data recovery software works only windows is accessible, what could if my windows is no longer accessible? I really don't how to install the program via dos or recovery console mode.

I have a 200GB SATA with 3 partitions, the computer detect my drive if i type MAP from the recovery console. But, i really needs the programs or data in the c drive, the data recovery center at LY will cost a BOMB for me, any other suggetions?

Thanks..

This post has been edited by IanLim: Apr 26 2006, 12:53 PM

if plug into other hdd with os?

This post has been edited by lex: May 11 2006, 04:44 PM

Thanks for the reply, i do have another computer wif OS, but, it doesn't support SATA drive...

I had found one program name R-Studio Emergency thats allows me to move files in DOS mode, but, it's only support 64kb of size limit, it requires computer's activation code which only could be obtain from RTT site after input the purchase details, there are not keygens or crack or full version of this one.

So far, only this programs does what i really want... Or maybe some of you knows the alternates which does the same functions?

The programs that i mention can be found here:

http://www.data-recovery-software.net/Data..._Download.shtml

This post has been edited by lex: May 11 2006, 04:45 PM

why u dun just use other pc with os & sata onboard?

This post has been edited by lex: May 3 2006, 10:18 AM

I failed to get the program, i bought a new SATA drive and sent to ALL IT to fix it for me as i failed to install the drivers, and i bought the system form there anyway, i just called them, they already installed the drivers and windows for me..

This time, i want to install program in another partition.., hope it will be a good backup if i really need to refomat it..

Thanks for the reply though..

so the hdd u rma aldy?

This post has been edited by lex: May 11 2006, 04:46 PM

Yup. I actually bought an external enclosure seems the technician installed my Windows without plug in my old harddrive.

Windows detects my "External" harddrive then i just copied files from there to another drive..

I reformated the old harddrive without any worries though...

BEWARE!

I have noticed quite a number of people bought "Maxtor QuickView" drives for use with their desktop PCs (and/or for external data storage). Please beware that these drives are NOT meant for proper data storage purposes! Please check the following statement in BOLD RED (source: Maxtor QuickView Hard Drives - Built for your DVR, PVR and Consumer Electronics Devices): Regards.

This post has been edited by lex: May 5 2006, 02:31 PM

anyone can tell me where to get the full version of STELLAR PHOENIX FAT & NTFS recovery software ??
Thanks ya

actually, linux OS already provide several partition tools to configure/data recovery on hard disk partition. You can try it if you know linux