BIG MISTAKE !!!!!!

[EFI]

THERE HAS BEEN DONE A TERRIBLE MISTAKE AND I BELIEVE THAT
IT WAS NOT MY FAULT.I HAVE TWO DISKS (HARD DISKS) ON MY
PC, THE FIRST (C:) THAT HAS MY OPERATING SYSTEM
(WINDOWSXP) AND THE SECOND ONE (D:) THAT IS MY STORAGE
DISK. I KEEP THERE ALL MY WORK AND ALL MY IMPORTANT
DOCUMENTS.
I WANTED TO FORMAT THE FIRST DISK (C:) AND RE-INSTALL
WINDOWS AND ALL OTHER PROGRAMS.SO I PREPARE A START UP
DISK, I GO TO MS-DOS MODE AND TYPE : FORMAT C:
I RESTART MY COMPUTER AND THEN I REALIZE THAT DISK D WAS
FORMATED !!!!!!I HAVE LOST EVERYTHING!!MY WORK,MY
DOCUMENTS, EVERYTHING!!!!!HOW COULD THIS BE???????HOW
COULD THIS HAPPEN????IS THERE ANYTHING I CAN DO???
PLEASEEEE HEEEELP !!!!!

[Ron Sommer]

Please loose the Cap Lock.

C: must be formatted NTFS and D: was formatted Fat 32.
Dos will not see NTFS, so it formatted the drive that was visible (D:).
--
Ron Sommer

"EFI" > wrote in message
...
> THERE HAS BEEN DONE A TERRIBLE MISTAKE AND I BELIEVE THAT
> IT WAS NOT MY FAULT.I HAVE TWO DISKS (HARD DISKS) ON MY
> PC, THE FIRST (C:) THAT HAS MY OPERATING SYSTEM
> (WINDOWSXP) AND THE SECOND ONE (D:) THAT IS MY STORAGE
> DISK. I KEEP THERE ALL MY WORK AND ALL MY IMPORTANT
> DOCUMENTS.
> I WANTED TO FORMAT THE FIRST DISK (C:) AND RE-INSTALL
> WINDOWS AND ALL OTHER PROGRAMS.SO I PREPARE A START UP
> DISK, I GO TO MS-DOS MODE AND TYPE : FORMAT C:
> I RESTART MY COMPUTER AND THEN I REALIZE THAT DISK D WAS
> FORMATED !!!!!!I HAVE LOST EVERYTHING!!MY WORK,MY
> DOCUMENTS, EVERYTHING!!!!!HOW COULD THIS BE???????HOW
> COULD THIS HAPPEN????IS THERE ANYTHING I CAN DO???
> PLEASEEEE HEEEELP !!!!!

[John]

>-----Original Message-----
>Please loose the Cap Lock.
>
>C: must be formatted NTFS and D: was formatted Fat 32.
>Dos will not see NTFS, so it formatted the drive that
was visible (D:).
>--
>Ron Sommer
>
>"EFI" > wrote in
message
...
>> THERE HAS BEEN DONE A TERRIBLE MISTAKE AND I BELIEVE
THAT
>> IT WAS NOT MY FAULT.I HAVE TWO DISKS (HARD DISKS) ON MY
>> PC, THE FIRST (C:) THAT HAS MY OPERATING SYSTEM
>> (WINDOWSXP) AND THE SECOND ONE (D:) THAT IS MY STORAGE
>> DISK. I KEEP THERE ALL MY WORK AND ALL MY IMPORTANT
>> DOCUMENTS.
>> I WANTED TO FORMAT THE FIRST DISK (C:) AND RE-INSTALL
>> WINDOWS AND ALL OTHER PROGRAMS.SO I PREPARE A START UP
>> DISK, I GO TO MS-DOS MODE AND TYPE : FORMAT C:
>> I RESTART MY COMPUTER AND THEN I REALIZE THAT DISK D
WAS
>> FORMATED !!!!!!I HAVE LOST EVERYTHING!!MY WORK,MY
>> DOCUMENTS, EVERYTHING!!!!!HOW COULD THIS BE???????HOW
>> COULD THIS HAPPEN????IS THERE ANYTHING I CAN DO???
>> PLEASEEEE HEEEELP !!!!!
>
>.
>When you say "its not my fault" you're wrong. When
dealing with computers, ALL work must be backed up. You
have just learned this very painful lesson.

[Carey Frisch [MVP]]

Have you tried the following procedure?

Right-click on MY COMPUTER and select MANAGE.
Click on DISK MANAGEMENT and in the lower right-hand
window (gray shaded area), right-click on your second drive
and select INITIALIZE DISK.

If that does not work:

Go to Start > Run and type: CMD , and hit enter.
In the Command Prompt window, type: DISKPART , hit enter.
Then type: RESCAN , hit enter.
Try initializing the disk again.

--
Carey Frisch
Microsoft MVP
Windows XP - Shell/User

Be Smart! Protect your PC!
http://www.microsoft.com/security/protect/

-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

"EFI" > wrote in message:
...

| THERE HAS BEEN DONE A TERRIBLE MISTAKE AND I BELIEVE THAT
| IT WAS NOT MY FAULT.I HAVE TWO DISKS (HARD DISKS) ON MY
| PC, THE FIRST (C:) THAT HAS MY OPERATING SYSTEM
| (WINDOWSXP) AND THE SECOND ONE (D:) THAT IS MY STORAGE
| DISK. I KEEP THERE ALL MY WORK AND ALL MY IMPORTANT
| DOCUMENTS.
| I WANTED TO FORMAT THE FIRST DISK (C:) AND RE-INSTALL
| WINDOWS AND ALL OTHER PROGRAMS.SO I PREPARE A START UP
| DISK, I GO TO MS-DOS MODE AND TYPE : FORMAT C:
| I RESTART MY COMPUTER AND THEN I REALIZE THAT DISK D WAS
| FORMATED !!!!!!I HAVE LOST EVERYTHING!!MY WORK,MY
| DOCUMENTS, EVERYTHING!!!!!HOW COULD THIS BE???????HOW
| COULD THIS HAPPEN????IS THERE ANYTHING I CAN DO???
| PLEASEEEE HEEEELP !!!!!

[Mike Brearley]

Do NOTHING with the computer at this point and you may be able to restore
your data.

Contact me pesonally via the e-mail address below and I can help you.

--
Posted 'as is'. If there are any spelling and/or grammar mistakes, they
were a direct result of my fingers and brain not being synchronized or my
lack of caffeine.

Mike Brearley (mike_brearley at hotmail dot com)


"EFI" > wrote in message
...
> THERE HAS BEEN DONE A TERRIBLE MISTAKE AND I BELIEVE THAT
> IT WAS NOT MY FAULT.I HAVE TWO DISKS (HARD DISKS) ON MY
> PC, THE FIRST (C:) THAT HAS MY OPERATING SYSTEM
> (WINDOWSXP) AND THE SECOND ONE (D:) THAT IS MY STORAGE
> DISK. I KEEP THERE ALL MY WORK AND ALL MY IMPORTANT
> DOCUMENTS.
> I WANTED TO FORMAT THE FIRST DISK (C:) AND RE-INSTALL
> WINDOWS AND ALL OTHER PROGRAMS.SO I PREPARE A START UP
> DISK, I GO TO MS-DOS MODE AND TYPE : FORMAT C:
> I RESTART MY COMPUTER AND THEN I REALIZE THAT DISK D WAS
> FORMATED !!!!!!I HAVE LOST EVERYTHING!!MY WORK,MY
> DOCUMENTS, EVERYTHING!!!!!HOW COULD THIS BE???????HOW
> COULD THIS HAPPEN????IS THERE ANYTHING I CAN DO???
> PLEASEEEE HEEEELP !!!!!

[david]

e-mail me at d_draper at pacbell dot net, and I can POSSIBLY recover
your drive/data... Drive is not an issue, data will require some more
work. I have the utilities, and I will return the drive to you, with
your information on a CD. If I cannot recover it, I will not charge
you. Let me know what you want to do... Be sure you identifiy
yourself as the guy who formatted his drive, otherwise your mail may
be deleted by my server... My spam watcher sometimes inadvertantly
does that.

David

"Mike Brearley" > wrote in message >...
> Do NOTHING with the computer at this point and you may be able to restore
> your data.
>
> Contact me pesonally via the e-mail address below and I can help you.
>
> --
> Posted 'as is'. If there are any spelling and/or grammar mistakes, they
> were a direct result of my fingers and brain not being synchronized or my
> lack of caffeine.
>
> Mike Brearley (mike_brearley at hotmail dot com)
>
>
> "EFI" > wrote in message
> ...
> > THERE HAS BEEN DONE A TERRIBLE MISTAKE AND I BELIEVE THAT
> > IT WAS NOT MY FAULT.I HAVE TWO DISKS (HARD DISKS) ON MY
> > PC, THE FIRST (C:) THAT HAS MY OPERATING SYSTEM
> > (WINDOWSXP) AND THE SECOND ONE (D:) THAT IS MY STORAGE
> > DISK. I KEEP THERE ALL MY WORK AND ALL MY IMPORTANT
> > DOCUMENTS.
> > I WANTED TO FORMAT THE FIRST DISK (C:) AND RE-INSTALL
> > WINDOWS AND ALL OTHER PROGRAMS.SO I PREPARE A START UP
> > DISK, I GO TO MS-DOS MODE AND TYPE : FORMAT C:
> > I RESTART MY COMPUTER AND THEN I REALIZE THAT DISK D WAS
> > FORMATED !!!!!!I HAVE LOST EVERYTHING!!MY WORK,MY
> > DOCUMENTS, EVERYTHING!!!!!HOW COULD THIS BE???????HOW
> > COULD THIS HAPPEN????IS THERE ANYTHING I CAN DO???
> > PLEASEEEE HEEEELP !!!!!

[david]

email me at d_draper at pacbell dot net, and I can also help you
out... IT IS VERY IMPORTANT TO DO NOTHING TO YOUR HARD DRIVE AT THIS
TIME! If all you have done is format it, then the data is likely
recoverable. e-mail me first, and let's see what we can do for you.

David

"Mike Brearley" > wrote in message >...
> Do NOTHING with the computer at this point and you may be able to restore
> your data.
>
> Contact me pesonally via the e-mail address below and I can help you.
>
> --
> Posted 'as is'. If there are any spelling and/or grammar mistakes, they
> were a direct result of my fingers and brain not being synchronized or my
> lack of caffeine.
>
> Mike Brearley (mike_brearley at hotmail dot com)
>
>
> "EFI" > wrote in message
> ...
> > THERE HAS BEEN DONE A TERRIBLE MISTAKE AND I BELIEVE THAT
> > IT WAS NOT MY FAULT.I HAVE TWO DISKS (HARD DISKS) ON MY
> > PC, THE FIRST (C:) THAT HAS MY OPERATING SYSTEM
> > (WINDOWSXP) AND THE SECOND ONE (D:) THAT IS MY STORAGE
> > DISK. I KEEP THERE ALL MY WORK AND ALL MY IMPORTANT
> > DOCUMENTS.
> > I WANTED TO FORMAT THE FIRST DISK (C:) AND RE-INSTALL
> > WINDOWS AND ALL OTHER PROGRAMS.SO I PREPARE A START UP
> > DISK, I GO TO MS-DOS MODE AND TYPE : FORMAT C:
> > I RESTART MY COMPUTER AND THEN I REALIZE THAT DISK D WAS
> > FORMATED !!!!!!I HAVE LOST EVERYTHING!!MY WORK,MY
> > DOCUMENTS, EVERYTHING!!!!!HOW COULD THIS BE???????HOW
> > COULD THIS HAPPEN????IS THERE ANYTHING I CAN DO???
> > PLEASEEEE HEEEELP !!!!!

[Mike Brearley]

Too late... he already copied data from a 3 year old backup to his
formatted drive. I've informed him that some data can stil be recovered,
but the chances are much less now. If he had listened to all the warnings
to not do anything to his drive, you or I could have easily recovered nearly
100% of his data.

--
Posted 'as is'. If there are any spelling and/or grammar mistakes, they
were a direct result of my fingers and brain not being synchronized or my
lack of caffeine.

Mike Brearley (mike_brearley at hotmail dot com)


"david" > wrote in message
om...
> email me at d_draper at pacbell dot net, and I can also help you
> out... IT IS VERY IMPORTANT TO DO NOTHING TO YOUR HARD DRIVE AT THIS
> TIME! If all you have done is format it, then the data is likely
> recoverable. e-mail me first, and let's see what we can do for you.
>
> David
>
> "Mike Brearley" > wrote in message
>...
> > Do NOTHING with the computer at this point and you may be able to
restore
> > your data.
> >
> > Contact me pesonally via the e-mail address below and I can help you.
> >
> > --
> > Posted 'as is'. If there are any spelling and/or grammar mistakes, they
> > were a direct result of my fingers and brain not being synchronized or
my
> > lack of caffeine.
> >
> > Mike Brearley (mike_brearley at hotmail dot com)
> >
> >
> > "EFI" > wrote in message
> > ...
> > > THERE HAS BEEN DONE A TERRIBLE MISTAKE AND I BELIEVE THAT
> > > IT WAS NOT MY FAULT.I HAVE TWO DISKS (HARD DISKS) ON MY
> > > PC, THE FIRST (C:) THAT HAS MY OPERATING SYSTEM
> > > (WINDOWSXP) AND THE SECOND ONE (D:) THAT IS MY STORAGE
> > > DISK. I KEEP THERE ALL MY WORK AND ALL MY IMPORTANT
> > > DOCUMENTS.
> > > I WANTED TO FORMAT THE FIRST DISK (C:) AND RE-INSTALL
> > > WINDOWS AND ALL OTHER PROGRAMS.SO I PREPARE A START UP
> > > DISK, I GO TO MS-DOS MODE AND TYPE : FORMAT C:
> > > I RESTART MY COMPUTER AND THEN I REALIZE THAT DISK D WAS
> > > FORMATED !!!!!!I HAVE LOST EVERYTHING!!MY WORK,MY
> > > DOCUMENTS, EVERYTHING!!!!!HOW COULD THIS BE???????HOW
> > > COULD THIS HAPPEN????IS THERE ANYTHING I CAN DO???
> > > PLEASEEEE HEEEELP !!!!!

[Big Mac]

I guess you have learned a valuable lesson: Back up your critical
info, like documents. . If you have a floppy drive in your computer,
documents don't take up that much space and can easily be backed up
(copied to).

Or if you no floppy drive, and just have a read/write CD, you can
still use that. Blank CDs nowadays are free if you find a good rebate
sale. (I just bought a 100 pack of Memorex CDs and a 100 pack of
jewel cases, and after the in-store instant rebates, and mail-in
rebates, it costs me nothing. 0. Nada. Actually, I even profited
one cent, though minus of course the two stamps to send in the
mail-ins.)

Programs you have CD, or stuff you can download again isn't as
important to back up.

And obviously you are a newbie. In using these newsgroups anyway:
Using all capital letters is a no-no. It means you are shouting.
Well.... maybe you are freaking out and shouting.


------------- original post
On Tue, 17 Feb 2004 03:41:48 -0800, "EFI"
> wrote:
>THERE HAS BEEN DONE A TERRIBLE MISTAKE AND I BELIEVE THAT
>IT WAS NOT MY FAULT.I HAVE TWO DISKS (HARD DISKS) ON MY
>PC, THE FIRST (C:) THAT HAS MY OPERATING SYSTEM
>(WINDOWSXP) AND THE SECOND ONE (D:) THAT IS MY STORAGE
>DISK. I KEEP THERE ALL MY WORK AND ALL MY IMPORTANT
>DOCUMENTS.
>I WANTED TO FORMAT THE FIRST DISK (C:) AND RE-INSTALL
>WINDOWS AND ALL OTHER PROGRAMS.SO I PREPARE A START UP
>DISK, I GO TO MS-DOS MODE AND TYPE : FORMAT C:
>I RESTART MY COMPUTER AND THEN I REALIZE THAT DISK D WAS
>FORMATED !!!!!!I HAVE LOST EVERYTHING!!MY WORK,MY
>DOCUMENTS, EVERYTHING!!!!!HOW COULD THIS BE???????HOW
>COULD THIS HAPPEN????IS THERE ANYTHING I CAN DO???
>PLEASEEEE HEEEELP !!!!!

[S]

You should have used the bootable WinXP cd instead of old
dos. There are companies that specialize in data recovery
but I'm told it cost big bucks(?).

http://www.datarecovery.net/

HtH

S.

>-----Original Message-----
>Please loose the Cap Lock.
>
>C: must be formatted NTFS and D: was formatted Fat 32.
>Dos will not see NTFS, so it formatted the drive that was
visible (D:).
>--
>Ron Sommer
>
>"EFI" > wrote in
message
...
>> THERE HAS BEEN DONE A TERRIBLE MISTAKE AND I BELIEVE
THAT
>> IT WAS NOT MY FAULT.I HAVE TWO DISKS (HARD DISKS) ON MY
>> PC, THE FIRST (C:) THAT HAS MY OPERATING SYSTEM
>> (WINDOWSXP) AND THE SECOND ONE (D:) THAT IS MY STORAGE
>> DISK. I KEEP THERE ALL MY WORK AND ALL MY IMPORTANT
>> DOCUMENTS.
>> I WANTED TO FORMAT THE FIRST DISK (C:) AND RE-INSTALL
>> WINDOWS AND ALL OTHER PROGRAMS.SO I PREPARE A START UP
>> DISK, I GO TO MS-DOS MODE AND TYPE : FORMAT C:
>> I RESTART MY COMPUTER AND THEN I REALIZE THAT DISK D WAS
>> FORMATED !!!!!!I HAVE LOST EVERYTHING!!MY WORK,MY
>> DOCUMENTS, EVERYTHING!!!!!HOW COULD THIS BE???????HOW
>> COULD THIS HAPPEN????IS THERE ANYTHING I CAN DO???
>> PLEASEEEE HEEEELP !!!!!
>
>.
>

[Malke]

Ron Sommer wrote:

> Please loose the Cap Lock.
>
> C: must be formatted NTFS and D: was formatted Fat 32.
> Dos will not see NTFS, so it formatted the drive that was visible
> (D:).

Do nothing more on the affected computer. The data is still there and
may be recovered with data recovery software. Take your computer to a
good local computer shop (not a BestBuy or CompUSA type of store) AFTER
you first call to be sure the shop can do this. Good data recovery
software is expensive and not everyone has it. If there is nothing
available in your area, contact a professional data recovery firm like
Drive Savers. I do not work for them, but I recommend them as they are
very highly regarded in the tech industry. Their US phone number is
800-440-1904, www.drivesavers.com. Their services are not inexpensive,
usually starting at around $500, but only you can decide how much your
data is worth.

Malke
--
MS MVP - Windows Shell/User
Elephant Boy Computers
www.elephantboycomputers.com
"Don't Panic!"