oops! I deleted files from D: drive!

If you've wiped the recovery drive from a laptop then you can restore it by:

1) Going to the manufacturer's control centre/software app if you have one and choosing the right option or

2) Reinstalling from your recovery cd's which might bring it back

If not, create recovery discs for your laptop which are usually enough to bring it back from the dead.
 

My Computer

System One

  • Manufacturer/Model
    Sony Vaio Z46GDU
    CPU
    [email protected] w/6MB L2 cache 1066MHz FSB
    Memory
    6GB DDR3 1066MHz SDRAM
    Graphics Card(s)
    9300M GS 256MB + Intel Integrated 4500MHD
    Monitor(s) Displays
    13.1" WXGA True Colour Tough
    Screen Resolution
    1600x900
    Hard Drives
    320GB SATA 7200RPM
    Internet Speed
    1MB/s
If you've wiped the recovery drive from a laptop then you can restore it by:

1) Going to the manufacturer's control centre/software app if you have one and choosing the right option or

2) Reinstalling from your recovery cd's which might bring it back

If not, create recovery discs for your laptop which are usually enough to bring it back from the dead.

If the disks weren't created before he deleted the files then I'm not sure the disk will create correctly. I thought that when you create your own recovery disks it's copying the info from the recovery partition of the HDD?
 

My Computer

System One

  • Manufacturer/Model
    HP
    CPU
    Intel Neo
    Memory
    2GB
    Graphics Card(s)
    Intergrated Intel Graphics
    Sound Card
    Integrated
    Monitor(s) Displays
    10.1
    Screen Resolution
    1280 x 800
    Hard Drives
    160GB
    PSU
    Power Adapter
    Case
    It's special, it flips open :)
    Keyboard
    Acer
    Mouse
    Touchpad
    Internet Speed
    Down: 16mb/s Up: 1.6mb/s
    Other Info
    I killed my HP Laptop :'(
If the files are deleted from the "recovery" partition , I don't imagine you would be able to run off "recovery" discs, or have many options in the manufacturer's control center.

1. If you deleted the files ( not the partition itself) , you should be able to use a file undelete app.

I would try the Undelete module in the free Glaryutilities :

Glary Utilities

( do not click the green download button - that is an advertisement. Click where it says "other builds" )

Install it on C. Scan D. Recover the files to C. When they are all recovered, copy/move them back to D.

2. If you deleted the partition - do not do anything else to the partition - do not recreate it or format it.

Download the free Partition Wizard Home Edition and install it on C. Run the Partition Recovery function.

Partition Wizard is a Windows based FREE Partition Manager. It works as partition magic and supports Windows 2000/XP/2003/Vista/2008 server and Windows 7. FREE for Home and Business user.

Partition Recovery - Partition Wizard Help

Make sure the Disk is highlighted in blue, then click Partition Recovery in the left pane.

Partition Recovery-2009-08-19_064312.jpg


Try scanning Unallocated space >Next.

Quick scan>Next

Hope it helps
 

My Computers

System One System Two

  • Operating System
    Vista
    CPU
    Intel E8400
    Motherboard
    ASRock1333-GLAN R2.0
    Memory
    4gb DDR2 800
    Graphics Card(s)
    nvidia 9500GT 1gb
  • Operating System
    win7/vista
    CPU
    intel i5-8400
    Motherboard
    gigabyte b365m ds3h
    Memory
    ballistix 2x8gb 3200
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