[Ham-Computers] UNFORMAT HARD DRIVE

Wed, 10 Dec 2003 12:26:08 -0600

MAYBE I did not make myself clear
I had this 20 gig harddrive with info on it and accidentally reformatted it
about halfway thru the format I realized mistake
and stopped reformat process

can I unformat the reformat and get the disk back to the original condition

I KNOW I will loose all info on a REFORMAT
but can I undo a reformat and go back to the original condition with the
info intact I had BEFORE the reformat

Don
Ask me no questions and I will tell you no lies


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ronald KA4INM Youvan" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Wednesday, December 10, 2003 11:50 AM
Subject: Re: [Ham-Computers] UNFORMAT HARD DRIVE


>    If you mess with the partitions you WILL "loose ALL info"
>    If you unformat a drive you WILL "loose ALL info"
>
>    "Info" is information you saved to the drive after
> formatting it.
>
>    If you want to complete an incomplete format,
> format the drive.  Again!
>
>    If you partly formatted a drive and then THEN saved info to it,
> move the data to elsewhere, re-format the drive, then move the
> data back.
>
>   First you set the partition information, then you format it.
> 1. fdisk
> 2. format
>
>    Ron
>
> > when you format a drive, format info is saved, so their must be a way
> > unformat .if you mess with the patrons you may loose info.
> > best to go slow till you find some one who knows
>
> > Ronald KA4INM Youvan wrote:
>
> >>> I need to unformat a 20 gig hard drive (DON'T ASK)
> >>> what would the one to use  with wimp os
> >>> format was not completed (40-50%) complete when mistake was realized
> >>> I am fairly computer literate
> -- 
>       73 (= Best Regards) de: (= from) Ron [email protected]
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