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GEEK
October 4th, 2008, 02:05
hey guys

Am in a bit of problem. while partitioning my new segate 160gig i ignorantly enabled this option

http://img142.imageshack.us/img142/4600/enabledcachingiw0.jpg

but after a couple of bsod my F:\ has got corrupted

http://img48.imageshack.us/img48/8030/inaccessibleec8.jpg

has anyone been in a similar situation?
google wasnt of much help
which softwares do you guys recommend to use for recovery?
or any other alternate methods anyone can suggest to recover data?

the partition was 40gig with data inside around 15-20gig

esther
October 4th, 2008, 05:11
hi,
You might need to reinstall your system drivers,if that doesn't help get this tool it might help to retrieve your files
wwx.cgsecurity.org/wiki/TestDisk
gluck

Woodmann
October 4th, 2008, 16:18
Howdy,

Start with chkdsk, it may just save you.
If that doesnt work comeback and report your findings.

Woodmann

GEEK
October 5th, 2008, 00:47
thanks esther and Woodmann

@esther : the link i dead

@Woodmann : chkdsk gave me this message
Quote:

The type of the file system is NTFS.
Unable to determine volume version and state. CHKDSK aborted.


Then i tried "Power data recovery" and it recovered everything with absolute ease.

Thanks everyone

esther
October 5th, 2008, 00:53
the link isn't dead just change x to w

GEEK
October 5th, 2008, 00:59
lol ....didnt check that

am just going to format the drive again

Woodmann
October 5th, 2008, 20:09
esther,

you can type the other w, the board wont explode .

Woodmann

esther
October 6th, 2008, 12:34
*you can type the other w, the board wont explode

Look at the top right hand corner thats the "x" is for you

evaluator
October 7th, 2008, 14:35
bann him, bann him!! Don Woomaa!


not me, not me..

Woodmann
October 7th, 2008, 16:13
How can I ban esther ?

I was most impressed that he knew where the upper right corner was.

Woodmann

blurcode
October 14th, 2008, 17:20
I had the same problem and used Handy Recovery, took the files and reformated the drive.