Data restoration Help

[Djbell]

Hi

I have just set up a machine with windows 2000 using NTFS, but unfortuantly I used the wrong machine for the set up, I have been asked to retrieve data from this machine that was origionally set up on Fat32 windows 98 partition. Is there any way possible for me to undo what I have done, is it possible for me to restore the machine back to windows 98 and get back the data I need.

Regards

Djbell

 

[wolluf]

If you formatted drive with NTFS and installed win2k on top, I'd say close to zero chance. You might find a utility/service that can read parts of the disk not overwritten by win2k install (formatting as NTFS won't have physically wiped the data - but installing win2k will have overwritten probably at least 1 GB of the drive. Old data on areas not overwritten will probably still be accessible to a good data recovery app - but as files tend to be fragmented over the disk, you'd probably get mainly fragments. Try a Google search for Data Recovery Tools (you'll have to pay for a good one).

 

[craigey]

Wolluf is right, there is one utility called getdataback, I can't remember who makes it, but it will scan the HDD and show you what can be recovered. It will also recover up to 4 directories in the demo version, and can save the map of the HDD contents to a file so that when / if you upgrade to the full version, you don't have to scan the contents of the harddrive again it will just read it from the file.