I've Been Silly

[djshary]

r u running any other software utility includin antivirus second give me ur system specs plz???

[IHateComputers]

r u running any other software utility includin antivirus second give me ur system specs plz???

I'm running AVG 8.0 and Spybot.

System Spec is:-

Celeron 2,93GH, 2GB ram, XP Pro SP3.

[djshary]

what drive is it is it sata second completley turn off antivirus and spybot if it doesnt work then turn ur pc in safemode try there if also doesnt work then reply me im online for u...

[IHateComputers]

what drive is it is it sata second completley turn off antivirus and spybot if it doesnt work then turn ur pc in safemode try there if also doesnt work then reply me im online for u...

Type of Drive, I'm not sure, but will find out.

I'll try what you suggest, it may take a while but I'll post back.

Thanks for all the advise and help.

[djshary]

i will b back in a minute so im waitin go ahead best f luck

[IHateComputers]

what drive is it is it sata second completley turn off antivirus and spybot if it doesnt work then turn ur pc in safemode try there if also doesnt work then reply me im online for u...

Type of Drive, I'm not sure, but will find out.

I'll try what you suggest, it may take a while but I'll post back.

Thanks for all the advise and help.

Ok, still no luck. Still the same message. maybe the Hard disk is the issue!

The disk is a HDS724040KLAT80 (Hitachi Deskstar).

[djshary]

ok this is last turn if we get it then okay else its better you use data recovery softwares and backup all data. but for that you will need 400gb hardrive to backup all of it. were you usinf ntfs file system whilst you reformatted your harddrive?

[IHateComputers]

I think I'll sleep on this (as they say) and come back to it tomorrow. Thanks for all your suggestions djshary, if you have any other thoughts I'll be happy to try them tomorrow.

[IHateComputers]

ok this is last turn if we get it then okay else its better you use data recovery softwares and backup all data. but for that you will need 400gb hardrive to backup all of it. were you usinf ntfs file system whilst you reformatted your harddrive?

Yes, I was. PS I have a 500gb external drive

[djshary]

however im still awake and its 7 in morning wat abt u i will try my best to update u with this issue best is u use data recovery and backup data....gud night

[rafaela]

My God they exist so much other site for gossip comments ....

[bnice]

The thread title says it all.

I'm sure no-one will ask you, how it happened.

[shahij]

Welcome djshary,
you still advising silly...

Do u know the difference between Quick Format and Full Format, even of High level format and low level format?
Do u know after copying file to a volume, data is recoverable!
Do u know converting to dynamic disk simply damaging data?

After all, real case of the drive...

Its a File System Corruption or Bad Sector.
Image the drive then work what you want.

[prodata]

'The Disk in Drive X is not formatted, Do you want to Format it now?' >>>> this is problem in BR section. if you try to convert to dynamic disk. it will not help you anymore. becuase Convert to dynamic just make change in MBR and not BR. So it will not help you anymore... if u try to do any further without knowing what r u doing. you will destroy the data integrity. SO stop doing convert or other. trust me my dear. Just use Data recovery software. if your drive do not have seriuos bad sector. Data Recovery software can help you the most.

You have said you have been SILLY. DONT BEEN THE SILLY for the second time.

[IHateComputers]

What data recovery application should I use, any suggestions? Anything out there really good (or bad and to be avioded).

[wiseleo]

Run R-Studio on your drive. Done.

[coffeebean]

IHateComputers,

you got a sneeze - and some idiot is trying to perform a kidney transplant on you.

Listen to Leo - he seems wise

[scratchy]

It is just as well it failed. What djshary is telling you is actually the wrong way around. If you have a 'foreign' disk - from another computer you can use DM to import the drive/array/volume set into the current install. It will not work back-to-front.

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[IHateComputers]

Hi all,

Got it resolved, used R-Studio as wiseleo suggested, it worked a treat.

Thanks for all the help.