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How do I unformat WINDOWS XP NTFS partition?
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How do I unformat WINDOWS XP NTFS partition?
Thursday, March 25, 2004 at 7:36 pm
Posted by MK
(1 messages posted)
I accidently ran the system restore disk on my notebook and my XP partition has been
partially quickformated.
I found utilities to undelete files. However, none unformats the HDD ie restore it
to the preformat state with dirs, files etc intact.
I can undelete files, but it means reinstalling XP. Is there a utility like Norton's
unformat for FAT?
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re: How do I unformat WINDOWS XP NTFS partition?
Thursday, March 25, 2004 at 11:02 pm
Posted by mojo7819
(5744 messages posted)
Read this page VERY carefully before starting!
Windows XP Clean Install Information
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re: How do I unformat WINDOWS XP NTFS partition?
Friday, March 26, 2004 at 4:52 am
Posted by Fran
(79 messages posted)
What about System Restore, that didn't work? You should use GoBack, it's saved my
butt several times!
On Thursday, March 25, 2004 at 7:36 pm, MK wrote:
>I accidently ran the system restore disk on my notebook and my XP partition has
been
>partially quickformated.
>
>I found utilities to undelete files. However, none unformats the HDD ie restore
it
>to the preformat state with dirs, files etc intact.
>
>I can undelete files, but it means reinstalling XP. Is there a utility like Norton's
>unformat for FAT?
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re: How do I unformat WINDOWS XP NTFS partition?
Friday, March 26, 2004 at 7:33 am
Posted by Ricer46
(22014 messages posted)
He wasn't referring to "System Restore," he was using the Restore CD set that came
with his computer to reset it to "like-new" condition. Even GoBack wouldn't help
after he formatted his drive. Since it was a Quick format though, presummably some
magic could be performed to rebuild the file tables.
On Friday, March 26, 2004 at 4:52 am, Fran wrote:
>What about System Restore, that didn't work? You should use GoBack, it's saved
my
>butt several times!
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>On Thursday, March 25, 2004 at 7:36 pm, MK wrote:
>>I accidently ran the system restore disk on my notebook and my XP partition has
>been
>>partially quickformated.
>>
>>I found utilities to undelete files. However, none unformats the HDD ie restore
>it
>>to the preformat state with dirs, files etc intact.
>>
>>I can undelete files, but it means reinstalling XP. Is there a utility like Norton's
>>unformat for FAT?
>
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