Storage Solutions HDD jumper mistake - limit 32 gb

[Hacker]

Ive a 120 ide hdd, with 6 partitions. I accidently put the jumper on the limit capacity to 32 gb pins. Now my drive shows only 32 gb in windows. Bios shows 120 gb.

Which software do you guys recommend to get back my data and partitions.

 

[sydras]

Did you try resetting the jumper settings back for original 120GB?

Did you initialize or format the disk in windows when it recognized the drive as 32GB?

 

[zhopudey]

Didn't you put the jumper back in the correct position?

 

[Hacker]

I messed up big time, Wanted to install xp some other system. So i used my my main hard disk( big mistake). The disk was not getting detected in bios, so changed the jumper settings. Thats when i accidently set the jumper to 32 Gb. Guess what it got detected, so i started the xp installation. Xp displayed only 1 partition of 32 Gb. So selected that went ahead with the perform quick ntfs format option( 2nd mistake ). My drive had 6 partitions which i totally forgot.

Xp copied the files to my hdd and rebooted but i got a read error ( dont remember the exact name) so reinstalled xp again but this time selected the quick format fat32 for the 32 gb partition. Xp installation was sucessful but when i clicked on my computer i realized that i was completly f**ked.

Looks like ive lost my personal files, photos and lots of movies and my music collection.

Moral of the story - Never install xp at 1.30 am at night. BACKUP your data.

Currently running a software called Active Partition Recovery for windows

It has detected some partitions but says the ntfs status is bad.

So is there any other GOOD reliable software which will help me get back my data.

 

[sydras]

GetDataBackforNTFS could recover the data easily as it does a physical disk read and reconstructs the file system. But now that you have already installed XP, you will lose some data.

I hope you have a backup. I keep telling people in this day and age, you gotta have a 1+1 backup. NO ONE can afford to download all that stuff again.

Anyway, you will now need the software + a blank HDD to store the recovered data on. Do arrange for this. And don't use your HDD anymore to avoid further overwritin on the disk.

 

[Ratna333]

You can use Rstudio but rescuing data may lead to further detoriation of the health of your HDD.

 

[techie_007]

You can use Rstudio but rescuing data may lead to further detoriation of the health of your HDD.

Noo question: but how does data rescue lead to deterioration of hdd?

 

[Ratna333]

The data recovery softwares are stressfull ones. They put a lot of pressure on the HDDs to recover the data. Very often a single sector can be made to read a number of times to recover the material. This (may) damage the physical stucture and surface layer of the disk/platter.
They are also used for a long time, till the data is received... sometimes for days, this also generates a lot of heat in the PCB/HDD.

 

[Hacker]

Thx Ratna and Sydras. Could not get the full version of GetDataBackforNTFS, got R studio 3.2.

It WORKED Got all my data back.

I also got a new seagate 250 gb sata hdd, recovered all old data on this drive.