How can I recover data from lost/deleted partitions? NTFS FAT

[Panarchy]

Hello

Looking for a program to recover my data.

My old partition schema entailed the following file-systems;

NTFS
Ext3
FAT32
HFS+

Although I didn't have anything of value on the ext3 partition, so don't worry about finding a software that can recover ext3. Most important is NTFS. Seconded by HFS+.

I've seen a whole spectrum of software's, and tried a few of them.

Winternals Disk Commander 1.1

Media Tools 5.1 Professional

But neither seem to be able to do exactly what I want. Biggest issue is that neither can write to NTFS.

Also tried TestDisk... but can't seem to work out how to use it.

Please help me recover my deleted partitions.

Thanks in advance,

Panarchy

PS: If you were wondering how they got deleted, blame the new ubuntu installation.

[GDH]

Hi,

Try "Recover My Files" from Data Recovery Software to Undelete Files; Disk recovery; Recover Deleted Files.

Let us know how it goes.

[Panarchy]

Thanks, I'll give that a go.

Quick question before I give it a go;

Is there a bootable version?

What file formats does it support?

[GDH]

Hi,

There is not a bootable version. It needs windows to run.

The best method is to have the problem drive connected as a secondary, so install the software on C: and scan the problem drive.

The first thing you should try is a Complete Format Recover looking for the NTFS drive. There are instructions in the first post of this forum on how to run this search.

If you end up running a "Complete File Search", the program will recognize the header of more than 300 file types.

[Panarchy]

Hmm...

That isn't a terrible idea.

I just might give it a try.

BTW: Both are primary, as I use SATA