hdd problem: urgent help needed

[willbyrne]

while reinstalling windows this morning i accidentaly deleted the partition with my backups on it, this includes all my coursework from uni and all my art, i recreated the partition but i tells me it needs to be formated to be used and i dont want to lose all my data, is there anyway i can get it back, any software or something cause if i dont get it back im screwed
cheers

[Gecko]

willbyrne,

I hate to be the barer of bad news but if you deleted the partition during a windows install then there is a good chance your files were overwritten.

If you want to try and recover your files then I use a program called to recover data from a hard drive I've always had good luck with it.
You will need a separate hard drive to install the recovery program on to, in order to recover any data, this is true for any recovery program.

The more you use the affected system the less your chances of recovery, so do not use the system. Install the recovery program on a different system and then slave your hdd to that system and then try to recover you lost data.

Good luck

[willbyrne]