SSD hard drive, deleted and quick formatted volumes

[henrikkhach]

Hi everyone

I had a SSD hard drive on my pc. It had 3 prtitions on it. I desides to create a one partioned drive, so i deleted partitions and at the end i quick formatted the whole disk. Unfortunately i had some important files on one of the volumes. I must mention that i didn't write anything on this hard drive after formatting.

Now i need to recover my lost files.

I tested "Recover My Files v.5" and "EaseUs Data recovery". Unfortunately they foun nothing at all.

Then i tested Partition Recovery Wizard in "AOMEI Partition Assistant" and again no results.

Have i destroyed all my files or still there is a recovery chance?

thanks in advance

 

[Megahertz07]

Jumanji is the disk guru. Ask him to help you. http://www.sevenforums.com/member.php?u=163641
Anything you do can make it more difficult to recover. Wait for help

 

[jumanji]

Time in Armenia now is around 9 A.M. You haven't logged in after your first post 14 hours ago. Good. I just saw your post.

Despair not. If you have only deleted the partitions and quickformatted it, all your data should still be there. We shall try to get it.

Just post a screenshot of Windows Disk Management showing your SSD. I believe it is internally connected on your desktop.
Disk Management : http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/274797-disk-management-post-screen-capture-image.html

Upload to sevenforums http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/9733-screenshots-files-upload-post-seven-forums.html

Using snipping tool : How to Use the Snipping Tool in Vista

Also tell me the extent of each volume (partition) that was there on the SSD.

 

[henrikkhach]

Time in Armenia now is around 9 A.M. You haven't logged in after your first post 14 hours ago. Good. I just saw your post.

Despair not. If you have only deleted the partitions and quickformatted it, all your data should still be there. We shall try to get it.

Just post a screenshot of Windows Disk Management showing your SSD. I believe it is internally connected on your desktop.
http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/274797-disk-management-post-screen-capture-image.html

Upload to sevenforums http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/9733-screenshots-files-upload-post-seven-forums.html

Using snipping tool : How to Use the Snipping Tool in Vista

Also tell me the extent of each volume (partition) that was there on the SSD.

Hi,

Thanks for your reply

I'll do it soon

 

[henrikkhach]

Time in Armenia now is around 9 A.M. You haven't logged in after your first post 14 hours ago. Good. I just saw your post.

Despair not. If you have only deleted the partitions and quickformatted it, all your data should still be there. We shall try to get it.

Just post a screenshot of Windows Disk Management showing your SSD. I believe it is internally connected on your desktop.
Disk Management : http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/274797-disk-management-post-screen-capture-image.html

Upload to sevenforums http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/9733-screenshots-files-upload-post-seven-forums.html

Using snipping tool : How to Use the Snipping Tool in Vista

Also tell me the extent of each volume (partition) that was there on the SSD.

This is the comp. management screenshot. Drive F is the mentioned drive.

 

[jumanji]

What was the extent of each partition in the 250GB SSD and what was the data in those partitions?

In which partition do you have the important data to be recovered, first,second or third?

Did you delete all the partitions one by one using Windows Disk Management?

Did you also quick format it with/in Windows Disk Management?

Did you make the new volume active deliberately?

 

[henrikkhach]

What was the extent of each partition in the 250GB SSD and what was the data in those partitions?

In which partition do you have the important data to be recovered, first,second or third?

Did you delete all the partitions one by one using Windows Disk Management?

Did you also quick format it with/in Windows Disk Management?

Did you make the new volume active deliberately?

What was the extent of each partition in the 250GB SSD and what was the data in those partitions?

I don't remember exactly, but the first was system reserved (i think 100 mb), the second was my os (i think 100 Gb), and the 3-rd was my main files (almost 125 Gb)


In which partition do you have the important data to be recovered, first,second or third?

The 3-rd one


Did you delete all the partitions one by one using Windows Disk Management?

Yes

Did you also quick format it with/in Windows Disk Management?

Yes after deleting all partitions I qick formatted whole drive.

Did you make the new volume active deliberately?

Yes, i thought maybe it could make a difference

 

[jumanji]

OK, fine. Don't worry.

I have still not decided whether to go with Partition Wizard or TestDisk to recover the partitions.My trial 750GB HDD is running the Partition Recovery Wizard. May take another 6 hours to complete after which I shall return and let you know. You may relax till then but download and install MiniTool Partition Wizard Free Edition 9.1 https://www.partitionwizard.com/download.html and be ready to run it, if I ask you to - not otherwise..

 

[henrikkhach]

OK, fine. Don't worry.

I have still not decided whether to go with Partition Wizard or TestDisk to recover the partitions.My trial 750GB HDD is running the Partition Recovery Wizard. May take another 6 hours to complete after which I shall return and let you know. You may relax till then but download and install MiniTool Partition Wizard Free Edition 9.1 https://www.partitionwizard.com/download.html and be ready to run it, if I ask you to - not otherwise..

Thanks for your kindness
Ok i'll wait.

But unfortunately earlier i have tested this software's partition recovery tool, but there were no results.

But i'll wait for your suggestions.

Thanks again

 

[jumanji]

I know you had used the Partition Recovery Wizard in AOMEI Partition Assistant. Most probably you only did a Quick Scan and not a Full Scan. ( Its just a guess)

Now get going. Let us see what MiniTool Partition Wizard Free Edition 9.1 does.

Launch PartitionWizard, on the left Pane click on Partition Recovery Wizard > Next > Select your 250GB SSD > Next > Full Disk > Next > Full scan > Next. Allow the fullscan to complete. You will get a window showing all the found partitions like the one below.



Post a screenshot of that Window . Note: A full scan of 250GB may take 2 to 3+ hours.Wait till it completes.

I will be online and give further instructions after seeing the found partitions. Do not Cancel /close Partition Wizard. If you do, heavens may not fall , but you may have to run it again

 

[jumanji]

When you launch Partition Wizard, right click on the new volume of the 250GB SSD, and set it inactive. Click on the Apply button on the top menu bar to make the change.

Afterwards run Partition Recovery Wizard as indicated in my previous post.

 

[henrikkhach]

When you launch Partition Wizard, right click on the new volume of the 250GB SSD, and set it inactive. Click on the Apply button on the top menu bar to make the change.

Afterwards run Partition Recovery Wizard as indicated in my previous post.

Hi,

First of all, sorry for the delay. It's because of my work time.

I did exactly what you said.

and the result:

 

[jumanji]

Did you run a full scan ?

"Launch Partition Wizard, on the left Pane click on Partition Recovery Wizard > Next > Select your 250GB SSD > Next > Full Disk > Next > Full scan > Next. Allow the full scan to complete. "

How long did it take?

If what you had done is only a quick format the volume boot record of the second and third partition will still be intact and Partition Recovery Wizard will find it on a full scan as in the screenshot I posted in my post #10. I recovered both those partitions and could see all data.

( I deleted the three partitions in my trial 750GB HDD and did a quick format. Running Full scan found the second and third partitions as in the screenshot )

In your case I find no trace of the second and third partition.

 

[henrikkhach]

Did you run a full scan ?

"Launch Partition Wizard, on the left Pane click on Partition Recovery Wizard > Next > Select your 250GB SSD > Next > Full Disk > Next > Full scan > Next. Allow the full scan to complete. "

How long did it take?

If what you had done is only a quick format the volume boot record of the second and third partition will still be intact and Partition Recovery Wizard will find it on a full scan as in the screenshot I posted in my post #10. I recovered both those partitions and could see all data.

( I deleted the three partitions in my trial 750GB HDD and did a quick format. Running Full scan found the second and third partitions as in the screenshot )

In your case I find no trace of the second and third partition.

surprisingly it took almost 45 min.
I did all processes step by step as you said.

i don't understand what's happened and have no idea.

 

[jumanji]

OK, we now have to take recourse to other methods. But before that I have to confirm that the volume boot record of the second partition really does not exist. It involves some maths. So let me work it out and come back.

 

[henrikkhach]

OK, we now have to take recourse to other methods. But before that I have to confirm that the volume boot record of the second partition really does not exist. It involves some maths. So let me work it out and come back.

ok. thank you so much

I'll be waiting

 

[jumanji]

OK, here we go.

Run Partition Recovery Wizard again.

Click on Partition Recovery Wizard on the left pane > Next > select your 250GB SSD > Next > select Specified Range, Input staring LBA 3000. ending LBA 410000 ( four hundred and ten thousand) > Next > Full Scan > Next Take a screenshot of Found partitions Window. After taking the screenshot click on Cancel and close PW. post screenshot



( We are searching 200MB beyond LBA 3000 to see whether at the end of the first 100MB system reserved partition, it finds the volume boot record of the second partition. If it does not find any, then I have to take that something beyond a quick format had happened wiping out the Volume Boot Record of the second and third partition, making Partition Recovery impossible. We have to resort to data recovery procedures.)

 

[henrikkhach]

OK, here we go.

Run Partition Recovery Wizard again.

Click on Partition Recovery Wizard on the left pane > Next > select your 250GB SSD > Next > select Specified Range, Input staring LBA 3000. ending LBA 410000 ( four hundred and ten thousand) > Next > Full Scan > Next Take a screenshot of Found partitions Window. After taking the screenshot click on Cancel and close PW. post screenshot

View attachment 391862

( We are searching 200MB beyond LBA 3000 to see whether at the end of the first 100MB system reserved partition, it finds the volume boot record of the second partition. If it does not find any, then I have to take that something beyond a quick format had happened wiping out the Volume Boot Record of the second and third partition, making Partition Recovery impossible. We have to resort to data recovery procedures.)

ok, I'm doing it.
i will send the screenshot as soon as it finished.

 

[henrikkhach]

OK, here we go.

Run Partition Recovery Wizard again.

Click on Partition Recovery Wizard on the left pane > Next > select your 250GB SSD > Next > select Specified Range, Input staring LBA 3000. ending LBA 410000 ( four hundred and ten thousand) > Next > Full Scan > Next Take a screenshot of Found partitions Window. After taking the screenshot click on Cancel and close PW. post screenshot

View attachment 391862

( We are searching 200MB beyond LBA 3000 to see whether at the end of the first 100MB system reserved partition, it finds the volume boot record of the second partition. If it does not find any, then I have to take that something beyond a quick format had happened wiping out the Volume Boot Record of the second and third partition, making Partition Recovery impossible. We have to resort to data recovery procedures.)

the result

 

[jumanji]

There is something strange here. If you had specified LBA range 3000 to 410000 to scan, why is it showing the partition starting at 2048??????

Can you please repeat? This time post the screenshot of scan range settings where you had fixed the range ( the same window I had posted in post #17) and the resulting Found partitions Window after the range is scanned.

Note: I am now running TestDisk on my trial HDD and again it may take sometime to finish. So I will return again to this thread only after I had formulated the next strategy and tried it myself under simulated conditions.

After posting the above information, you may download TestDisk 7.0 ( Windows) ( and not the beta version 7.1) from TestDisk Download - CGSecurity extract it to your C: drive and keep it.