XP install gone wrong

Hello, all -

somehow I managed to do the unthinkable. I was trying to do a dualboot with windows 7 and XP.

i ran my old xp oem cd and when it was installing i figured it would install one my unpartition space. well it looks like it rewrote the partions and just installed itself over everything. is all my data lost?

i havent done anything yet in windows xp. is there something i can do?

zigzag3143 said:

eldinv said:

Hello, all -

somehow I managed to do the unthinkable. I was trying to do a dualboot with windows 7 and XP.

i ran my old xp oem cd and when it was installing i figured it would install one my unpartition space. well it looks like it rewrote the partions and just installed itself over everything. is all my data lost?

i havent done anything yet in windows xp. is there something i can do?

Did you say format this disk when you started the install?

no i didnt. this was an OEM copy of windows, it just jumped right into installation. weird. i haven't used it in a long time.

zigzag3143 said:

Odds arent good but there are third party recovery apps like recuva. I have used recuva and it got back about 50%

WOW admin take away my badge, I'm an idot. It's been so long since I ran XP or done an installation. I should have never bothered. Will give Recuva a go, thanks for the advice!

theog said:

eldinv said:

Hello, all -

somehow I managed to do the unthinkable. I was trying to do a dualboot with windows 7 and XP.

i ran my old xp oem cd and when it was installing i figured it would install one my unpartition space. well it looks like it rewrote the partions and just installed itself over everything. is all my data lost?

i havent done anything yet in windows xp. is there something i can do?

A MS OEM or a Manufacturer's OEM like Toshiba.

Dell. Up all night. Formated again and install Windows 7 back. XP is gone and won't do that again. Most likely all data lost.