XP install gone wrong

[eldinv]

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]

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?

 

[acurasd]

You might be able to use a program like partition magic. Than create two separate partitions.

 

[eldinv]

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]

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

 

[eldinv]

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]

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.

 

[Bill2]

Did you actually have a separate data partition before XP? Cos otherwise XP would just have seated itself on C: drive.

Was this a factory restore CD that you used?

 

[eldinv]

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.

 

[theog]

The Dell Ghost image disk or Dell install disk?

 

[eldinv]

Dell XP Home recovery... The data was overwritten. My options now are to use 3rd party application and spend lots of money to recovery data.

 

[Bill2]

Yes, if you store data on the same partition as windows, it'll be lost in the restore process.

 

[gregrocker]

Looks like you used XP Recovery disk which restored the HD to factory condition.

Install and run this now: http://www.piriform.com/recuva/features

http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/663-backup-complete-computer-create-image-backup.html

http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/615-backup-user-system-files.html