Need Help Badly

>-----Original Message-----
>Then what do you suggest that I do? If none of my

>options will work, then what should I do?
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>>-----Original Message-----
>>Keith;
>>It will probably be expensive if it is possible.
>>Nothing you or your friend has mentioned will get your

>data back, in

>>fact they may further destroy it.
>>It is important not to do anything with the computer

>until a decision

>>is made.
>>Every boot and even every keystroke potentially

>permanently destroys

>>the data.
>>
>>http://www.execsoft.com/undelete/undelete.asp
>>http://www.undelete.com/coverpage.asp
>>http://www.lc-tech.com/index.asp
>>http://pjwalczak.com/scaven/index.php
>>http://www.ontrack.com/
>>http://www.r-tt.com
>>http://www.drivesavers.com/
>>http://www.jufsoft.com/badcopy/
>>http://www.naltech.com/ (CD Data Rescue)
>>http://www.cddataguys.com/BadCopyPro.htm (CD-ROM's, CD-

>R's, CD-RW's,

>>and DVD's)
>>
>>--
>>Jupiter Jones [MVP]
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>>"Keith" <voldavian@hotmail.com> wrote in message
>>news:071e01c358cb$c7d0ef70$a301280a@phx.gbl...

>>> I was upgrading the OS on my PC and having my friend

>>> it. And apparently he messed something up. I was

>>> on Windows 98 SE and was upgrading to XP, which he
>>> successfully did. But since my 60 gig hard drive was
>>> partitioned into 3 smaller 20 gig hard drives(my old
>>> motherboard couldn't handle the full 60 gig drive)

>the

>>> he needed to do was reformat C: and install. I've
>>> reformatted my C: before and it left the other 2
>>> partitioned drives alone.
>>>
>>> But something happened and I no longer have the other

>>> partitioned drives on my computer. It says that my C:

>>> now 31 gigs and I have 25 gigs unallocated.

>the

>>> data is still there, it wasn't erased, but the

>partitions

>>> are no longer be recognized, and because of this the
>>> drives have been reassigned. We can't figure out how

>>> access or recover the data on the 2 partitioned

>>> of the drive without deleting it.
>>>
>>> My friend says we can partition it again, and I will

>have

>>> a 60 gig hard drive again, but it will delete the 25

>gigs

>>> of data that we can't get to. He then suggested a

>program

>>> called Partition Magic, but he says that there is

>>> small possibility that the data will be recovered. I

>told

>>> him to take XP off and reinstall 98, since all the

>times I

>>> had reformatted the C: before my other 2 partitions

>>> left alone, I figured that it would restore it and

>>> would be 3 partitions again, but he said that it

>be

>>> the same, that it still wouldn't recognize the

>partitions.

>>> And it would still say its a 31 gig drive.
>>>
>>> If I had known this would happen(apparently my friend
>>> didn't realize this would happen) I would have backed

>>> everything instead before this happened. But since

>>> partitions have never been affected I didn't think it
>>> would be affected this time. What should I do? I don't
>>> want to lose that data, some of it I can't replace and
>>> some of it I could care less about. But how can I fix
>>> this? I'd appreciate any help that anyone could give.

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