mikx
Registered User
Joined: 05 May 2003
Location: Melbourne
|
 Posted: Wed Nov 05 2003 15:09
*panicking* uhh, need serious help with norton ghost! |
 |
well.. i just cloned my C: over my D: .. my D: had all my music and stuff on there, and i haven't backed up since last year sometime..
is there a way to unclone it?
mikx
(im really pissed off and sad!) |
|
|
 Back to top |
|
 |
|
|
vfgdfg
Registered User
Joined: 06 Jun 2003
Location: Finland
|
Posted: Wed Nov 05 2003 17:45
|
|
Ouch.
I'm not sure if there's much you can do. There's no way to "unclone" it, you should try some restoring program on D: but the data has been erased and then overwritten so I'm not sure if it will help much. |
 |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
Sunbuster
Registered User
Joined: 05 May 2003
Location: Finland
|
Posted: Wed Nov 05 2003 19:46
|
|
Try Ontrack EasyRecovery Professional edition, it did wonders when my hard-drive crashed a couple of years ago  There might be other proggies that do the same thing better, but I only know of this one and I know it worked. Of course, in my case there was no issue about the information being formatted away, it was simply a matter of the master boot record being damaged so... But I think it could work, because if I remember correctly even a re-format of a harddrive doesn't actually erase any information. It only makes the OS beileve there is no information on that HDD by removing all reference to the files. A recovery program could still access this I think... |
|
|
| Back to top |
|
|
Inge
Man-At-Arms
Joined: 04 May 2003
Location: Nieuw Lekkerland @ Holland
|
Posted: Wed Nov 05 2003 20:03
|
|
FBI has these wicked tools to recover the most weird information from (for instance) hdd's that laid for longer periods of time under water or that were torn a pieces. For consumers there are also tools to go back to atleast seven low level formats (  ), but I can't give names of specific programs. A search on 'hard disk recovery' on google might give a lead though.
Inge |
Care for a game of Monopoly? |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
Tom
Registered User
Joined: 26 Jun 2003
Location: Germany/Munich
|
Posted: Wed Nov 05 2003 22:20
|
|
You may try this link:
http://www.partition-recovery.com/
It recovers deleted partitions... I donīt know if it helps when you have overwrote your partition/harddisk.
Tom |
against software piracy...
 |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
D Vibe
Registered User
Joined: 04 May 2003
Location: Sweden
|
Posted: Wed Nov 05 2003 22:34
|
|
The problem is that if data is overwritten it's no way to recover them. If you've formatted every sector of a harddrive you can't find anything either. But if you quick format a drive, you can restore the data as it'll only tell the harddrive to overwrite all sectors as they would be empty, even though they're not empty. Same goes with deleted files..
So I think it's screwed, sorry  .. But you could always give it a try, ofcourse.
/Daniel |
https://www.dvibe.se |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
CHICAGOĪlollie
Registered User
Joined: 05 May 2003
|
Posted: Thu Nov 06 2003 09:24
|
|
Wow, damn man, that's one f###load of a problem!
How large is your D:, how much Megs/Gigs worth of stuff did you loose, and how much Megs/Gigs has overwritten your stuff?
If you've got a large drive, there still may be hope for you yet!
...providing it WAS only a quick format, otherwise, like everyone else has already said, it's pretty much screwed |
|
|
| Back to top |
|
|
mikx
Registered User
Joined: 05 May 2003
Location: Melbourne
|
Posted: Thu Nov 06 2003 11:09
|
|
its a weird kind of problem, as my c: drive at the time of cloning was perfectly defragmented, while d: was pretty much everywhere, so there is a chance that some data is still written on the hard disk, just a matter of the master boot record not showing it..
i quickformatted last night though, but still i will try and get back whatever i can.
c: was about 2gb used up and d: is a 25gb drive .. so THERES A CHANCE!!! fark man i certainly hope so anyway.. i lost about 1 gigabyte of mods, mt2's, samples and instruments..
i will try ALL of the programs you guys have listed here.. and if it won't help, whats the number for FBI? 
anyway, there may be some lab here in Australia where hard disk recovery is their specialty. for police im sure! but i'd pay big bucks to get all my stuff back anyway...
*sigh* one can only hope
thanks for your help though guys, you've given me a glitter of hope when i thought i had lost everything..
mikx |
|
|
| Back to top |
|
|
Inge
Man-At-Arms
Joined: 04 May 2003
Location: Nieuw Lekkerland @ Holland
|
Posted: Thu Nov 06 2003 11:16
|
|
oh, if your even planning to spend money on it, than it shouldn't be such a problem.
http://www.ibas.com/recovery/data-recovery-services.htm
I'm not recommending this company (I won't recommend one, since I'm not familiar with them), but you might look around, see what's possible, or contact them to ask what the possibilities are concerning retrieving your data.
Inge |
Care for a game of Monopoly? |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
mikx
Registered User
Joined: 05 May 2003
Location: Melbourne
|
Posted: Sun Nov 09 2003 17:27
|
|
thanks dude. i've somewhat solved the problem myself. i downloaded EasyRecovery Pro, as sunbuster suggested, and managed to recover most of my mt2's, though i managed to lose all of my mastered work. (so thomas, if you're out there and still have that Infusion remix- email it to me please? mikx@madtracker.net) ..
the rest of the data - most of my mixes and other mp3s - was overwritten by the clone image.
i think it would have done a better job if the program hadn't slowed down at about 70% of the file search. it got to the point where i left it on overnight and it still didn't budge, scanning only about 150 clusters every couple of seconds... so i cancelled the rest of the search and recovered whatever i could from what i had.
ahh, if it wasn't for stupidity *smacks his forehead*
mikx |
|
|
| Back to top |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Home/News
About
Download
Plugins
Tutorials
Register
Registered Users
Community
Music
Compo
Links
Forum
*panicking* uhh, need serious help with norton ghost!
Log in
Profile
FAQ
