Hello, For Bootable CD's I use WinPE with RStudio Lite added to the boot CD. Also on the CD is Winhex as well. I do have others, but those are the most I use on the boot CD and Boot USB Key.
To get the version to work on a boot CD it will cost more. I suggest just trying the NTFS version and using another computer to recover the data, install Windows on another hard drive. I very rarely use the Boot CD, unless it is a working drive and the client does not want the drive taken out of the computer. This is where Winhex comes in handy to clone the drive over to a USB Drive. Good luck, Tim Lider Sr. Data Recovery Specialist Advanced Data Solutions, LLC http://www.adv-data.com > -----Original Message----- > From: hardware-boun...@hardwaregroup.com [mailto:hardware- > boun...@hardwaregroup.com] On Behalf Of Bino Gopal > Sent: Saturday, January 02, 2010 3:50 PM > To: hardware@hardwaregroup.com > Subject: Re: [H] Need MAJOR help with fubar'ed WinXP install > > Tim! Thanks so much for the reply; *very* glad to see you chime in on > this > thread! :) > > If you don't mind me picking your brain for a bit (so I know for future > reference, though I do hope to never run into this situation again!), > what's > your analysis of what happened exactly in terms of what exactly got > overwritten by the Win7 install? > > I mean, the thing that gets me is that the system booted from the USB > key > and it really was only like 30 secs or so that it had time to *do* > anything, > and that it did so much in that little bit of time! > > And for future reference, should I just have yanked the key out ASAP? > Like > I said, I was afraid of getting things really messed up b/c it was in > the > middle of writing stuff, but in retrospect, sooner seems like it > would've > been better the sooner I stopped it! *sigh* > > Anyway R-Studio sounds good, especially the way you can demo it and see > what's recoverable so you can figure out if it's even worth going > there. > Would you say I can just use it from a bootable CD or should I remove > the > drive from the laptop and connect it up to another PC in an enclosure? > I > see R-Studio has emergency mode but the fact you need a hardware code > is > weird and why do they have the verbiage about being able to install it > only > on one PC there? > > Oh and which version should I get? No problem get the $80 R-Studio, > but if > all I need if the NTFS version, it'll save me $30! :P Thanks Tim! :) > > BINO > > > -----Original Message----- > From: hardware-boun...@hardwaregroup.com > [mailto:hardware-boun...@hardwaregroup.com] On Behalf Of Tim Lider > Sent: Saturday, January 02, 2010 11:15 AM > To: hardware@hardwaregroup.com > Subject: Re: [H] Need MAJOR help with fubar'ed WinXP install > > Hello, > > I looked over TestDisk and it looks interesting. Although, I do not > know if > it will fix the problem. > > The problem can be recovered with either GetDataBack NTFS or R-Studio. > I > would suggest trying R-Studio first, it is a much better program IMHO. > > Regards, > > Tim Lider > Sr. Data Recovery Specialist > Advanced Data Solutions, LLC > http://www.adv-data.com > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: hardware-boun...@hardwaregroup.com [mailto:hardware- > > boun...@hardwaregroup.com] On Behalf Of Rick Glazier > > Sent: Saturday, January 02, 2010 9:20 AM > > To: hardware@hardwaregroup.com > > Subject: Re: [H] Need MAJOR help with fubar'ed WinXP install > > > > I've had good results with a freeware "TestDisk". > > Brief description: > > "Tool to check and undelete partition (FAT, NTFS, EXT2/EXT3, > > ReiserFS, BFS) under DOS, Win9x, Linux, BSD. [GNU Public License]" > > http://www.cgsecurity.org/wiki/TestDisk > > As with all data recovery, STOP letting ANYTHING write > > to that drive. > > This program, run from a different drive, will non destructively > > analize first, before committing ANY changes, and then only on > demand. > > That basically means installing it somewhere else, or booting with > > floppies, CDs, DVDs etc. > > > > AS said below, some data might already be lost. > > WinXP and Win7 use TOTALLY different boot procedures, so you > > may be looking at data recovery "only". (IMHO.) > > > > Rick Glazier > > > > From: <tmservo@ > > > > > Depends. You might find data recovery programs that will run a > > format recovery and get some back. But anything that has been > > > over-written with the new structures on the disc is toast. > > > > > > So, when was your last backup? > > > > >
