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When I was reloading my OS I deleted the partition off my PATA drive which was my storage drive. I did not format the drive. Is there any way to recover this data?

 

Pvt...I've done a lot of data recovery. The best solution I have found is S/W offered by Runtime Software. It does not write to the HDD it is recovering from, and this is an important consideration. http://www.runtime.org/ GetDataBack for NTFS

The Partition Magic S/W I mentioned above sells for $10 to $20 on eBay. It is a utility that I constantly find a use for. It can help you avoid a number of disc management problems like you have just encountered.

 

Is there any free or cheaper software out there?

 

I have come across freeware recovery solutions, but they were beyond my level. I can tell you that if you didn't format the drive, the data is still there, and GDB NTFS will get it for you. It might come down to how important that data is.

 

Handy Recovery will do the trick. Once they process my card for $30 I should have all the data restored.

Thanks all.

 

Question.

After great difficulty I found out that I had a bad Hiper 580 PS. I had replaced it with a BFG power supply.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16817702003

However I had to purchase that ps at bestbuy and pay their $40 mark up.
I still need to send the Hiper ps back to newegg. Should I just get another Hiper PS or should I just keep the BFG?

 

Hello, I'm new to the forums and I want to build a new PC

My budget is $1600 and I don't know where to start... can someone recommend me a kickass PC? All help is appreciated XD

 

go with a Veiwsonic montior

http://viewsonic.com/

heres a start on a few things

the AMD 4200x2 CPU

go with the Asus A8N32-SLI Premium or Deluxe motherboard

Ram- CORSAIR XMS 2GB (2 x 1GB) DDR SDRAM Unbuffered DDR 433(PC 3200

Video card -Nvida 7900 GTX http://www.nvidia.com/page/geforce7.html

Power supply-Antec-TruePower550-Watt

harddrive - Westeren Digital Raptor 150 GB Sata

drives/burners go with BenQ ,Lite-On or LG ( I use Plextors)

case IS UP TO YOU LOOK AT NEWEGG.COM they have several to pick from the ATX and or Antec are good

check out per my sig for some ideas also vvvvv

 

Hey THANKS A LOT! XD

That site is really helpful!

 

wyntre: The manufacturers for graphics cards are only really relevant if one offers a better deal or cooler. Most manufacturers use the same coolers for graphics cards, but some use their own better ones, and some their own worse ones, so you need to be careful of that. There's no need to match the brand of the graphics card with the chipset really.
herrick: I never ran the system with the stock fan I'm afraid, so I wouldn't know, but it runs about 36-40C idle (room temp dependant, my room's quite hot with no A/C) and 46-56 load (the 56 was full load on both cores for 3 hours in a 32C room). It runs great for a lightweight and inexpensive cooler. Best cooler you can buy's an Arctic Freezer64 Pro though, I only got this because the arctic wasn't available for my build... :-( 20.1" is the size for all 20" monitors, for some reason they gave you an extra 0.1" free!

Dougisjc: Did I miss it? The cart's empty, suppose it was 5 days ago :-( If you haven't built already though, NZXT Lexa! LOL I'd agree with aabbccdd about what you posted later though, that's a killer system. I would recommend the X1900XT card from personal experience, it's quite reasonably priced at newegg (especially compared to the UK!) and will beat a 7800GTX performance and image-quality wise. The 4200+ is a great CPU, so stick with that.
Lecsiy: There's a power good pin in the ATX connector. If you feel like risking it, short the power good signal to the standby voltage signal. I forget whether they're ground-to-run or live-to-run, I'll have to look that up.
FIHSNERD: I'm back... for a while.
PvtJoker: 8GB is enough for windows XP, you'll need to make the other partition before you can see it in Windows, else the other 72GB is sitting unused. You'll also need to make a partition on the 200GB drive to see it.
PvtJoker: No!!! I don't believe it! You're the very first one to have one. I'm disappointed.
kikn: Save yourself some money and go X1900Xt rather than 7900GTX (especially if ordering from newegg) and avoid a 150GB Raptor really (they cost tonnes!) Go for a 250GB Caviar SE16. What you have left use on a faster CPU.

Hands up who's noticed I write my posts in notepad? LOL

 

kikn ,sammorris is right on the HD i forgrot thats a pricey HD being its a 16MB cache which is insanly fast. also get the Zalman 9500 cooler for your CPU. i forgot to post that

[bold] PS Welcome BACK Sammorris !![/bold]

 

The 16MB cache isn't really the active element of the price,it's the 10,000rpm speed. The best hard disks to buy now are the 500GB 16MB 7200rpm ones, they're under $200, and have other 3x the capacity of a raptor and amazingly, are almost as fast, and make half the noise. The Caviar SE16 is one of these candidates. The Zalman 9500 is a fantastic cooler, but a bit overkill if you don't need it lol. The Freezer 64 Pro is also worth a look, dirt cheap, performs well and doesn't weigh a tonne!
Thanks for the welcome, I appreciate it, most people have, funnily enough, except the staff of course. That figures.

 

Ok THX A LOT GUYS ~_~

Now I think i'll go for it, I'll do what you said.

Once again, THANK YOU ^_^

 

You're welcome. Any more queries you only need ask.

 

hello everyone.. i am back myself.. but it seams my enjoyment away has lead to goods and bads.. i got myself a nice HOTT girlfriend named Maura, and i got my car, and we went to a couple parties and football games. but that is all short lived as when i come home, play on my compy for a couple hours My LCD fries.. so i am back on a 19" 17" viewable monitor.. .but hey the quality is better than the old 20" i had..

but how is everyone .. and when in the hell is the MODS going to open up AMD vs. INTEL again... I am really starting to get pissed of about that..

BUT>>> schools a bitch.. Lifes a bitch... MODS are bitches...
and MY mom is bitcheeee..

there is my ranting..
talk to yall later,
Ryan

 

lol I'm having problems with my LCD also the DVI-D connection isn't working when i boot up my PC. sometimes i have to boot it two or three times to get a signal the DVI-A connection works fine though so it sounds like I'M going to have to RMA it back to Veiwsonic ,sucks !!

 

"MODs are bitches"? You didn't expect to get away with that did you? LOL even I didn't push it that far! For an off-topic rant that was hardcore.
Bad luck about the monitor though!

aabbccdd: You don't see the DVI input from the BIOS, does it appear afterwards? With some cards I hear that they don't display the digital output until Windows loads, something like that. It didn't hold true for me, but maybe that's what's happening to you? Or has it only just started?