Data recovery problem

[mmentm]

I think I messed up the partition table on one of my drives. Windows can't see the drive but Partition Manager can, but I can't access the data. If i were able to install Windows on an empty partition on the drive, would my data become visible?

 

[herrwizo]

No, it would only make things worse, effectively overwriting the currently "lost" data. Try using data recovery software before installing / formatting anything. That is, if the data is important to you.

 

[ss202sl]

If you do anything on that drive, you put the data at risk.

 

[mmentm]

Thanks guys, I thought that was the case but I had to check for a free solution before forking out for recovery software.

 

[herrwizo]

This one works great, and so do many other utils.

http://www.easeus.com/datarecoverywizard/free-data-recovery-software.htm

Make sure you get the paid version, free version can only recover 2GB of files.