does new simple volume erase all data on the hard disk?

[Matt Solberg]

i recently put a 1tb hard drive in my computer there is data on this and when i hooked it up it shows up as unallocated. if i run the new simple volume wizard on this drive will it erase all the data on it? i can not lose this data and if the new simple volume deletes the data is there a way around this so i dont lose the data?

 

[cliffro]

Yes it will erase the data.

Use something like EASEUS Partition Master Free Edtition to recover the partition.
http://www.partition-tool.com/landing/home-download.htm

As it installs it asks about different software it wants to install as well, select "Custom" install and uncheck the boxes on each one it asks about.

There is a Wizards menu on the top, Partition Recovery is the 3rd one.