[Elvandil]

LOL. OK. Let's try doing this the way I think it should have been done from the beginning, when it was still in the case.

Download Testdisk. Get the latest version for your Windows version.

Unzip it if it's zipped and start testdisk (not photorec, which someone else started when I told them testdisk for reasons I will never understand).

In the first window, just highlight Create and press Enter.

[Wetwolf]

okay this is what i have on screen now

[Wetwolf]

nm i didnt see the rest of your message done and done but which disk is the one?

[Elvandil]

I don't know. How many drives do you have and what size are they? Do you know the models?

Chances are that sda is your system drive, but you need to be SURE!

[Wetwolf]

okay i found the right one the sizes were different i didn't notice until i looked closer im a little frazzled about losing so many hours of waiting its asking me to select the partition table type pic attached

[Elvandil]

OK. If you are sure you have the right one, choose the Intel partition.

On the next page, choose Analyze and let it search.

[Wetwolf]

okay here is what i got

[Elvandil]

Just Enter and do a Quick Search.

[Wetwolf]

okay its going i just gotta wait now

[Elvandil]

It shouldn't take too long but it will probably search the whole drive to figure out where the partition used to be.

So far, it looks really good. It saw the partition and noted that it was invalid. It even had the file system right. It was NTFS on that drive, right?

So if all that was right, I think we're golden.

[Wetwolf]

okay its at 3% atm

[Elvandil]

The good thing about this thing is that even though you have to guess sometimes, and may make a mistake, your data is not touched. You can go back and try again.

Some people get mad because their files don't come flying out and give up. But that is not what this program does. It tries to recover the drive so that it is accessible, not recover files.

Looks like I have time to make coffee.

[Wetwolf]

lol thank you so much i decided that this is going to be my new favorite website and decided to donate 20$ ^_^ for all the help ive been getting

14%

[Elvandil]

Kewl. I think people ought to consider how much they save by not having Geek Squad come over. A few bucks won't kill them, you know?

If this works the way we want, when we are done, you will open Computer, and your drive will be there waiting for you.

[Wetwolf]

*starts to tear* ^_^ i hope it works

and seriously yes thats why i donated i didn't think it was right taking all this info from the forums and not giving something back in return