*Gulp* Formatted the Wrong Thing

Vampyr · 09-07-2003, 07:45 PM

Ok. *phew* she found something and its getting back her stuff. Thanks for the advice anyway. Im also downloading something for her incase what she has doesnt work.

Jason1 · 09-07-2003, 08:41 PM

That system restore thing in XP has saved my ass a couple of times...it will take your computer back to EXACTLY how it was at a number of pre-determined points in time. Its about the only good thing about XP.

Hero2 · 09-07-2003, 08:59 PM

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Originally Posted by Jason1

That system restore thing in XP has saved my ass a couple of times...it will take your computer back to EXACTLY how it was at a number of pre-determined points in time. Its about the only good thing about XP.

the only good thing in xp where have you been theres lots of good things in xp. Like automaticly handling the connection protocols for the internet and lans. you dont have to have the disk for reloading different components. and its better then a mac

...macs sux j/k

Null · 09-07-2003, 09:03 PM

i think thats the difference between a long format or quick one. a quick one is 'possible' to get stuff back.

bobcat · 09-08-2003, 06:15 PM

A quick format makes it easier to get your stuff back, but of course it's not guaranteed.

Null · 09-08-2003, 06:27 PM

nothings garentee'd once it writes over that section of the hard disk of which your files were that got deleted. I dunno if it can bring them back. if anything might be just bits and chunks

PuPPeT · 09-08-2003, 06:36 PM

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Originally Posted by Null

i think thats the difference between a long format or quick one. a quick one is 'possible' to get stuff back.

Yea a quick format only deletes the FAT table (File allocation table) which makes it much easer to recover data from. A Full format turns every thing on the drive to 1’s not 0’s which many think it does. You can get data back even from a full format but you need some damn expansive hardware to do so.