Eric, try testdisk. Specifically designed for what you just done!!))) good luck. Sent from my iPhone On Dec 15, 2011, at 10:28 PM, "Eric Vogel" <cts1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > With finals and so much going on I was following instructions with a linux > boot recover program only thing the ding dong author assumes that the bad > disk is sda, well I see he said to make sure you format the right one, so I > did. Well I was doing so much I forgot to change sda to sdc or sdd. I > realized what I did and stopped it from formatting to ext3. But it is too > late. Other than pulling out the drive is there any easy way to get in and > hopes of maybe getting to partition D and seeing if the data is ok? Non linux > wise. > > If everything in tack I will just re-install windows, otherwise I have to > recover files. I do not care that C is wrecked. I wish I saved that backup > file for the MCE guide, but oh well. Or maybe I did… > > Thank you, > Eric Vogel > > Need help with your computer or Network? http://www.beacontechsolutions.com > Blog: http://blog.beacontechsolutions.com > P Please consider the environment before printing this email.