Help! I think I just deleted all my files!

[Computernaut]

So I was trying to reinstall Windows on a computer which (along with the boot SSD) had a HDD with all my files on it. When I got to the part where you choose the drive on which you want to install Windows, I deleted all the random partitions Windows had created on the boot SSD the last time around. But I forgot I had my files drive in the system and I deleted the partition they were on. I did not format it but I did delete the partition. I continued with the install and finished it. I have not touched the system since. How can I get my files back?

[TheKDub]

Old tutorial from Austin Evans, but it still should work fine.

[dangeredwolf]

Boot up windows and try Recuva.

https://www.ccleaner.com/recuva/download

[TrigrH]

9 minutes ago, Computernaut said:

So I was trying to reinstall Windows on a computer which (along with the boot SSD) had a HDD with all my files on it. When I got to the part where you choose the drive on which you want to install Windows, I deleted all the random partitions Windows had created on the boot SSD the last time around. But I forgot I had my files drive in the system and I deleted the partition they were on. I did not format it but I did delete the partition. I continued with the install and finished it. I have not touched the system since. How can I get my files back?

You wont be able to get much back since reinstalling the OS will write back over your data.

[Computernaut]

6 minutes ago, TrigrH said:

You wont be able to get much back since reinstalling the OS will write back over your data.

I didn't install the OS on the my files disk.

[SSD Sean]

Use the program testdisk to recover the partitions. It will do a scan and you should be able to rewrite the partition to access your data how it was.

[Computernaut]

On 10/19/2018 at 7:45 AM, SeanSSD said:

Use the program testdisk to recover the partitions. It will do a scan and you should be able to rewrite the partition to access your data how it was.

Thanks, I'll try that.

[Computernaut]

On 10/19/2018 at 7:45 AM, SeanSSD said:

Use the program testdisk to recover the partitions. It will do a scan and you should be able to rewrite the partition to access your data how it was.

That is a very confusing program. Anyway, it couldn't find any of the lost files.

[SSD Sean]

Not really. You just need to read how to use it. If you do, you should be able tog et everything back without issue

[Computernaut]

26 minutes ago, SeanSSD said:

Not really. You just need to read how to use it. If you do, you should be able tog et everything back without issue

I tried, it said that it couldn't find any files.

[SSD Sean]

It isn’t meant to find files, it’s meant to find the partition data...

[Computernaut]

19 hours ago, SSD Sean said:

It isn’t meant to find files, it’s meant to find the partition data...

Well I need my files not partition data.

[SSD Sean]

If you rebuild the partition data, all your files will be there...no need for recovery when they exhist as they have always exhisted...anyways. Good luck. 

[seagate_surfer]

Hello, 

 

if you already wrote something on the existing data, it is difficult to recover it. We would like to recommend you to get in contact with a data recovery service of your preference to recover the data. 

[Computernaut]

3 hours ago, seagate_surfer said:

Hello, 

 

if you already wrote something on the existing data, it is difficult to recover it. We would like to recommend you to get in contact with a data recovery service of your preference to recover the data. 

I did not write anything on the data.