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Deleted Windows 7 Partitions

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My girlfriends computer sits right next to mine, could I just build it into hers and try to get them? Also how would another windows see files in a formatted drive?

 

UPDATE:

I got the partition working again but the EASEUS Partitioner is booting with Windows, trying to delete everything like I accidentally told it to before Windows can boot up completely, is there a way I can stop this? Even just damaging the programm so it will fail and let windows boot completely?

 

UPDATE:

I got it to work again by just deleting the EASEUS Partitioner on the recovered partition while booted into the other Windows. I then started the Windows that got recovered and after 2 attempts of the Windows CD to repair the damage it now works fine again with everything just as I left it before the partition got accidentally deleted by me!

Why am I such a stupid idiot?

I have a really big problem, please don't be too harsh with me as english is not my first language and I have to translate all error messages I get into english as I get them in German.

 

I have 2 drives installed in my PC

The first drive is a 1TB HDD with my Windows 7 64bit on it, as well as all my data on one partition (Yes I know...), it is labeled as C:

The second drive is 650 GB with nothing on it, Windows was somehow not able to format it so I downloaded some EASEUS partitioner with which I accidentally deleted ALL partitions and now I boot into a screen telling me "Missing operation system".

 

TL;DR I deleted my Windows 7 64bit partition.

 

I used the Windows 7 Installation CD to try a system repair but it said the drive was invalid?

So I found a tutorial I followed that told me to use the command line to start diskpart and select my C drive, which worked.

After setting it to active it told me to use:

 

bootrec /fixmbr

bootrec /fixboot

bootrec /rebuildbcd

 

fixmbr and fixboot where "Successful"

 

rebuildbcd actually found one Windows 7 installation and asked me if I wanted to restore it but after pressing y for yes it told me the drive is invalid?

 

I have no idea why this doesn't work even though fixmbr and fixboot works and rebuildbcd actually finds the Installation...

I am really desperate now these files are very important to me and I have no backups what so ever... there are even memories, videos and pictures of me 20 years ago I can't loose them I just can't

 

Please is there any way I can still manage to repair windows or get the files out otherwise?

 

The drives where not rewritten at all after this yet so I had high hopes actually :(

 

Worried thanks in advance!

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i would just take a new drive or one with stuff you dont mind losing and format it

then install window son that drive (with none of the other drives plugged in)

and finally once youre booted into that drive, plug the other in (make sure you dont boot from any of them) and you should be able to get your stuff back through file explorer, just dragging your files onto the good drive you just installed windows on

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My girlfriends computer sits right next to mine, could I just build it into hers and try to get them? Also how would another windows see files in a formatted drive?

 

UPDATE:

I got the partition working again but the EASEUS Partitioner is booting with Windows, trying to delete everything like I accidentally told it to before Windows can boot up completely, is there a way I can stop this? Even just damaging the programm so it will fail and let windows boot completely?

 

UPDATE:

I got it to work again by just deleting the EASEUS Partitioner on the recovered partition while booted into the other Windows. I then started the Windows that got recovered and after 2 attempts of the Windows CD to repair the damage it now works fine again with everything just as I left it before the partition got accidentally deleted by me!

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