http://forum.lowyat.net/ Sat, 06 Jun 2026 21:54:30 +0800 FeedCreator 1.7.2 http://forum.lowyat.net/topic/2480366 Before that i hibernated my computer and then I tried to boot up my windows it could not start.<br />My laptop is using windows 7 home premium and it failed to boot up even though i tried to open safe mode to try backup my files but and it didn&#39;t work. <br />So i hesitate and tried to recover my windows while remain my files on D drive so would not be affected.<br /><br />I&#39;m inexperience in format my windows on my Laptop before so i didn&#39;t know what to do. I tried boot up my Asus Windows Recovery and try to recover my corrupted windows. <br />There are 3 options available for me. I chose the 1st option that recover windows on first partition only.<br />After recovering my windows, I realize its too late and I notice that it formatted my C drive and my files are gone and back to factory default but except for my D drive files are still there.<br />There are no old.windows folder or anything, so i realized the files are already deleted.<br />At the end, i immediately shut down my laptop, and not sure what to do next.<br /><br />My Question is:<br />Would it be possible to recover my old files from my previous Windows in C drive and <br />I need to know what powerful free software to recover my data back and what method i should do to recover my files. <br />Some people told me to use TestDisk but i&#39;m not sure how to use the program.<br />Just a few files which is around less than 20GB and most of them are college projects. <br /><br />Kindly advise me. Thanks <!--emo&:hmm:--><img src='http://static.lowyat.net/style_emoticons/default/hmm.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='hmm.gif' /><!--endemo--> nikose Technical Support Thu, 23 Aug 2012 21:43:15 +0800 http://forum.lowyat.net/topic/1126719 I&#39;m using external Western Digital hdd 160GB with 2.5&quot; steel casing<br />Few days ago i accidentally dropped my hdd on the floor with the casing intact....<br />When i plug in my HDD into my pc. i could hear my hd starts spinning but windows detects <b>usb does not recognized</b>,<br />I have many important files inside my hdd but i couldn&#39;t retrieved it back....<br /><br />Is there any possible way to <b>recove</b>r back my HD? I really need back my files.....<br /><br />Thanks nikose Technical Support Tue, 11 Aug 2009 19:41:55 +0800