Please, i need help. Tried TestDisk and now PhotoRec
Posted: 01 Feb 2021, 13:28
Hello,
my laptop was buggy, since a couple years ago i added a ssd disk and migrated my windows to it from old hard drive. Yesterday i want to do a clean install. In the process i saw that my old hard drive has 3 or 4 partitions, so i deleted the partitions that had windows and other files that are not important to me, so i could just have one d: with a bigger volume, but when i deleted the second to last partition (the last one is my d: with all the files that are important to me), suddenly the whole d: was unallocated space...Not 100% sure, because i think i also used the extend the main d: partition... I forgot which caused the problem..
Tried with testdisk first but at the end of the scan i got some message that the disk seams too small (should be 500gb but quoted 636-592gb and said that the following partition cant be recovered..
Then i tried with photorec and it recovered a lot of files, but the d: was 500gb and almost full, but i only got around 80gb, BUT THE PROBLEM IS that i just cant find the folder where these files are. I just dont understand how to get there. Could you please help me? My whole life was there. I had a cat that was hit by a car and died. I loved her so much. I feel like i lost her again... I had photos and videos of her and i really dont want to lose them..
Also other photos and videos of my gf and work related stuff and documents are there.. I had a backup on my ssd but since i was doing a clean install i just copied these backup folders to my d:, so basically i have these important files written on the d: 2 times so i really hope i can recover them...
I beg you really, i would donate to a charity or to you directly if you can help me out..
my laptop was buggy, since a couple years ago i added a ssd disk and migrated my windows to it from old hard drive. Yesterday i want to do a clean install. In the process i saw that my old hard drive has 3 or 4 partitions, so i deleted the partitions that had windows and other files that are not important to me, so i could just have one d: with a bigger volume, but when i deleted the second to last partition (the last one is my d: with all the files that are important to me), suddenly the whole d: was unallocated space...Not 100% sure, because i think i also used the extend the main d: partition... I forgot which caused the problem..
Tried with testdisk first but at the end of the scan i got some message that the disk seams too small (should be 500gb but quoted 636-592gb and said that the following partition cant be recovered..
Then i tried with photorec and it recovered a lot of files, but the d: was 500gb and almost full, but i only got around 80gb, BUT THE PROBLEM IS that i just cant find the folder where these files are. I just dont understand how to get there. Could you please help me? My whole life was there. I had a cat that was hit by a car and died. I loved her so much. I feel like i lost her again... I had photos and videos of her and i really dont want to lose them..
Also other photos and videos of my gf and work related stuff and documents are there.. I had a backup on my ssd but since i was doing a clean install i just copied these backup folders to my d:, so basically i have these important files written on the d: 2 times so i really hope i can recover them...
I beg you really, i would donate to a charity or to you directly if you can help me out..