Re: BIG MISTAKE!!!!!

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From: Carey Frisch [MVP] (mrxp2004_at_nospamyahoo.com)
Date: 02/17/04 

Date: Tue, 17 Feb 2004 07:57:58 -0600

Have you tried the following procedure?

Right-click on MY COMPUTER and select MANAGE.
Click on DISK MANAGEMENT and in the lower right-hand
window (gray shaded area), right-click on your second drive
and select INITIALIZE DISK.

If that does not work:

Go to Start > Run and type: CMD , and hit enter.
In the Command Prompt window, type: DISKPART , hit enter.
Then type: RESCAN , hit enter.
Try initializing the disk again. 

-- 
Carey Frisch
Microsoft MVP
Windows XP - Shell/User
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"Efi" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message:
 news:10f7801c3f54a$e47f0320$a101280a@phx.gbl...
| THERE HAS BEEN DONE A TERRIBLE MISTAKE AND I BELIEVE THAT 
| IT WAS NOT MY FAULT.I HAVE TWO DISKS (HARD DISKS) ON MY 
| PC, THE FIRST (C:) THAT HAS MY OPERATING SYSTEM 
| (WINDOWSXP) AND THE SECOND ONE (D:) THAT IS MY STORAGE 
| DISK. I KEEP THERE ALL MY WORK AND ALL MY IMPORTANT 
| DOCUMENTS. 
| I WANTED TO FORMAT THE FIRST DISK (C:) AND RE-INSTALL 
| WINDOWS AND ALL OTHER PROGRAMS.SO I PREPARE A START UP 
| DISK, I GO TO MS-DOS MODE AND TYPE : FORMAT C:
| I RESTART MY COMPUTER AND THEN I REALIZE THAT DISK D WAS 
| FORMATED !!!!!!I HAVE LOST EVERYTHING!!MY WORK,MY 
| DOCUMENTS, EVERYTHING!!!!!HOW COULD THIS BE???????HOW 
| COULD THIS HAPPEN????IS THERE ANYTHING I CAN DO???
| PLEASEEEE HEEEELP !!!!!

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