I did something extremely stupid today. I keep a single folder containing all the Word documents I ever created. This folder contains private journals, diaries, school assignments, short stories, etc. etc. that run back nearly five years.
This folder I stupidly kept under the /WINNT directory (I am running Windows 2000 Pro with a FAT32 file system). To fix what I suspected to be a bad install base of Win2k, I uninstalled the Win2k Service pack and proceeded to reinstall Win2k without a hard drive reformat. This erased the entire WINNT folder including my document folder.
Is there any way to recover my data? I know I'm not using NTFS, so it looks grim. But that folder contains thousands of hours of work and is literally a huge chunk of my life. I am one desperate man. My head literally swam when I realized my mistake. Is there any program, anything at all, I can use to recover my data? Please help, someone, anyone.
- Grimesby, one desperate guy