two days ago I formated C:\ partition (which have both data & win-2003srvr) and installed winxp. the old partition was fat32 and new is NTFS. now the problem is that I a folder named "Contact Center Docs" required by the management, as it contains importnat information. can anyone help me out from this situation.
regards
riz1

Stop using the system. Take it to a data recovery service.

It's an expensive thing to do, but is the surest way to get around the problem, and even then there's no guarantees. I'm sorry, but formatting wipes the drive clean. Luckily, it does not overwrite all the information on the drive, it simply removes the ability to access it, so any of the storage area which has not been overwritten since will actually still contain data, and it is possible to lift that data off.


Unfortunately, the fact that the drive has been converted from FAT32 to NTFS as well leaves me with little hope, and I'd be reluctant to even recommend one of the downloadable data recovery programs that can be found available, in order that you might try to get it back yourself. I really think the best option is either a professional service, or simply 'biting the bullet', contacting management with the problem, and getting that Document folder and its contents put back on your machine again by them.

When you get it fixed, make sure you make back ups of all your documents. 25 gig of space (via CD-Rs) costs $10 now, so there's no excuse to not make back ups. Some programs will even automate backing up to another drive/server.

Thankyou all for your effort and guidness. I already disclosed this with my higher management. luckily also one of the senior person who was using the same pc had a backup copy of that folder which already resote. Thanks to all.
scoby