Recover hard disk data after deleting partitions

Recover hard disk data after deleting partitions When I reinstall Windows XP by mistake I deleted all five partitions. I did not format them yet though.
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Guest [Entry]

"Use ralford's suggestion together with TestDisk :

TestDisk is a powerful free data
recovery software! It was primarily
designed to help recover lost
partitions and/or make non-booting
disks bootable again when these
symptoms are caused by faulty
software, certain types of viruses or
human error (such as accidentally
deleting a Partition Table). Partition
table recovery using TestDisk is
really easy."

Guest [Entry]

If you are trying to recover data, try putting the drive into a USB converter and access it as a removeable device from your PC or Laptop's USB port. For instance, use an IDE to USB converter, or SATA to USB converter (not sure if your drive is PATA or SATA). I've successfully used this method to recover files on broken bootable drives on numerous occasions.