I have a 500 GB 'backup disk' on a relatively new (1 month old) machine. It was supplied to me set up as a single NTFS partition. I have a significant number of backup files saved on the disk. I cannot see them anymore in My Computer.

I inadvertently deleted the partition on this drive using the "Disk Management" software in XP Pro. I was cleaning up another disk that was attached to the machine at the time.

I have not written to the 500 GB disk since I did this. The last act done to the disk was a defrag last night.

Is Recuva a good tool to use to restore this disk to the state it was in before I deleted the partition?

As I see it, I need to restore the partition information and the file allocation table.

If not, does anyone have any alternative suggestions?

Thanks,

baumgrenze

Recuva only recovers files, it won't restore the partition on the disk. You might give TestDisk or Find and Mount a try. These programs attempt to find lost and deleted partitions and remount them.