Hard drive problem

[vinunleaded]

Ok So my HD crashed and took a whole bunch of stuff with it. When I reinstalled Windows 7 on another HD, it used my original HD as some sort of boot partition and installed a new partition on top of the old one. Is there a software that can attempt to recover the old deleted partition?

Second concern: I now have two 1T hard drives. Is there a software that would automatically backs up all the files in a specific folder?

[LordBrian]

I used this once and it worked well

http://www.z-a-recovery.com/info.htm

[MaxxuM]

It's super easy to move the boot manager to another drive. I use BCDEdit. You simply copy the bootmgr to the drive with Windows 7 (ignoring any log errors) then export with the bcdedit /export C:\boot\bcd command then disable the first drive to test if this worked. If it doesn't and you cannot boot then reactivate the first drive and try again. If you need any more help someone will probably chime in. I'm headed home right now and if no one has answered or if you have problems I'll go into more details when I get home. Hope that helps.

[vinunleaded]

Thanks guys, but I think i need more detailed answers than that :(

[joeseph]

Ok So my HD crashed and took a whole bunch of stuff with it. When I reinstalled Windows 7 on another HD, it used my original HD as some sort of boot partition and installed a new partition on top of the old one. Is there a software that can attempt to recover the old deleted partition?

Second concern: I now have two 1T hard drives. Is there a software that would automatically backs up all the files in a specific folder?
#1 you probably need speciallist help for, likely entirely possible given the right software but also likely expensive to do so weigh up what it's worth to you...

#2 can be done using Karen's Replicator (free!) or raft of other similar products.
I nightly replicate a 750G photo's drive to a second drive, then occasionally swap in a third drive and take the backup one to work as an offsite.

[MaxxuM]

Thanks guys, but I think i need more detailed answers than that :(

Sorry, it's been hectic at work. It's coming into the new ordering season and the cut off for POs - gotta spend that taxpayer money :)

Anyway, let me get this right before I say anything else. You have a drive that was failing, you purchased a new one and hooked it up (inside) your computer but left the old one there. After installing Windows (again?) you find out that the boot manager has been placed on the old drive instead of the new one and now you cannot boot if the old drive is removed. Does that sum it up?

[vinunleaded]

Sorry, it's been hectic at work. It's coming into the new ordering season and the cut off for POs - gotta spend that taxpayer money :)

Anyway, let me get this right before I say anything else. You have a drive that was failing, you purchased a new one and hooked it up (inside) your computer but left the old one there. After installing Windows (again?) you find out that the boot manager has been placed on the old drive instead of the new one and now you cannot boot if the old drive is removed. Does that sum it up?

I installed Windows 7 on the new drive but the installation process created a new boot or recovery partition on the old drive. Now im wondering if theres a way to bring the old partition on the old drive back