Data Recovery From A Hard Disk With NoOS Installed

[Anonymous]

Here\'s the issue:

I Had a dual boot system (Windows 2000/98SE)...
I deleted the Windows 2000 folder... I only used W98SE to boot..

THEN I deleted the W98SE folder... So I have nothing to boot on.. And worst of all I deleted the NTLDR, the Boot.ini, and all those files usually found on the C:.

So, now I have a hard drive full of stuff, but with no OS installed or available to boot.. http://images.thetechguide.com/forum/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/sad.gif\' class=\'bbc_emoticon\' alt=\'\' />

I tried using a W2K boot disk, but it doesn\'t seem to recognize the 2 partitions that were on the disk (The hard disk is 15 gigs, partition C was about 4 gigs, partion D was 11 gigs), so it shows the hard disk with 0 partitions or files in it (No C or D, nor does it show any files).

My fear is that if I try to reinstall Windows 2000 or 98SE I might loose all the stuff on the disk...

I have another computer with a bigger hard disk (20 gigs) that I can use to try to recover all the data.

Is there a way to install anything (Recovery utility, etc)  on such a disk (Windows 2000 partitioned format) WITHOUT DELETING ANYTHING or WITHOUT WRITING OVER THE EXISTING FILES so that I can recover those files on both partitions (C & D) ?

[rdc]

If you install w2k , and you do not reformat the disk , you will just lose all the formerly installed programs , and installations .

[rdc]

If you install the harddisk on your other computer , you can copy the stuff you want to recuperate my documents , outlook express files , also  before reinstalling w2k on the first computer .
Or leaving the harddisk in place :
 you enter dos with the winme setup disk and copy the files you want directly to the other partition .