Windows Vista Logical Partition EXTENDED into Primary..

URGENT!! Hey guys... First of all I would like to say Hello to everyone here.. Its been MANY MANY years since I was in a forum.. I was mostly enjoying reading them and getting my answers or solution from other peoples problems etc.. Until now... I know that this Thread is not the correct one but I thought I should start from here until someone redirect me somewhere else.. Back to my problem..

I bought a new cheap PC with an MSI G31M2 v1 board, with an Intel E4500, DDR2 667, Maxtor 160Gb SATA and an ATI 4770.. The specs are just there for future reference.

I install Vista Ultimate on it. Everything was FINE until, after my last restart half week ago it gave me the BSOD with the error "STOP: c000021a (Fatal System Error)" blah blah.. I tried everything I could with no success.. Anw thats NOT my
problem now..

I had 2 Partitions. One Primary 20Gb with the OS and another Logical 129Gb for ALL my data files!!

I inserted the Vista CD to do a re-install and in my desperation and FOR MY BAD LUCK AND STUPID HEAD and not taking seriously the WARNING message "Extending a partition is not a reversible action. If you proceed, you will not be able to undo this action later" I choosed Options from the setup screen and I choose EXTEND and I believe my LOGICAL Partition was Merged with my Primary and now almost 60Gb OF DATA that were on it are gone.. And they were VERY importand files..!! I have HIREN'S v10 but nothing.. Also from the HIREN'S Diagnostics it seems the the HardDrive is Damaged or Corrupted BADLY so I believe I can only try to recover my lost files. Please, if some has a solution for this I will greatly appreciate it.. Forgive my long post and thank you.

P.S: I have attached the HD to another PC and I have 2 Very Good Data Recovery softwares already working on the files. Any other solutions or suggestions are greatly welcome.

 

Thanks Steve for the fast reply and the explanation of the Recuva

I have 2 very good softwares already working on it.. Any other solutions or suggestions are greatly welcome..

 

UNFORTUNATLY no backup or anything.. STUPID ME! Yeah I believe too that recovery is the only option I have..

P.S: Still waiting for a miracle or something..

 

Ok guys.. After LOTS AND LOTS AND LOTS of recovering , I was able to recover almost all my files and put them on another HD..

Now I have only ONE more question.. Is the Damaged/Corrupted HD usable? I´m a ready to format it and re-install everything on it again.. Thank you.