lost my mac hd

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lost my mac hd

I have a Mac mini (late 2012) 1TB

I recently tried to use EaseUs Partition Master and accidentally deleted or "wiped" my Mac HD. It now doesn't show at all at startup. I see the Mac recovery volume 10.8.1, but even when I try to install that (knowing it will permanately and effectively "officially" erase any hope I have of data recovery, it geves me the message:

MediaKit reports that not enough space on device for requested operation.

I tried to look for any of my "mac files" using HFSExplorer to no avail.

So my question(s) is/are this/these...

Are my old Mac files gone "forever"?

Is there any way to retrieve them?

if not,

How do I free up the space that now shows as "unallocated", so that I can reinstall Mountain Lion.

I do not have access to an external HD with the size needed to backup what I have on my Bootcamp partition.

I do not want to run the risk of losing all of my Windows files as well.

Lastly, I fully understand that this was a completely "bonehead" move on my part, but any suggestions would be appreciated. BTW, EaseUS makes it seems like their software will work with the above scenario and with a MAC/Windows partition, but let this serve as a cautionary tale...it "DOESN'T"!

I thank anyone out there that takes the time to read this and responds...

Thank You.

danof89

OS X Mountain Lion (10.8.3)

Posted on Apr 22, 2013 4:37 PM

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sanny25

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Apr 23, 2013 12:54 AM in response to danof89

Firstly do the data back up of your windows partiotion before you start to do any further trobleshooting. It is extremely difficult to recover the data at current situation, what you can do if you had very important data you can contact to professionla data recovery guys.

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danof89 Author

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Apr 23, 2013 11:44 AM in response to sanny25

I went to the Mac service center...Have to wait, because they want $225 to do anything...

The windows backup has been done. I am afraid to touch anything else. From their original assessment, everything's been lost. But when they tried to reinstall Mountain Lion, they got the same error:

MediaKit reports that not enough space on device for requested operation.

This apparently, led them to believe there is still some "data" left that is undiscoverable (for whatever reason) Perhaps I overwrote the boot tables. Guess I'll hang tight until I can shell out the money. Was just hoping this was something I could deal with myself...Guess not. At this point I don't want to do any more damage than I've already done. I just can't beleive there is nothing about this on the internet or in any forums....Guess I've discovered how to be a "new" kind of stupid...

Thanks for your response though.

Dan

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