SATA with important data shows unallocated - pls. help

[Barthes]

That does give me something to go on - let me do a little research and I'll get back to you as soon as I can figure this out .

cluberti,

You've got an happy end here!

Using Testdisk (thanks, Ponch!) I managed to recover every file firstly, and then sucessufully reconstruct the MBR code.

I really appreciated your assistance and guidance during my crisis: a BIG THANKS!

Thanks also to you all in this thread.