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    how to recover my data after formatted partition
    « on: April 25, 2012, 09:31:10 PM »
    I mistakenly formatted the partition and lost my important data, what should I do? help please.

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    Re: how to recover my data after formatted partition
    « Reply #1 on: April 25, 2012, 11:45:36 PM »
    There has been some talk about this issue. At one time there was a way to recover from that problem. But is no longer in use on most home computer systems.
    You can Google the topic and find answers. But not the right answers, or answers you want. I could be wrong, but I don't see how you could recover any amount of data from a hard drive that has been just formatted over data.
    Sorry.

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    Re: how to recover my data after formatted partition
    « Reply #2 on: April 26, 2012, 05:32:31 AM »

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    Re: how to recover my data after formatted partition
    « Reply #3 on: April 26, 2012, 07:51:24 AM »
    First things first: make sure the hard drive is not used any more.  If possible, place it in a USB caddy.

    Secondly, grab a copy of Parted Magic: http://partedmagic.com

    Burn and boot the Marted Magic ISO.  Then use the tool "testdisk" to find the deleted partitions from the hard drive.  Then use photorec to recover missing files, if they are not there after you've recovered the partitions.

    If you are unsure about any of this and your data is very important to you, recruit help.  People charge for this kind of thing for a reason...
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      Re: how to recover my data after formatted partition
      « Reply #4 on: April 26, 2012, 07:29:29 PM »
      oh, do I have to pay? some free software there?

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      Re: how to recover my data after formatted partition
      « Reply #6 on: April 27, 2012, 06:30:13 AM »
      oh, do I have to pay? some free software there?

      Parted Magic is free.

      Allan, I don't think Recuva does partition recovery, does it?
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      Re: how to recover my data after formatted partition
      « Reply #7 on: April 27, 2012, 06:33:05 AM »
      File recovery only...
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      Re: how to recover my data after formatted partition
      « Reply #8 on: April 27, 2012, 06:49:22 AM »
      Rob,

      I'm not suggesting Recuva as a better solution than Parted Magic, just an another option to try. From the Recuva website:

       

      Recovery from damaged or formatted disks

      The dreaded hard drive crash. The file you forgot to backup before you reformatted a drive. The camera memory card with your holiday snaps that no longer works. Recuva can handle them too.

      Windows (and other operating systems) uses a hidden index on hard drives, USB drives, and memory cards. Instead of having to search through the entire drive for a file you request, all it has to do is look it up in the index -- a much faster process.

      Unfortunately, if the index is damaged, Windows can no longer find your files, even if the files themselves haven't been corrupted. That's where Recuva comes in.

      Unlike Windows, Recuva scans all parts of a drive, looking for the bits that make up your files. If a drive's index has been damaged, chances are other parts of the drive may have been damaged too. Recuva will show you a list of files it has found on the drive, and give you an estimate of the likelihood of success of recovering them.

      Similarly, when you format a drive (especially if you use the Quick Format option), Windows erases the hidden index but does not overwrite the existing files until you start saving new data to it. Recuva can still scan the drive's contents to find your files.

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      Re: how to recover my data after formatted partition
      « Reply #9 on: April 29, 2012, 02:05:08 AM »
      Try using 'Get Data Back From NTFS' or 'Get Data Back From FAT' Softwares. It's is really great and quite easy to use. Once, I lost around 100GB of data in some hard disk format error. I repartition and reformat my harddisk and installed Windows. I didn't expect to get my data back. But I thought I should try. Then I try some recovery software. This one's is great . I get all my data back even after repartition and reformat. I lost around 10GB because It is overwritten by Windows I installed.

      Try it!
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      Re: how to recover my data after formatted partition
      « Reply #10 on: April 29, 2012, 04:39:35 AM »
      It's is really great and quite easy to use.

      ...and costs $79.00


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      Re: how to recover my data after formatted partition
      « Reply #11 on: April 30, 2012, 01:57:29 AM »
      Parted Magic is free.

      Allan, I don't think Recuva does partition recovery, does it?

      He said he formatted the partition, not deleted it. He needs to restore the files, so Recuva is likely the best option here.

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      Re: how to recover my data after formatted partition
      « Reply #12 on: April 30, 2012, 06:20:32 AM »
      He said he formatted the partition, not deleted it.

      Users say many things.  ;)

      I've no experience with Recuva, but a recommendation here would tend to suggest it's pretty good.  photorec is awesome too.
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      Re: how to recover my data after formatted partition
      « Reply #13 on: April 30, 2012, 06:22:57 AM »
      Users say many things.  ;)

      And when we start assuming they've done things that they haven't, we give improper advice.

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      Re: how to recover my data after formatted partition
      « Reply #14 on: April 30, 2012, 06:25:02 AM »
      Agree completely.  My bad.
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