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Title: Can I recover my data ,if drive is formated?
Post by: Akshay Kulkarni on October 25, 2004, 10:02:06 PM

hi,

Please if anybody can help me.
I lost my document files as my Operating System WIN XP is reinstalled. Is there any chance of recovering them?

I would be really really grateful !

Thanks in advance !

Title: Re: Can I recover my data ,if drive is formated?
Post by: dl65 on October 25, 2004, 11:33:25 PM

Akshay Kulkarni.......One word answer is NO......however there are companies out there that do hard drive recovery.......its very expensive and from what I understand not 100 % sure.   When your hard drive was formatted ...was it scrubbed as part of the formatting procedure .

Hope this helps you .

dl65 ::)

Title: Re: Can I recover my data ,if drive is formated?
Post by: Raptor on October 26, 2004, 05:06:22 AM

Merlin_2 recently posted a post that contained some information about what programs to use... However, it did cost a lot of money. Someone was interested in sharing the cost, look for it.

Title: Re: Can I recover my data ,if drive is formated?
Post by: richard on October 26, 2004, 07:52:50 AM

Last thing to try is to go on cnet.com and download this file--FileRecovery. It's free. I don't know if it will help since your HD was formatted. But give it a try, you have nothing to lose, right?

Richard

Title: Re: Can I recover my data ,if drive is formated?
Post by: merlin_2 on October 26, 2004, 11:22:49 AM

you could try this>http://www.theabsolute.net/sware/dskinv.html  and its free..

Title: Re: Can I recover my data ,if drive is formated?
Post by: Corrosive on October 26, 2004, 11:29:43 AM

Don't expect that all your files will come back, especially after such a large install (WinXP). If you're lucky you'll get some of it back. Hopefully you didn't lose anything too important, like the Soviet-bunker-plans-you-need-or-else-the-KGB-will-chop-off-your-feet type thing.

Next time, you should back up as much as you can onto a floppy disk/CD-R/DVD-R/Tape/Ferrite Drum or whatever you use before you reformat.

Title: Re: Can I recover my data ,if drive is formated?
Post by: justin on October 26, 2004, 11:31:50 AM

no not likey when u reformat you clear your harddrive  so its best to save your stuff to a disk

Title: Re: Can I recover my data ,if drive is formated?
Post by: justin on October 26, 2004, 11:32:55 AM

how do u back up to a tape

Title: Re: Can I recover my data ,if drive is formated?
Post by: Raptor on October 26, 2004, 02:51:20 PM

Quote

hi,

Please if anybody can help me.
I lost my document files as my Operating System WIN XP is reinstalled. Is there any chance of recovering them?

I would be really really grateful !

Thanks in advance !

http://www.computerhope.com/cgi-bin/yabb/YaBB.cgi?board=5;action=display;num=1098208108

Read that thread.

Title: Re: Can I recover my data ,if drive is formated?
Post by: kakshay21 on October 27, 2004, 11:28:11 PM

Dear All,

Thank you very much for you help. I have downloaded the suggected softwares and i will try to recover data using them. I will let you know what happens .
thank you very much again!