Emails

[Bad boy Warrior]

I have a PC that had some emails. The PC has been formatted (Windows XP) and defragged a couple of times since. Is there any way to attempt to get this data back? I have tried using software to get the data back but can anyone recommend any other ways?

Thanks

[Ponch]

Emails are usually stored in big files (Outlook Express for instance uses a .dbx file for each of your subfolder), so there is a 99.9% probability that the file has been partially overwritten and is unrecoverable. You can still try to recover those files if you have time.

What are you thinking when you say "any other ways" (than software to get the data back) ?

[Bad boy Warrior]

By that i mean, there are hardware processes that can be used from the articles i read but had a high price attached to it. So in case anyone has done this i was curious to know how and the costs involved.

On the software side i wasnt aware if one software was better than another or if theyre all the same i.e. if one software fails to recover any data another software may?