Unformat?

[colemancb]

A buddy of mine formatted an HD of his (just a low-level windows format), and now he wants stuff off the drive, it hasn't been touched since the format, so is there any way to get the stuff back? A piece of software you would recommend?

[Jeremy]

After a normal reformat, you can use one of many dozens of free and payware data recovery programs. Just search MSFN for "data recovery" and you'll be all set.

[Lost Soul]

id say even with a data recovery program the best you can recover is partial

[Zoofield]

Restorer2000

I have used this several times on computers where people have done exactly the same thing.

If all you did was a quick format everything should be recoverable.

[Jeremy]

id say even with a data recovery program the best you can recover is partial

I've used R-Studio Corporate to recover entire TV episodes (350 MBs) from an old 80 GB IDE drive which was formatted several times after I had deleted those episodes.

DigeratiPrime can second me on that as well, he's the one who recommended the software to me in the first place.

[Lost Soul]

id say even with a data recovery program the best you can recover is partial

I've used R-Studio Corporate to recover entire TV episodes (350 MBs) from an old 80 GB IDE drive which was formatted several times after I had deleted those episodes.

DigeratiPrime can second me on that as well, he's the one who recommended the software to me in the first place.

sounds like a rare app, how much does it cost,, ive used plenty of recovery apps and none seem to be up to par perhaps i should try that one for next time when im in a bind

Edited November 15, 2006 by Lost Soul

[Jeremy]

http://www.data-recovery-software.net/

[Lost Soul]

http://www.data-recovery-software.net/

thanks