colemancb Posted November 14, 2006 Share Posted November 14, 2006 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? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeremy Posted November 14, 2006 Share Posted November 14, 2006 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lost Soul Posted November 14, 2006 Share Posted November 14, 2006 id say even with a data recovery program the best you can recover is partial Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zoofield Posted November 14, 2006 Share Posted November 14, 2006 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeremy Posted November 15, 2006 Share Posted November 15, 2006 id say even with a data recovery program the best you can recover is partialI'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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lost Soul Posted November 15, 2006 Share Posted November 15, 2006 (edited) id say even with a data recovery program the best you can recover is partialI'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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeremy Posted November 15, 2006 Share Posted November 15, 2006 http://www.data-recovery-software.net/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lost Soul Posted November 15, 2006 Share Posted November 15, 2006 http://www.data-recovery-software.net/thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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