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Comment from AVASh on 2012-02-03

2012-02-03T12:00:44Z

heloo
Any body can help me. plz One of my Hdd formatted 2 times through windows 7 with NTFS mode. But I had some important folder in that partition , i want to recovery the folder , how can i get the folder ..plz help mee..

Thanks

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Comment from junmar on 2011-11-30

2011-11-30T12:33:16Z

can i still recover my old files on my old hard drive after formated

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Comment from Connie on 2011-11-26

2011-11-27T00:03:51Z

@Joe
Follow the instructions in this article and you might get lucky.

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Comment from Joe on 2011-11-26

2011-11-26T21:05:49Z

I got a new computer and I had alot of stuff on the hard drive from my old computer which I wanted to transfer to my new one. I bought a case for my old hard drive(cavalry) so I could transfer the data and use the old hard drive as a backup. in the process of getting the new computer to recognize the old hard drive it asked me if I wanted to reformat the old hard drive which would erase all of the data on the disk and I clicked no. When I tried to access the data on the disk it shows that the old h.d. is empty. Is there any way to get this information back?

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Comment from ayman on 2011-02-27

2011-02-27T21:34:19Z

take a look at this blog :
http://harddriverestore.blogspot.com/2010/12/recover-formatted-hard-drive.html

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Comment from normyway on 2011-02-21

2011-02-22T06:59:02Z

third party utilities are useful
1. for deleted files free data recovery software can do
recuva http://www.piriform.com
data recovery wizard http://www.easeus.com/datarecoverywizard/
recovermyfiles
http://www.recovermyfiles.com
2. for formatted partitions
recuva and data recovery wizard do the best
3. for lost partitions
data recovery wizard is better
i suggest each pc should do backup in case of multiple os problems or other accidents.
good luck everyone

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Comment from manish roy on 2011-01-30

2011-01-31T05:00:50Z

sir,
i want to know that how i can recover my data deleted from recycle bin.....?

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Comment from Anonymous on 2010-10-17

2010-10-18T02:25:54Z

Hi Sir

How can I open the recovered files from my formatted hard drive . I have been recovered already but when I try to open these files it doesn't operate so How can I try to open it ?

with best regard
arkar

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Comment from sharon ng on 2010-09-18

2010-09-18T07:13:46Z

hello everyone,
i accidently format(normal format) my drive 'd' in my computer.
how can i recover back all my photo and data inside as i have try many method and still cant recover back.
really need your help cause all the photos are very important to me!! thanks!!

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Comment from Bob Maria on 2010-09-03

2010-09-03T11:18:36Z

Hi,

Yes you can retrieve data after accidentally formatted your hard disk, you can try a third party data recovery software for the purpose.

You can try - http://www.harddiskdatarecovery.in

Thanks

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Comment from Mark Austin on 2010-09-03

2010-09-03T11:18:12Z

When a file is deleted from your computer, its contents aren't immediately destroyed. Windows simply marks the hard drive space as being available for use by changing one character in the file table. If you manage to start an undelete process before Windows overwrites that part of hard disk with new files. You can set that flag back to "on" and get your file. As I know, you can download d following software
http://www.windowspartitionrecovery.com

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Comment from bishesh on 2010-07-09

2010-07-09T14:31:19Z

hi guys plz help me,
i accidentally formatted my external harddrive, Seagate Free Agent, i had all my music projects on tht harddisk every beats i made till now i'm realli in a big trouble well i tried recovering from power recovery it didnt work though i did the quick format, i had like 700gb used and only 300 gb unused.... if any one can help please please save my life....

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Comment from georgelopez on 2010-07-09

2010-07-09T09:35:07Z

hey buddy dnt panic i hav something for u.

Here are the steps that can help u to recover the data. You have to use some tool to recover the data.

1. Install a recovery tool on some other system
2. Now place ur crashed disk as a secondary disk on this other system
3. Select ur crashed disk from the partition and scan with the recovery tool to recover the data.
If u wanna give try then I can suggest you 1 such tool that I used once" Advanced Disk Recover". You can try the trial version....and if satisified can purchase it.u will get it from cnet

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Comment from Gopi on 2010-04-26

2010-04-26T16:36:09Z

Hi,

I have formatted my external hard disk number of times, now i want to recover my files (flash-flv, swf)which are seved in first time after that i have formatted number of times will i get it back?

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Comment from Jorden on 2010-03-25

2010-03-26T03:07:45Z

Hi guys,

It is really troublesome when losing vital data when reformatted hard drives. Yerstady my sister came for help for her formatted notebook containing her vacation photos. What can I say? Hunted on the web and find solutions. I tried freeware recuva, but not the right solution for unformat. The good point is it was freeware. And I tried many other programs some find 50% files, some find 70% files. Among the most, and a program icare data recovery found 81% files which happened to be the vacation photos. Some other programs are also good recovering 86% of files but some are not the vacation photos. What can I say? program really varies and also different cases varies.

http://www.recovery-programs.com/howto-recover-files-with-icare-data-recovery.html

This is a tutorial I ran into.

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Comment from Hamed on 2010-02-26

2010-02-26T11:43:07Z

Hi Leo,
Hope you ar doing fine.
I wanted to create a partition on my computer (also, I should have resized my one dive hard and then try to partition it) and accidently, I played with my external hard drive that was connected to my laptop and I changed something( that I don�t know what it was) and now when I connect my 500
Gigabyte hard drive to my laptop it shows only 1 megabyte size. However, when I check it with partition magic 8 software, it shows 479 gigabyte size. So it would be much appreciated if you could tell me how I can bring my hard drive to normal that I don�t lose my data.
Best Regards
Hamed

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Comment from Tom on 2009-12-26

2009-12-26T09:27:46Z

I got the same headache when I accidently formatted my hard disk. To my relief, I unformat the drive and get data back by a program called icare recovery software.

I wish to share with you guys and hope this tool can help you out. Here is the detailed tutorial.
http://www.icare-recovery.com/howto-recover-data-from-formatted-partition.html

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Comment from Adheep on 2009-09-08

2009-09-08T14:37:04Z

I tried some recovery softwares but they just recovered only jpeg,doc,html files but i want video files and mp3 files....
Can any of the software recovers avi, mpeg4, wmv and mp3 files???

Please i need your help.

Those programs rarely care about what type of file they are restoring. More likely is that the files you're looking for simply cannot be restored.

09-Sep-2009

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Comment from Josie on 2009-07-04

2009-07-04T17:05:45Z

hi leo, I accidently click quick format to my external freecom 500GBhard drive, and my second 500Gb Freecom hard drive had died in non reason. I have went to computer centre, they cannot repair and they tried to backup but it is nothing at all. they ask me check online for the computer specialist. so could you pls be kindly to tell me which company is reputable for repair any died hard drive, and can be able to unformat hard drive? PLEASE HELP ME :

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Comment from JULIA ROBERT on 2009-05-04

2009-05-05T01:19:41Z

hi,great!! thanks for sharing this usefull information.
i already recover my data from deleted partition in my hard drive use getdataback.
i just follow tutorial at http://TutorialRecoverDeletedData.notlong.com
i only can recover 80% data from my hard drive..
and my important data cannot be recover..someone can suggest to me free powerfull software for recover my important data..thanks

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Comment from josephine so on 2009-03-17

2009-03-17T16:02:36Z

once question, I accidently click quick format and then completed I clicked ok. I lost all my crucial folders, thousand of my travel videos and photos. may i know what software can I buy it for recover? like any brand of photo and video recovery doctor software or any suggestion??
please be kindly to reply me asap. thank you very much

Shame on you for not having backups. Backups would save you from this situation.

I start by trying Recuva. Good luck!

- Leo
18-Mar-2009

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Comment from martin on 2008-08-01

2008-08-01T10:04:38Z

Nice posting. Yes, we can recover the data after formatting or accidental deletion of data. This can happen with the help of stellar phoenix data recovery software. This software works on advance algorithm, scan your hard drive and recover deleted data.

Thanks

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Comment from machiner on 2008-07-08

2008-07-09T05:35:24Z

From the summary: "Formatting a hard disk erases everything on it"

There are many utilities for recovering data from drives that have been formatted.

Personally, I have been very successful in recovering data from formatted drives. As Leo writes, there are variables. I wouldn't be cavalier about formatting, but it's not that big a deal to recover data. It's pretty damned hard to really erase a disc.

See crazyone's list here, scroll down:
http://www.experts-exchange.com/Hardware/Misc/Q_20650284.html

Some of these utilities can be daunting at first - testdisk for one. However, with a little effort, the reward is great.

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Comment from Leo on 2008-07-06

2008-07-06T18:44:46Z

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My recommendation is a backup program like Acronis TrueImage
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Comment from Snail on 2008-07-05

2008-07-06T00:02:25Z

Speaking of backup, how do you back up data when copy and paste doesn't work?
The only method I find working on this system is saving as an attachment to an e-mail. If there was a way to save a copy of ~18GB of data to a reliable source (private and not likely to crash) I would like to know.
In the event that I don't find one...or I have to reinstall the OS(XP Home) how would I (best)pursue a path to data recovery?
If the system is unable to boot, how would I recover data?

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Comment from Richard Hatton on 2008-07-02

2008-07-02T13:37:59Z

You might look into and do a free trial of BinaryBiz Virtual Lab software. I formatted a 500 gig WD external drive to NTFS. There was conciderable data on the drive which had been FAT32 formatted. The customer decided they needed data recovered. I recovered over 35,000 files. It is slow--12 hours to scan, but the lost is now found.

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Comment from dirtfarmer on 2008-07-01

2008-07-02T05:13:07Z

to get d ata back form evena hard drive format-- youcan not do any better then Recover My Files data recovery software will easily recover deleted files emptied from the Windows Recycle Bin, or lost due to the format or corruption of a hard drive, virus or Trojan infection, unexpected system shutdown or software failure.

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Comment from Brad on 2008-07-01

2008-07-01T19:35:10Z

Not to nitpick..but, in regard to, 'A "normal" format actually goes out and overwrites all of the data on the disk..'

I don't believe that is exactly so. A 'normal' format will rewrite the ADDRESSING scheme (headers on sectors and such) on the drive, but will not overwrite the previously written data fields.

Hence..it is possible to recover data after a 'normal' format. It's still THERE, you just can't use the newly written FAT (or NTFS) on the front-end of the drive to GET to it.

That's where the above-mentioned type software comes in.

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Comment from Tim Pangborn on 2008-07-01

2008-07-01T16:54:44Z

I had fantastic success with Stellar Phoenix Windows Data Recover app just a couple of weeks ago. I had very poor results using R-Studio so I uploaded and ran the demo version of SPWDR, then purchased SPWDR when it had such good results. I had not used the logical drive/partition since the reformat and that was extremely important!

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Comment from Dan Ullman on 2008-06-26

2008-06-26T16:43:16Z

I use GetDataBack about eight times a year (my customers are fishboats, a hard life for a computer) and can recommend it.

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Comment from john on 2008-06-25

2008-06-26T00:13:37Z

I'm going to chime in with Easy Recovery Pro. I attempt data recovery often and have tried lots of things to save someone's data. I'd say it's your best bet. It's not free, but has a good hard drive utility as well as other nifty stuff.
I've also used R-Studio and Undelete Plus with some success.

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