donky7 Posted September 20, 2006 Share Posted September 20, 2006 can anyone recommend any software to try............. i've had to format a drive which had tonnes of photos on, programs, web links.... :( :( :( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sallonoroff Posted September 21, 2006 Share Posted September 21, 2006 i've had to format a drive which had tonnes of photos on, programs, web links.... why didn't you save the stuff before you formatted?? you could try RESTORATION or PC Inspector, but as you've formatted i wouldn't hold out much hope... might have to go to a specialist if you really, really want the stuff back. . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seb69 Posted September 21, 2006 Share Posted September 21, 2006 First off, don't use the formatted drive! Stop using it and disconnect it from your computer. The more the drive is used, the more there is the possibility that the area's of the disk where the old files used to be will be overwritten with new files. Once that happens, you're talking about sending your hard disk off to a professional data recovery firm... ...Talking of which, an org I used to work for sends hard drives off to Ontrack (if the client's were willing to pay serious money to get their files back). See http://www.ontrack.co.uk Ontrack do sell their own 'do-it-yourself' data recovery software. For example, EasyRecovery Professional costs £386 and has a 'Format Recovery' feature that will recover files from a formatted volume. Ontrack sell cheaper 'do-it-yourself' software, but they may not have the 'Format Recovery' feature. If you'd like me to have a go at recovering your data (for a charge, if successful), send me a PM with your contact details. Oh, and you can only recover data files (picture files, music files, Word documents etc). It's a waste of time recovering 'programs' as the recovered files can't be used to install the software again onto another computer or hard disk. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
donky7 Posted September 21, 2006 Author Share Posted September 21, 2006 thanks for that seb,, i've managed to retrieve 60% of my pics..... so far... still searchin for word docs now,,, point taken on software.... i'm using at the moment, recover my files....... but i plan to try a few diff progs to see if any get difernt results....... thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
demoniac Posted September 21, 2006 Share Posted September 21, 2006 recover my files is the best i have used and found everything i wanted when my harddrive got corupted Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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