need to recover lost data

[notanotheracct]

got a 160gb HD that was... accidently... quick formatted by a full windows xp sp2 install. i've tried a couple freeware programs and it was basically a crapshoot. anyone know any good programs that can recover from this?

 

[CalvinHobbes]

GetDataBack has worked well for me.

 

[notanotheracct]

just found this old thread that mentions the same thing, thanks.

 

[duragezic]

I got EVERYTHING back from a 250GB drive that mysteriously losts its partition and hence everything on it. This was using GetDataBack for NTFS. There was even records of things I had deleted long before, but most of that stuff was unrecoverable.

 

[Parkre]

Tell us how it goes...

I hope this isn't one of those suspense threads...only to find out that there's no ending

 

[notanotheracct]

argh, absolutely nothing. getdataback only found files that windows deleted after being installed, not a single file from 130 gigs previously used... looks like i'm screwed.

is there any other program?

 

[notanotheracct]

anyone?

 

[notanotheracct]

one last try.

 

[Evander]

I can't speak from experience, but:
http://www.pcinspector.de/file_recovery/UK/welcome.htm
this company offers a freeware recovery soft, and they also offer fee-based data recovery if you decide to ship your drive to them (doesn't seem cheap though)

 

[yaya1982]

I suggest you use DataRecoveryWizard to recover your data.

DataRecoveryWizard is a complete range of data recovery software
for all Windows operating system platforms and supports various file
systems on various storage media. DataRecoveryWizard provides very
useful functions for data recovery: "DeleteRecovery", "FormatRecovery",
"AdvancedRecovery", "RawRecovery". This program ensures safe and
precise file recovery against numerous threats like accidental file
deletion and disk formatting and so on.

You can input ?DataRecoveryWizard? on Google.