Recovering files

[Bennie]

Hi
I just recently formatted my hard drive and reinstalled xp pro, i saved all my files that i wanted kept on another hard drive but they dissapeared. How do i get my files back on tho formatted hdd. Can someone help me please

 

[birdpup]

Welcome to the forums.

Here is my standard resource compilation. I am still considering proper organization before I start its own thread.

I suggest a data recovery program like GetDataBack, a rescue disk like UBCD4Win, or one of the hard drive related products like Partition Table Doctor or iRecover.

Data Recovery Programs
1) R-Studio
2) Runtime's GetDataBack
3) Ontrack's Easy Recovery Pro
4) Quetek
5) File Scavenger
6) HDD Regenerator
7) TestDisk

Rescue Disks
UBCD4Win
BartPE
Knoppix

Hard Drive Related Products
Norton Ghost
Partition Table Doctor and Super Fdisk
DIY DataRecovery and iRecover
Acronis
Future Systems Solutions
Partition Recovery

Hard Drive Manufacturer Diagnostic Utilities
Seagate
Western Digital
Maxtor
Fujitsu
Hitachi

Google
Unix 'dd' command
Linux 'dd' command
Partition Recovery
Data Recovery
drive partition strategy
drive partition primary extended
drive partition
drive partition partitions partitioning

Hard Drive Freezer Technique
This technique is useful due to thermal contraction of mechanical parts
1) Place drive in an anti-static bag
2) Put drive in freezer for at least one hour
3) Remove drive from freezer
4) Quickly install in system
5) Attempt data recovery

If bios does not recognize hard drive, then reboot and try again until that one time the drive is recognized. If this does not work, put drive in another system and hope the bios of the other system detects the drive.

Memory Tests
memtest86
memtest86+

 

[Bennie]

thanks im tryin that now
If anyone else knows of ways please tell me

 

[firerock]

birdpup's post pretty much sums it up for your topic. Nice job, birdpup!

 

[birdpup]

Originally posted by: Bennie
thanks im tryin that now
If anyone else knows of ways please tell me

Please ask if you have more specific questions that the information above does not answer.

 

[Bennie]

Well i cant get it back so i guess it is gone

 

[birdpup]

What recovery tools did you attempt to recover your data with?

 

[Brona]

Greetings,

I suppose you using Active@ Partition Recovery tool to restore. It will be easily able to seve your partition. You should really try it. It is great! really.
http://www.partition-recovery.com/

 

[birdpup]

Originally posted by: Bennie
Well i cant get it back so i guess it is gone

Can you provide more information?
Does the bios recognize the hard drive?
What errors did the drive receive with the manufacturer's diagnostic test?
What tools did you try to recover your data with?

Originally posted by: Brona
I suppose you using Active@ Partition Recovery tool to restore. It will be easily able to seve your partition. You should really try it. It is great! really.
http://www.partition-recovery.com/

Thank you for providing this link. I have added it to my list.

Hard Drive, Partition, Data Recovery and Diagnostic Resources

 

[lukeles]

I recommend that you use DataRecoveryWizard to recover your data.
The software provides very useful functions for data recovery:
DeleteRecovery, FormatRecovery, AdvancedRecovery, RawRecovery.

This program is an efficient disk recovery software providing
you a complete answer to data loss.

You can download the demo version of DataRecoveryWizard.
http://www.easeus.com/download.htm

Run the program and you can select the any recovery mode
"DeletedRecovery", "FormatRecovery" and "AdvancedRecovery".

See more:
http://www.easeus.com
http://www.easeus.com/datarecoverywizard/recover-deleted-files.htm
http://www.easeus.com/datarecoverywizard/recover-lost-partition.htm
http://www.easeus.com/datarecoverywizard/recover-formatted-partition.htm
http://www.easeus.com/datarecoverywizard/recover-fdisked-drives.htm
http://www.easeus.com/datarecoverywizard/recover-lost-files.htm
http://www.easeus.com/datarecoverywizard/recover-repartitioned-drives.htm
http://www.easeus.com/datarecoverywizard/recover-scandisk-chkdsk-disk.htm
http://www.easeus.com/datarecoverywizard/recover-ghosted-image-data.htm
http://www.easeus.com/datarecoverywizard/recover-encrypted-data.htm