what programs can I use to restore files I lost while installing XP on Data Drive

[TungFree]

what programs can I use to restore files I lost while installing XP on Data Drive

 

[lobadobadingdong]

did you format it? what files where they(as in profile stuff like My Documents?)

 

[FXGuy3369]

Get Data Back is a good program I have used

 

[TungFree]

did you format it? what files where they(as in profile stuff like My Documents?)

I had a hard drive I used for over 37 gigs of MP3s and I used it to do a clean install of winXP. Some files were left but near all MP3 are all gone near 40 gigs of them
as well as sessions I had done mixes of CDs to play, tuns of hours of work.

So what I am thinking is that the old file system was changed and the files are hidden. I show the hard drive as hardly anything on it.
Prior to installing the XP I had used partition Magic to create a partition and installed win XP in the empty partition thinking my files will not get formated over.

But they are gone from the partition they were on. That is why I think they may be hidden or possibly the restore files program could get them back or show them so far I had only been installing in the new partition the Music one is untouched by me.

 

[TungFree]

Get Data Back is a good program I have used

what kind of experiences have you use it for. in the above post I have said what happened. What is your take on my thinking and any recommendations?

 

[TungFree]

Get Data Back is a good program I have used

I love the program it restored 40 gigs of losr MP3 and other files
However, it takes a long time.
1 ItTook one hour to get the files recognized
2. It took a little longer to copy to a different folder in C: drive, about 75 mins
3 took 90 mins to restore the files from C; drive to the hard drive they were in before.

Great tool !!! I am not sure there are any others faster than this one, but what a blessing to have it restore them


P.S. the trial version will find them and show you it did, but you need the full version to copy the files from the bad hard drive where they are virtually dead to a place the system can use them. The Fat version is about $60 and the NTFS version is about $70.

Additionally the tool is not self evident how to use it. they speak of DF0, DF1, DF2,... --->DF9 I had to use virtual drives before I knew which drive to restore from ( virtual translated then to a,b,c,d,e, etc.. drives we are familiar with. I did use DF0, DF1 DF2, in my Amiga Commodore computers in the mid 80ies LOL but it was hard to figure out because I have 2 hard drives and 2 partitions in each, and DF0: was my main floppy and DF1: was my 2nd floppy. in the Amiga computer before I had a hard drive