Data Recovery Help!

I have an additional hard drive on my computer (I call Safety File/E drive) for storage. The data/pictures are IRREPLACEABLE! It became unaccessable, stating the files were corrupted. I tried everything and could not access the drive. My brother did a quick format and I can now access the drive. IS THERE A WAY or ANY SOFTWARE to RECOVER the data (it has not been written over) on that drive? PLEASE HELP, and ANY SUGGESTIONS ARE APPRECIATED!

 

Which drive did your brother format? A reformat can make data recovery more difficult.
Look here.

 

hi dreamsiclelady1,

Cheer Up!
You can recover data from your formatted hard drive.. You have to use some data recovery software. From my personel experience I would recommend you to try Stellar phoenix Fat & Ntfs.
Download the software from Here - http://www.stellarinfo.com/partition-recovery.htm

Use the Demo version to see the recovered files. If you are satisfied with the demo version then go for the full version..

Best of Luck

 

here is a very interesting article about HD recovery:

http://www.pcstats.com/articleview.cfm?articleID=1139

and concerning recovering progs here some:

**********FreeWare Recovery Tools**********

Deleted File Analysis http://www.execsoft.com/freeware/freeware.asp
(NT/2K/XP)

PC Inspector http://www.pcinspector.de/file_recovery/UK/welcome.htm
(FAT 12/16/32 NTFS)

OnTrack http://www.ontrack.co.uk/free-recovery-software/
(Also have a Netware version - NOT FREE)

**********Shareware Recovery Tools**********

File Scavenger http://www.snapfiles.com/get/filescavenger.html
(NT/2K/XP) - Supports Reformatted Volumes -Limited to 32Kb file size!

GetDataBack for FAT http://www.snapfiles.com/get/getbackfat.html
(FAT) Works Even After FDisk and Format, Can run Over the network.

GetDataBack for NTFS http://www.snapfiles.com/get/getbacknt.html
(NTFS) Works Even After FDisk and Format, Can run Over the network.