recover files from reformatted HDD

Wild Style · May 7, 2009

Ok so i have a computer I had to reformat but we want to try and recover some of the files. I know there is a software that can do this, i used it once but I dont remember the name anymore. Anyone with any ideas would be greatly appreciated.

voodoo3rd · May 7, 2009

I've had a lot of success with this-
http://www.pcinspector.de/Sites/file_recovery/info.htm?language=1
might be worth a try

satrow · May 7, 2009

Hi Wild Style,

I've used MBRWORK from a floppy a few times to recover from a format/partition deletion.

MBRWork - Freeware utility to perform some common and uncommon MBR
and disk functions. Provided As-Is.

It can perform the following:

1 - Backup the first track on a hard drive.

2 - Restore the backup file.

3 - Reset the EMBR area to all zeros.

4 - Reset the MBR are to all zeros.

5 - Install standard MBR Code

6 - Set a partition active (avail on the command line too)

7 - Work with multiple hard drives.

8 - Remove EZ-Drive (You must boot directly to a diskette (by passing ez-drive)
for this option to show)

9 - Edit MBR partition entry values.

A - If no partitions exist in the MBR and no EMBR exists then this option
will allow you to recover lost FAT, HPFS, NTFS, and Extened partitions.

C - Capture up to 64 disk sectors to a file.

R - Restore up to 64 disk sectors from a file. This feature should only
be used by those who completely understand what they are doing!

T - Transfer/Copy sectors from disk to disk. This feature should only
be used by those who completely understand what they are doing!

P - Compare sectors.
Click to expand...

http://www.terabyteunlimited.com/downloads-free-software.htm

There are many freeware apps you could try to recover your data http://majorgeeks.com/page.php?id=20#recoverp are some of the best, if they don't work, I'd recommend RecoverMyFiles - but it'll cost .

Good luck.

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