HDD Data recovery

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First, I apologize for being off-topic, but I know the quality of the
people in this group!

A friend had a drive crash under XP NTFS. On bad advice he
reformatted and reinstalled OS. Now he asks for help!

Is there any possibility to recover files that were previously on the
drive?

Thanks in advance.

Phil
 
First, I apologize for being off-topic, but I know the quality of the
people in this group!

A friend had a drive crash under XP NTFS. On bad advice he
reformatted and reinstalled OS. Now he asks for help!

Is there any possibility to recover files that were previously on the
drive?
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Long Answer:

Some of the data has probably not been overwritten, but merely
deallocated by the formatting routine. Some has likely been
overwritten. In the case of the former, a skilled geek could probably
recover files or parts of files from the drive. In the latter case, a
computer forensics expert *might* be able to recover some information.
I've only tangentially read about those techniques, though, and can't
give any sense of probability.

In both cases, it would take considerable expertise, and therefore
money, to accomplish.

Short Answer:

They're f*cked.
 
First, I apologize for being off-topic, but I know the quality of the
people in this group!

A friend had a drive crash under XP NTFS. On bad advice he
reformatted and reinstalled OS. Now he asks for help!

Is there any possibility to recover files that were previously on the
drive?
Click to expand...

Probably not...but youse never knows.

Try these programs...

R-Studio

Easy Recovery Professional

Good luck.


Have a nice one...

Trent©

Follow Joan Rivers' example --- get pre-embalmed!
 
First, I apologize for being off-topic, but I know the quality of the
people in this group!

A friend had a drive crash under XP NTFS. On bad advice he
reformatted and reinstalled OS. Now he asks for help!

Is there any possibility to recover files that were previously on the
drive?

Thanks in advance.

Phil
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try something like this
http://www.pcworld.com/downloads/file_description/0,fid,23069,00.asp
it may recover data that hasnt been overwritten. better programs cost a fair
bit and arent worthwhile for the average home user.
 
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