1. Restore from backup. No backup?
2. Since you formatted the drive, it may be difficult to get the data
back yourself. You can try using data recovery software.
DO NOTHING FURTHER ON THE DRIVE. The data is still on the hard drive but
if you overwrite it, it will be extremely difficult or impossible to
recover it. If you use data recovery software, install it on another
machine and either use it from that operating system or create a
bootable cd/floppy and work with that. If you don't have the skill
and/or equipment to do these procedures and the data is crucial, take
the machine to a professional computer repair shop that has experience
in doing data recovery. This will not be your local version of
BigStoreUSA. In-shop data recovery is usually not exactly cheap (for
ex., my charges are generally $150-350USD), but it normally costs less
than sending the drive to a company like Drive Savers. You need to make
the determination of the value of your data and decide what to do.
ttp://www3.telus.net/mikebike/RESTORATION.html
PCInspector File Recovery -http://
www.pcinspector.de/file_recovery/welcome.htm
Executive Software "Undelete" -http://
www.execsoft.com/undelete/undelete.asp
R-Studio -http://
www.r-tt.com/
File Scavenger -http://
www.quetek.com/prod02.htm
Ontrack's EasyRecovery -http://
www.ontrack.com/software/
If the data recovery software doesn't work, you will need to send the
drive to a professional data recovery company like Drive Savers (my
preference) or Seagate Data Recovery. General prices run from $500USD on
up. Drive Savers recovered all the data on a failed laptop drive for one
of my clients and it cost $2,700. He thought it was worth the money;
only you know what your data is worth. I understand that some insurance
companies are now covering data recovery charges under "Loss of
Intellectual Property" or the like, so check with yours.
Drive Savers -http://
www.drivesavers.com
Seagate Data Recovery Services -https://
www.seagatedatarecovery.com/
Malke