How can I recover files from a formatted hard drive?

Started by Alterno, Apr 17 2008 05:32 PM

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#1 OFFLINE Alterno

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Posted 17 April 2008 - 05:32 PM

Is possible to recover files from a formatted hard drive?... any recomendation?...

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#2 OFFLINE Andavari

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Posted 17 April 2008 - 06:31 PM

Just scroll up to the very top of this page and click the Recuva link. :rolleyes:

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Posted 17 April 2008 - 10:05 PM

As Andavari said, Recuva. It can recover anything(for me).

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Posted 18 April 2008 - 09:03 AM

On a formatted drive? With no or a new MFT? If the formatting process reallocates the MFT, or wipes all the old entries, then I think that Recuva will not have a great deal of luck. I don't think that popular software applications will be able to help. There are specialist firms that will do this, but it is expensive.

Let me know if I'm wrong, which I'll be quite happy with, and I'll rethink how Recuva works!

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Posted 18 April 2008 - 07:58 PM

Augeas, on Apr 18 2008, 03:03 AM, said:

There are specialist firms that will do this, but it is expensive.

It's very expensive. However if the data is that important that's the best solution for the best recovery.

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