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I format my disk and repartition it, can i get my data ?

Forum Storage : Hard Drives I format my disk and repartition it, can i get my data ?

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i format my disk and repartition it and i installed win7 on it, can i get my data back ?

plz help me somebody do that without askin me .... and I need my stuff badly !

Reply to aa_abdullatif
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When you formatted your HDD you were warned that all data would be destroyed. Sorry, bud.

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Check this out:
http://www.easeus.com/resource/rec [...] format.htm
or this:
http://www.recovermyfiles.com/

You can continue to Google some results, these were the first 2 that came out. There is hope, but avoid writing anything on that HDD until you recovered as much as you can.
Last resort, there are data recovery firms out there that do just that, but they're quite expensive.

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house70 wrote :

Check this out:
http://www.easeus.com/resource/rec [...] format.htm
or this:
http://www.recovermyfiles.com/

You can continue to Google some results, these were the first 2 that came out. There is hope, but avoid writing anything on that HDD until you recovered as much as you can.
Last resort, there are data recovery firms out there that do just that, but they're quite expensive.




They reinstalled Windows after reformatting. That I think puts paid to retrieving the old data.

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Traildriver wrote :

They reinstalled Windows after reformatting. That I think puts paid to retrieving the old data.


Second link website claims they can retrieve data even after writing over it. That's why I put it up there.

Reply to house70

house70 wrote :

Second link website claims they can retrieve data even after writing over it. That's why I put it up there.



can I do that many times on my HHD ? or only once ?!!

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aa_abdullatif wrote :

can I do that many times on my HHD ? or only once ?!!


you need to avoid writing data on the HDD until you have recovered as much of the old data as possible. ANY writing on the disk will increase your chance of corrupting the old data. Some programs claim they can recover over-written data, but even so, don't push your luck.

Reply to house70

house70 wrote :

you need to avoid writing data on the HDD until you have recovered as much of the old data as possible. ANY writing on the disk will increase your chance of corrupting the old data. Some programs claim they can recover over-written data, but even so, don't push your luck.


Noo, I mean recover it on another HDD ! .... ?

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aa_abdullatif wrote :

Noo, I mean recover it on another HDD ! .... ?


You can recover the data on any type of media you like, be it HDD, a CD, DVD or flash drive. That is according to the total amount of data that needs to be recovered. There is no limit for that. After that, you can make unlimited number of copies to your liking.
I am not sure I understand what are you really trying to ask here, since the media that you recover the data onto is not corrupted.

Reply to house70

house70 wrote :

You can recover the data on any type of media you like, be it HDD, a CD, DVD or flash drive. That is according to the total amount of data that needs to be recovered. There is no limit for that. After that, you can make unlimited number of copies to your liking.
I am not sure I understand what are you really trying to ask here, since the media that you recover the data onto is not corrupted.



it's ok i got it .... thanx, I appreciate it :)

Reply to aa_abdullatif

house70 wrote :

You can recover the data on any type of media you like, be it HDD, a CD, DVD or flash drive. That is according to the total amount of data that needs to be recovered. There is no limit for that. After that, you can make unlimited number of copies to your liking.
I am not sure I understand what are you really trying to ask here, since the media that you recover the data onto is not corrupted.



sorry if I bugging u !

when I made the recover it rename all files as restored001, restored002 ,, etc .... !

CAN I recover them in oregenal naming ?!

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aa_abdullatif wrote :

sorry if I bugging u !

when I made the recover it rename all files as restored001, restored002 ,, etc .... !

CAN I recover them in oregenal naming ?!


no, because attributes of these files have been changed. you need to rename them one by one. Sorry.
At least they're there, and not lost forever.

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