HD data recovery

Ryguy387 · 04-15-2007, 06:40 PM

Hey i recently repartitioned my 500gb hard drive, and of course backed up data onto another hard drive so that i wouldn't loose what i wanted to keep on that 500gb drive. But as stupid as i am, i forgot to copy over some very important files. I already repartitioned the whole thing, and feel like a complete dumbass. Im just wondering if i have any alternatives out there, maybe some program (highly doubt it though), or perhaps i could send it somewhere. Just wondering if there are any easy to semi-easy alternatives out there where i could get the data back from. Thanks

MaverickUK · 04-16-2007, 04:56 AM

Hi,

There are programs that will collect all the data stored in the clusters on your hard drive, you data is never truly erased unless new files are written over the cluster that holds the information. When windows removes a program or data, it does not infact remove it, the information is still there on the hard drive awaiting to be over-written by new data though Windows disregards the information it formerly removed from its partition table.

In lehmans terms, you can retrieve any data back that has not been over-written by new data. There are many different recovery programs, though to be honest i'm not sure what is the best out there or the most reliable, hopefully someone who has used such a program in the past will come along this thread.

Regards,
Nick.

**linderman** · 04-16-2007, 07:57 AM

dont write any data to that reformatted drive

use active@undelete

http://www.active-undelete.com/download.htm

it will recover data from a drivew which has been re-formatted

04-15-2007, 06:40 PM	#1 (permalink)
Ryguy387 Registered User Join Date: Apr 2007 Posts: 1 OS: XP	HD data recovery Hey i recently repartitioned my 500gb hard drive, and of course backed up data onto another hard drive so that i wouldn't loose what i wanted to keep on that 500gb drive. But as stupid as i am, i forgot to copy over some very important files. I already repartitioned the whole thing, and feel like a complete dumbass. Im just wondering if i have any alternatives out there, maybe some program (highly doubt it though), or perhaps i could send it somewhere. Just wondering if there are any easy to semi-easy alternatives out there where i could get the data back from. Thanks

04-16-2007, 04:56 AM	#2 (permalink)
MaverickUK Tech Hardware Team Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Cheshire, England. Posts: 766 OS: XP Home My System	Re: HD data recovery Hi, There are programs that will collect all the data stored in the clusters on your hard drive, you data is never truly erased unless new files are written over the cluster that holds the information. When windows removes a program or data, it does not infact remove it, the information is still there on the hard drive awaiting to be over-written by new data though Windows disregards the information it formerly removed from its partition table. In lehmans terms, you can retrieve any data back that has not been over-written by new data. There are many different recovery programs, though to be honest i'm not sure what is the best out there or the most reliable, hopefully someone who has used such a program in the past will come along this thread. Regards, Nick. __________________ Currently studying: CompTIA A+ CompTIA N+ Cisco Certified Network Associate

04-16-2007, 07:57 AM	#3 (permalink)
linderman Moderator, Hardware Team Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 19,416 OS: win 2000 pro / Win XP pro My System	Re: HD data recovery dont write any data to that reformatted drive use active@undelete http://www.active-undelete.com/download.htm it will recover data from a drivew which has been re-formatted __________________ Even a Broken Clock is Right Twice a Day ! Power Supply Selection LEARN TO BACK-UP YOUR DATA FREE & EASY YouTube - Runtime Software DriveImage XML tutorial