Jul252012

How can I recover data after my computer was formatted?

Shreekant Rathod asks:

I installed Windows XP ghost image on my PC yesterday. It formatted my whole PC. How to get my data back? Please reply quickly!


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Oron

July 25, 2012

Having installed the system from an image, your chances of recovering all your data are very slight, but you can try ADRC or Pandora Recovery (both of which are free), or Prosoft Data Rescue PC, or EaseUS Data Recovery or ONTRACK EASYRECOVERY HOME (which cost money).
With any of these, try to install the software on some other drive (perhaps an external drive, or even a USB flash drive) so as not to overwrite anything which is already on the disk, and you’ll probably need to use one of the slower methods of recovery (they go by different names in each package) to search for your files. Good luck!

John Park

Do not worry, there are few data recovery tools that allows you to restore formatted data from hard disk. I will tell you if you can recover data after formatted hard drive. You can visit the below mentioned official website to get detailed information: http://diskdatarecovery.blogbaker.com/2011/11/30/the-role-of-windows-data-recovery-tools

January 15, 2013
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Bruce Epper

July 25, 2012

The easiest and fastest way to do this would be to restore the latest backup of the data you want to recover. If you don’t have a backup, the tools listed by Oron may be able to get a small part of your data back.

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Gian Singh

July 25, 2012

I dont think you can

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ferdinan Sitohang

July 26, 2012

Another option is undelate

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hamad3914

July 26, 2012

Try “Recuva” from Piriform with a deep scan and see if you can gain anything.

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MerVzter Balacuit

July 26, 2012

there is a chance but the possibility is slight, it might be ur file is corrupted

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Ahmed Saqr

July 26, 2012

first of all :
you shouldn’t write any new data on your hard drive at least until you recover the data you want

then
you can try Recuva
http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/restore-your-deleted-files-easily-with-recuva/

or look here :

http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/how-to-scan-reformatted-hard-drive-to-recover-files/

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Suman Acharya

July 26, 2012

very thin chances whatever method you try!!

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Dylan Brendan

July 26, 2012

Recuva from Piriform.com is great. try scanning with it!

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Âdil Farôôq

July 27, 2012

Recuva is best but you can not recover 100% of your data from it…

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Mike Green

July 27, 2012

You will probably not be able to

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Adjei Kofi

July 27, 2012

Since it’s a fresh format, you can use Recuva to try recovering your files. It will be best to use the “deep scan” option.

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Dewan Shrestha

August 1, 2012

its actually difficult to recover data after formatting but if you have only deleted the files then u can use softwares like recuva for the recovery

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Igor Rizvi?

August 1, 2012

You can use some free sfotware,like Recuva,but a payed one will do the job better..just google: recover data software

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Steve Montgomery

August 2, 2012

Barring reloading data from a saved back-up, I’m afraid you’re pretty much up the proverbial creek without a paddle.
If you had accidentally erased files, but hadn’t written anything to the drive since that time, you can recover the files easily. But if you’ve written anything to the drive, your chances of recovery go WAY down.
Unfortunately, you might have to look at your situation as being just one of those learning experiences in life–and hopefully not overly expensive lesson.
You can take small comfort from the fact that many of us have “been there, done that”, myself included. But I back up religiously now!

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Rishabh Sharma

August 4, 2012

Very Slight Chance but you can use many recovery softwares available on market

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George Monroe

August 4, 2012
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FIDELIS

August 20, 2012

Hello, you might want to try Active@ Partition Recovery. It is a paid program that can work magic depending on the circumstances. There is a free version but it will only recover 1 GB or so. Keep in mind that this process will take a long time. Here is the link:

http://www.partition-recovery.com/

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FIDELIS

August 20, 2012

Hello, you could get the following software:

http://www.partition-recovery.com/

Keep in mind that this process will take a long time and also the free version only recovers 1 Gb of data.

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prasad kondaveti

October 12, 2012

Use “EaseUS Data Recovery Wizard” and get your files back.

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Bodi Hemanth

October 15, 2012

try recuvaa and icare data recovery and wonder share data recovery.

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John Park

January 15, 2013

when lost data due to format the hard drive. Well, do not worry! you can perform any formatting your disks and also get back your data. First we suggest that you download and install the free version and discover formatted files.

For more information : http://windowsdatarecoverytool.blogspot.com