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Mar252010

How can I recover data from a formatted hard drive?

sunil asks:

How can i recover data from a formatted hard disk?

Tagged: data recovery, file recovery, formatting, hard drive

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http://thedailybuggle.com ænon1mus

I assume that you’re just looking for a general data recovery tool?

http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/3-remarkable-file-recovery-tools/
http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/recover-lost-computer-files-with-undelete-plus/
Anonymous

Any of those tools will work for you. But remember DO NOT WRITE TO THE DRIVE YOU WANT TO RECOVER FROM! Either boot from another hard drive or a live cd. If you need more specific help let us know.
http://www.beholders.org/ Taty

It also depends on how you formatted it. If you had it write zeros on the drive as it formatted you might be out of luck even with the tools.
http://thedailybuggle.com ænon1mus

Actually, if you accidentally formatted a hard disk, you can still grab information off it. Try using Paragon’s Rescue Kit Express.

http://www.paragon-software.com/home/rk-express/
http://www.makeuseof.com/answers Tina

Sunil,

were you able to recover your data from that formatted drive? Which tool did you use?