Data Recovery

[themonkey39]

I recently had to re-format my hard disk after a virus infection in which the computer would not start up. Now I have it back up and running, but there were files on which I would have preferred to keep (Especially my FM07 data file as Doncaster Rovers :D).

I was wondering if anyone knew how to recover some of these or any software that they have found to be reliable?

Thanks in advance

[Joe Forster/STA]

Ontrack EasyRecovery Pro (http://www.ontrack.com/easyrecoveryprofessional/) once saved almost all of the 100 Gigabytes of data from a physically damaged hard disk of a friend of mine...

[Neipas02]

I don't know Joe.. He said he reformatted.. I've been able to recover stuff froma damaged drive using Knoppix.. But a reformatted drive might take some serious muscle to dig for semi erased data.. it also depends on if he did a quick reformat or a deep reformat..

I've learned a good rule of thumb is to dig for data before you're forced to reformat or toss the drive.. Knoppix is a nice variation of linux and it runs at boot time all from a CD.. It's own little operating system without the need for hard drives at all.. it can however mount a hard drive and look at it from a 3rd person point of view.. you can recover data without risk of infecting another drive.. very useful tool. That and it's open source.

[Joe Forster/STA]

Well, it was just an answer, neither do I have any idea what the original poster did to his hard disk... (In my opinion, reformatting the hard disk all the time - virus infection, slowed down system etc. etc. - is a very bad idea, for many reasons, including this kind of loss of data; constant maintenance is preferred instead!)

[zlatan24]

I know good program zip fix (http://www.oemailrecovery.com/zip_fix.html). Excel Recovery Toolbox can recover corrupted zip files(archives) from CD, DVD, and other similar.

[infosyi]

To recover the lost data from formated hard drive and viruses you can try Stellar Phoenix FAT & NTFS data recovery software (http://www.stellarinfo.com). A good utility which recovers the data from both FAT & NTFS file system.
Download the demo from: http://www.stellarinfo.com/partition-recovery.htm
Demo shows the recovered data if you are satisfied with the result get the full version to save the data.

[uspatentideas]

you can install the hard disk to another computer as second hard disk, and back up the data.

[TippeX]

GetDataBack - gr8 piece of software, hasn't failed me yet... recovers from formatted drives, scratched disks, etc... think theres a demo too...
one important thing tho, do not write to the disk you formatted, or make new partitions etc, it'll lower the chances of data recovery

[Grumpy]

Yes I too have used GetDataBack to recover 'all' data from a friends dead drive. I have also had great results using R-Studio 2 to retrieve 'all' data from an accidentally formatted drive. ;)

[aiyana]

Reformatting a drive does not erase the data on the disk, only the address tables. I know of a recovery program called Disk Doctors NTFS Data Recovery Software (http://www.diskdoctors.net/ntfs-data-recovery/software.html), it will help you recover accidentally formatted hard drives, deleted partition recovery and lost partition recovery. I had a very good experience recovering my deleted files from this software, hope this works for you as well.