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unconformed

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I just did a format and lost the last four years of my graphic desing work. I installed windows on that drive. Is there anyway to recover it?

I woul be so gratefull for any advice.

Reagards, tom
 
Once a drive is formatted, all the info is completely gone, sorry. :angry:

Did you save anything to CD by any chance?
 
when data is being deleted it aint permantly gone , it just hides in the free space until overwritten with other data , you reinstalled windows so its possible some or all of the data has been overwritten, once overwritten it cannot be recovered , if it wasnt overwritten yet or at least not totally then you can recover it by using data recovery software however its not *safe* to continue using the hd cuz any new data.. well you know what i mean , i suggest take out the hd and connect it to another pc if you got one or take to a friends pc then use some data recovery software , i recommend easy recovery pro/file scavenger/r-studio , do not save the data to the same partition it was deleted from^^


talldude123 said:
Once a drive is formatted, all the info is completely gone, sorry. :angry:
wrong , the data still remains its just hidden , it stays there unless overwritten with new data
 
talldude123 said:
Once a drive is formatted, all the info is completely gone, sorry. :angry:

Did you save anything to CD by any chance?


Errmm....Is It?


Why do a formate, surley you would have realised the data would not be there when u re-installed the O/S
 
i think he knew that cuz its kinda obvious , my guess is that he forgot about that *important data* for a while and remembered after it was too late

edit this case just shows how important backup is , its always good to have backup on another hd
 
Yeah i have losts of hd, and have installed win os about 1000 times, i just ****ed it up. it is my fault. I should have backed my important data, and i was in the process. I have found some good progs, and also I have a friend who works for a business that can recover, I hope it goes well. My reserch suggests that the data is there, it has not been written over with zero's yet (well some of it has) back u ppl back up. Not your porn, not your movies, just back up. I am sure there is arule against this but hoe do i get around the xp "this is not cool software thing" no cd changer i can find will fix it, and bf2 is not working, bhahabad.,
 
unconformed said:
Hi

I just did a format and lost the last four years of my graphic desing work. I installed windows on that drive. Is there anyway to recover it?

I woul be so gratefull for any advice.

Reagards, tom

LOL i did the sort of the exact same thing, and i lost 3+ years of all my graphic design work, if i'm gutted about it, i'm sure your gutted as well....
 
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