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Re: [LUG] OT: recovering data from formatted hard disk

 

On 30/04/12 11:18, Roland Tarver wrote:
Hi Folks,

Sorry this is OT.

A friend has accidentally formatted a windows 7 HDD, whilst attempting
to restore a slow running PC. There is no backup. Friend is a 2-3 hour
drive away.

Googling throws up heaps of possibilities for viable recovery software
candidates. I was hoping for some recommendations from those with
experience of similar situations please?

Thank you very much if you are able to help.

Best wishes
Roly :-)


Formatted or just removed the partition?

In the first instance I'd suggest maybe try Testdisk running from a Live CD and restoring to another hard drive.

Failing that there are Windows tools available that will probably recover it.

I used to use Restorer Pro 2000 (this was back in 2001/2002 on Windows 2000 and XP) which worked well, looks like it's been updated but is still available for about 30 to $50 US dollars (and they accept Paypal)... http://www.restorer2000.com (doesn't say it supports Windows 7 but it does support Vista, so I'd hazard a guess it would support Windows 7 too but they have a demo available). I'd suggest if going down this route put the drive on another PC and restore to a separate drive.

Rob

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