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Get data back
Name: Adnan Hameed Date: March 24, 2004 at 21:35:26 Pacific OS: win xp home CPU/Ram: 512
Comment:
I want to know how i can get my data back if i formatted the HDD because of the virus.
Name: ripcordinc Date: March 24, 2004 at 22:46:11 Pacific
Reply:
You're preety much hosed. You may be able to send it to Ontrack:
http://www.ontrack.com/
Thay are a data recovery company. Good luck!
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Response Number 2
Name: 808 Date: March 24, 2004 at 23:07:16 Pacific
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See> Backups, What are they good for?
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Response Number 3
Name: nuzzy Date: March 25, 2004 at 01:18:35 Pacific
Reply:
If you have not formatted your hard drive yet, I would suggest buying a new hard drive, formatting it and installing windows, and NORTON antivirus. Update all the definitions, then turn the computer off, plug in the old drive as a slave drive, then turn the computer back on, and you should be able to use windows explorer to extract any old files that you want from the old drive.
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Summary: 888qqq, If you already reformatted it you need to use recovery software to get your data back. I use "GetDataBack" and have great success with it. It'll show you every install with all files, even the...
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