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Recover Data after Formatting HD...
Name: ED ZONER Date: January 10, 2007 at 16:08:29 Pacific OS: xp home CPU/Ram: 1.5ghz/512Ram Product: EMachine
Comment:
Greetings, I was interested in advice on Recovery Software.I recently Formatted this HD,installed win98, then XP Home. Then I remembered several EXE Files that I had forgotten to Save. Do any of the Recovery Software(s) really work? Thanks -ez
Name: Michael J (by mjdamato) Date: January 10, 2007 at 16:12:43 Pacific
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"I recently Formatted this HD,installed win98, then XP Home."
Yes, they do. I have afriend that was able to recover much of his data after a format. But, the fact that you have installed both those operating systems makes the prospect of recovering your files moch more unlikely. You *could* get lucky if those installations and any usage since then has not overwritten the areas of the hard disk where those files were saved.
Michael J
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Response Number 2
Name: bluejay Date: January 11, 2007 at 08:18:25 Pacific
Reply:
Hi Try the sponsor in the upper right corner of this page, runtime.org. They have a product called get back data and I used it once it worked great. Free for trial. Bluejay
Summary: If you want to maximize whatever chances you have at recovering data after hard drive or partition format, STOP using the HD altogether. The more you use it the greater the lesser chance you have at ...
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