Data Recovery Program

AdmnPower · 11-12-2006, 10:17 PM

Hello, i was wondering if anyone knows of a good free program that i could use to recover some data that i managed to get rid of. I accidently formatted my secondary hard drive and installed windows on it thinking it was my primary hard drive. (I'm not an idiot although i feel like one, the windows instillation reported it as C drive, only later did i realize this was because it's primary master on IDE channel 1, my other hard drive is Sata and the bios thinks is on like the third IDE channel for some reason.) Anyway i lost a lot of episodes of the simpsons, family guy, and futurama, and about 1000 music videos, not to mention all of my pictures. If anyone could help me out that'd be great.

AdmnPower · 11-13-2006, 09:16 PM

bump

apparently not?

**apj101** · 11-13-2006, 09:17 PM

what kind of format did you do?

kof2000 · 11-13-2006, 09:25 PM

you can do a format recovery if you formatted it or you can use the recovery deleted files. what program are you using? i was able to recover everything from my drive using the raw format.

AdmnPower · 11-14-2006, 04:53 PM

the hard drive file system is NTFS but i need suggestions on what program to use, i don't know of any.

svebbi · 04-04-2008, 02:04 AM

You could try GetDataBack. I use it and it works nice and easy!

patrickv · 04-04-2008, 05:11 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by svebbi

You could try GetDataBack. I use it and it works nice and easy!

I was gonna suggest that, but it recovered less data than Ontrack Easy Recovery in my view. you can see my thread here.
In the same thread someone gave me a program but that still didn't recover as much as ontrack, cause they don't have various options such as "raw format" and "advance Format". i suggest you try ontrack.
If you have patience to wait for like 4+5 hours of recovery then try ontrack

cohen · 04-04-2008, 06:03 AM

Try this - i have used it

Download Here

I have use it - it is just an application.

11-12-2006, 10:17 PM	#1 (permalink)
AdmnPower VIP Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Indiana, USA Posts: 1,099	Data Recovery Program Hello, i was wondering if anyone knows of a good free program that i could use to recover some data that i managed to get rid of. I accidently formatted my secondary hard drive and installed windows on it thinking it was my primary hard drive. (I'm not an idiot although i feel like one, the windows instillation reported it as C drive, only later did i realize this was because it's primary master on IDE channel 1, my other hard drive is Sata and the bios thinks is on like the third IDE channel for some reason.) Anyway i lost a lot of episodes of the simpsons, family guy, and futurama, and about 1000 music videos, not to mention all of my pictures. If anyone could help me out that'd be great. __________________ Main PC Pentium D Presler 3.2ghz 2 gig ddr ram Sapphire Radeon x1600 pro 512meg 8x AGP Hauppauge TV Tuner Card 160 gig SATA Western Digital Windows XP Media Center

11-13-2006, 09:16 PM	#2 (permalink)
AdmnPower VIP Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Indiana, USA Posts: 1,099	bump apparently not? __________________ Main PC Pentium D Presler 3.2ghz 2 gig ddr ram Sapphire Radeon x1600 pro 512meg 8x AGP Hauppauge TV Tuner Card 160 gig SATA Western Digital Windows XP Media Center

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apj101 Administrator Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: London Age: 26 Posts: 8,877	what kind of format did you do? __________________ What did one snow man say to the other? can you smell carrot? The fight is won or lost far away from witnesses - behind the lines, in the gym, and out there on the road, long before I dance under those lights. How you do anything, is how you do everything!

11-13-2006, 09:25 PM	#4 (permalink)
kof2000 Diamond Member Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Oahu Age: 26 Posts: 6,273	you can do a format recovery if you formatted it or you can use the recovery deleted files. what program are you using? i was able to recover everything from my drive using the raw format. __________________ QX9650@4.2 swiftech \|9600@3.0 9700 nt 780i \| 790fx 8gb ddr1200 \| 8gb ddr1200 2x150gb 3x1tb \|2x250gb 3x8800gtx \|3x2900xt 1gb 2x20xdvdrw \|2x20xdvdrw 15in1 card reader \|15in1 card reader ng15/g9 \|ng15/g9 1200w psu \|1200w psu 2x28" LCD \|2x28" LCD

11-14-2006, 04:53 PM	#5 (permalink)
AdmnPower VIP Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Indiana, USA Posts: 1,099	the hard drive file system is NTFS but i need suggestions on what program to use, i don't know of any. __________________ Main PC Pentium D Presler 3.2ghz 2 gig ddr ram Sapphire Radeon x1600 pro 512meg 8x AGP Hauppauge TV Tuner Card 160 gig SATA Western Digital Windows XP Media Center

04-04-2008, 02:04 AM	#6 (permalink)
svebbi New Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Posts: 3	You could try GetDataBack. I use it and it works nice and easy!

04-04-2008, 06:03 AM	#8 (permalink)
cohen Diamond Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Melbourne, Australia Age: 14 Posts: 2,092	Try this - i have used it Download Here I have use it - it is just an application. __________________ formerly vk3fcll View My website It has all my computer stuff on it User Name - cf Password - computer NEW!!!! Live Streaming!! My Computer Specs My Computer Pics

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