Does anyone know of a powerful data recovery program?
I own a Toshiba laptop, which, about 2 days ago, we used the product recovery program to restore it to factory settings, and we then re-installed everything.
After doing this, I have realised that we forgot to backup a load of files, and they have gone missing.
Those files just happen to be some of the most important files that we have.
Is there any hope of getting the files back? I would only like free software please.
Thanks in advance 
Need to recover lost data? We deliver fast and secure data recovery with our downloadable software!
Hi dude,
As you told those files was your most important files it’s not a bad idea to at least have a try…
Download Recover My Files from http://www.getdata.com
This application will recover your file even after a full format, you’ll see that option after installing it. of-course in case of overwriting it will be a little hard to say how much it will be successful.
you’ll find its crack in internet world easily, I can’t tell you where to find cracks here, Sorry.
good luck…
unfortunately its impossible to get your files back, u did a full format on your computer, everything that was on ur harddrive is gone forever… you can try using tune-up utilities to get your files back but its a very long shot mate.
If you have done a complete reinstall then it’s most likely overwritten all your data. Sorry but that is the bottom line.
try this http://www.diskdatarecovery.net/
I think the Spotmau PowerSuite 2009 is your best choice.
You can use it to boot up any computer; fix and install Windows; optimize and speed up your system; clean up history and protect privacy; recover data and passwords; partition and format the hard drive; clone and backup your system; and more…
You can see detail and guides here: http://spotmau-powersuite-2009.kooksoft.com/
I hope this may help you.
You can try to recover your data with Easy Drive Data Recovery software:
http://www.munsoft.com/EasyDriveDataRecovery/
It uses unique modern algorithms to recover files that other software either recovers incorrectly or is unable to detect.
Get Data Back from http://runtime.org/ is the best data recovery software I’ve had the pleasure of using. The price is very reasonable, and you can try it out without having to pay anything (you just can’t do a wholesale copy disk from X to Y without purchase). It will at least let you know if the files you want are still there.
You can’t run GDB from the same drive you are trying to recover, so you’ll need to a) put the drive in another computer (http://www.google.ca/search?hl=en&q=laptop+hard+disk+adapter), b) attempt GDB over a network (http://www.runtime.org/remote.htm), or c) create a bootable cdrom with GDB on it (http://www.runtime.org/peb.htm)
In your circumstance the chances are not good though, as reinstalling over top will have likely used the same spaces the wanted data is/was living in. Still worth trying though.
of course it is possible to get files back.. most u can do yourself with programs if they wont work try company. but mostly those paid programs are what companies use comined anyways so its worth to buy em.
check the ones that helped me:
restore my files - http://hard-drive-recovery.pl/restore-files/
recover deleted data - http://hard-drive-recovery.pl/deleted-data-fix/