How can i recover all my deleted files ?
I had a lot of family pictures,job documents and music,the hard drive was formatted because it crashed so had windows xp installed again,(i had XP previously). I have not used it since,Is there a software i can use to recover all my data,or it cannot be recovered once it is formatted ?
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idk, but i hear there is a program on the net that lets you recover any data from a hard drive
Once a hard drive is reformatted, unfortunately all data not backed up to a flash drive or CD is lost.
When you do a reformat, the program blocks off your old data and marks it as overwriteable– it does not actually delete anything. In the source links are a list of the five best data recovery tools.
Please understand that they may not find everything, or what you are looking for has been overwritten. Be sure to back up everything next time to a separate hard drive or to a service like Mozy.
You can try to recover your data after formatting 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.
You can often successfully recover deleted files from a PC, it all depends on what has happened since the files were deleted.
When you delete files the data itself isn’t deleted, just the index entry that tells the system where the data for those files is located. The area containing the deleted data is also now marked as free space so it is available for any new files to be written there instead.
If and when that happens, then it is too late to recover your deleted files so it is very, very important to not save any new files or data to the device concerned.
One of the easiest ways to see if you can recover deleted files is to try some good file recovery software.
A good tip is to try the free demo version of a commercial product that will scan the device for deleted files and show you exactly what files can be recovered. At least that will show you if you can recover the deleted files or if it’s too late already. You can find more useful information on how to recover deleted files at
http://www.asoftech.com/apr/