Getting data after formating hard disk

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Hi I have formatted a hard drive and have installed windows in it can i recover data from that hard drive please help me out thanks.

Posted 5-Dec-12 2:51am

Anurag Sarkar

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bbirajdar · Answer 1 · 2012-12-05T03:09:00

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Try Recuva.. It is specially made to recover data from formatted disks. Its free
Recuva free[^]

Remember, data recovery is never 100% perfect. If you have used the hard disk for saving/moving data after the format, the disk sectors are overwritten and data is not recovered

Posted 5-Dec-12 3:09am

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[no name] 5-Dec-12 9:26am

Thanks

David Goebet · Answer 2 · 2012-12-05T03:04:00

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Hi!
IF your question is "how do i save my files after formatting" then you cant

because your files then are already Lost ...

Posted 5-Dec-12 3:04am

David Goebet

Updated 5-Dec-12 3:05am

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Member 10732241 · Answer 3 · 2014-04-07T20:21:00

You can easily recover all data after formatting hard drive. There are several tool available and i have used Kernel for Windows Data Recovery software to recover data from formatting hard drive so I would like to advice you, try this tool. http://www.windowsdatarecovery.recoverlostfile.net[^]