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Hard Drive Recovery?

WhatToThinkWhatToThink Registered User regular
edited March 2009 in Moe's Stupid Technology Tavern
So my friend...somehow....accidentally :shock: reinstalled windows on her laptop. She called HP and they told her all her files, pics songs docs, were gone. I was wondering if anyone knew if i could just use PhotoRec from here http://www.sysresccd.org/Main_Page to get at least her pics back. Also, if there is any other tool that would work better I would love some suggestions, thanks for help!

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  • ShensShens Portland, ORRegistered User regular
    edited March 2009
    A quick freebie: http://www.recuva.com/

    I would imagine she is out of luck on most of her files if she accidentally formatted and then accidentally reinstalled her copy of windows. It is worth a shot though. You may want to tell her to stop installing or downloading things, it will cause more files to become unrecoverable as the drive uses the space.

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  • WhatToThinkWhatToThink Registered User regular
    edited March 2009
    Thank Shens but im pretty sure Recuva wont work if the drive has been formatted but ill give it shot.

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  • ShensShens Portland, ORRegistered User regular
    edited March 2009
    Yeah. You may be right. I haven't used it on a formatted machine. Assuming your friend did quick format, I'd imagine the files should still be there... somewhere.

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  • BeazleBeazle Registered User regular
    edited March 2009
    Try R-Studio. It has saved my bacon a few times. http://www.r-studio.com/

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