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I've just done a quick format of a hard drive!


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Hi,

I've just quick formatted the wrong drive in my computer, whoops, lol. Anyone know of any good free software that will read from the disk and recover it as quickly as possible?

FYI: I've looked at the Freeware list, but the Data Recovery lists don't have that much there that I haven't tried already. Most are free up until a certain amount of data, but If I could get all of my drive back, it'd be great.

Cheers!

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I've had good luck with Rucuva. Just remember not to install it on the drive you just formatted.

Also, I made an image for ya.

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yep, recuva works wonders. recovered data from quick formatted/corrupt drives several times. it's saved quite a few people's bacon that little app.

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No free app is good enough . I would recommend FinalData Enterprise 2.0

Exactly, why go free when you can spend $200 :rofl:

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Exactly, why go free when you can spend $200 :rofl:

When the data you lost is worth more and is un-replaceable ? Or when a professional recovery service cost $1000 +

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No free app is good enough . I would recommend FinalData Enterprise 2.0

You couldn't be more wrong.

Just use testdisk to find the deleted partition and re-write the partition table.

http://www.cgsecurity.org/wiki/TestDisk

I looked at Recuva, (never used it before) but it doesn't look like the right tool for the job. It's a file recovery tool, which would work, but would take a LOT longer. All you need to do is rewrite the partition table and it will show right back up just like it was. I highly suggest using testdisk. I've used it for this purpose many times on my own systems and client systems.

Here is a step by step tutorial: http://www.cgsecurity.org/wiki/TestDisk_Step_By_Step

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I agree with many that have mentioned Recuva. It is the best of the free apps and doesn't have file or size limits.

Professional services are worth it when the data alone is vital or crucial for a company or individual, though.

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Professional services are necessary when a drive is actually corrupt. Or perhaps the drive hardware has gone bad and you need the platters transferred to a new drive. A quick formatted partition just has a wiped partition table. Recovery takes less than 5 minutes.

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Quick format only rebuilds the file system, while the actual data couldn't be damaged. If you want to perform quick format recovery you have to use data recovery software which will help you to recover your lost files after quick format.

You can download and try demo version of the Remo Recover (Windows) Basic edition

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I have had issues where recuva doesn't work and had to rely on paid for software.

Try recuva, if it works for you great...I wouldn't bank on the results though.

PCI File Recovery is another...it too misses quite a bit

test disk is free, I haven't tried

undelete plus, I haven't tried

restoration, I haven't tried

Recovermyfiles - lets you view files prior to recovering them works better than recuva

ontrack easy recovery - too old misses a lot

rstudio works decent

easeus - works just as well as recovermyfiles

You probably want:

smart partition recovery

testdisk

partitionrecovery

Google all of these and you will find them. As far as my previous needs, recuva works as well as my shoe did when I asked it to recover files, same with pc inspector. Let me ask my shoe again... Shoe, can you recover his deleted files...I am waiting for an answer....I won't hold my breath while waiting, I am still waiting for it to respond to my last request.

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No free app is good enough . I would recommend FinalData Enterprise 2.0

I was thinking of trying Ubuntu, but it is free. Thanks to your enlightened comment I will go buy Windows or OSX instead.

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