Formatted hard drive help?

Question

i just formatted my hard drive by mistake and have lost everything.oops

what i need to know is there any way what osever i can get back my lost pictures?

thanks

Answer 1

Yes you can recover your stuff, but you'll need someone to do it, and it might cost you.

Reformatting a disk does not erase the data on the disk, only the data on the address tables.

You can also try that software if you want to do it yourself.

http://www.easeus.com/datarecoverywizard...

Answer 2

Not once it is re-installed. you may recover if you have only formatted, but will probably need to send it to a data recovery company. These normally charge $1000 US just for trying, with no guarantee of success.

Answer 3

Buy one of those "undelete" programs for like $50.  Have it scan your drive, and it should find some stuff.  My friend just did the same thing a few weeks ago, and it recovered almost all of his pics from unallocated space.  

Answer 4

There are programs (File Scavenger and others) that can scan your hard-drive and try to recover files. However, there is no guarantee of salvaging the files...it depends on the type of formatting you did.

Answer 5

You can't get it back because your HD is fully clean.  

Answer 6

You formatted your hard drive by mistake. ROFL. Right.

Google 'spinrite' its your only choice that's reasonably priced.