Lost files

[Laura]

Is there a program that will allow me to retrieve files from accidentally formatted hard drive? I am running winNT Server and I need to undelete 3 gig files. How can I rescue my data? Help me please. Thanks,

[Adrian]

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*Unformat your hard drive*

Rodney from Houston, Texas works at a small computer store and
accidentally formatted a customer's hard drive. What can he do? Oh
boy... first off, prepare yourself to tell 'em what you did, 'cause
you've done some serious damage.

On the upside, since you only did a 'quick format' on the drive,
and didn't install or run anything after that, all the data should
still be on the drive. That's 'cause a quick format just zaps the
FAT table on the drive. The data is still there, tho the FAT
doesn't point to it anymore. Not having done anything to that drive
since is crucial: the more you run the system, the less likely you
are to ever recover that file! (This is especially true of
accidentally deleted files.)

If they had a ton of data on the drive, you'll need a second drive
to copy the data to. And, frankly, you'll need to spend some cash
on data recovery software. PowerQuest doesn't offer Lost & Found
anymore, though you might be able to find it locally.

http://www.ontrack.com/easyrecovery/ (http://www.powerquest.com/discontinued.html>http://www.powerquest.com/discontinued.html</a>

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Another data recovery tool you can purchase over the web is LC
Technology's Recover98 Version 3.5, $295:

http://www.drivesavers.com (http://www.lc-tech.com/Recover98%20stand%20alone.asp>http://www.lc-tech.com/Recover98%20stand%20alone.asp</a>

Frankly,)

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[digica]

and Restorer2000 for ~30$

http://www.restorer2000.com/r2k.htm

Restorer2000 is a powerful tool that can undelete files deleted accidentally in NTFS partitions and can even reconstruct formatted and corrupted drives. It can restore files in such non-trivial cases as national language filenames, very long filenames, NTFS compressed filenames, and files with an alternative data stream -- such as Windows 2000 file information. Unique SmartScan technology combined with flexibility of adjusting all parameters gives you real control. Usage of Drive Images is very useful for such tasks as recovering a drive with a lot of bad sectors. Detailed context-sensitive information makes it easy for users to find and restore deleted files in a few seconds.