accidently formatted my hard drive

[Jasonc]

help help help, please

I have Windows XP and I have just formatted my second drive by accident!!!

I need to get my files back.

what program is out there that I can use to get them back or does XP have
such a program that I do not yet know of that is already on the system?


thanks in advance

Jason

[DL]

I seem to recall a warning msg given when Formating,
something along the lines of 'Warning all data will be lost'
Having said that your only option would be to give the HD to a data recovery
specialist on 'no recovery no fee basis'
David

"Jasonc" > wrote in message
...
> help help help, please
>
> I have Windows XP and I have just formatted my second drive by accident!!!
>
> I need to get my files back.
>
> what program is out there that I can use to get them back or does XP have
> such a program that I do not yet know of that is already on the system?
>
>
> thanks in advance
>
> Jason
>
>

[Jasonc]

yes is did say something like that!!!

i plugged in a friends hard drive to format it and forgot to UNPLUG (MY)
other hard drive before doing a format on his drive, as it said do you wish
to format the MAXTOR DRIVE i said yes cos it was this type of drive......
guess what..... so is my other hard drive!!! DOH

as for it depends... i have not done anything to the drive as yet. still
trying to get stuff off it with some program i got and bought called
RESTORER 2000 PRO, well it does not seem to be doing what i thought it
would, unformat. this is what i really need an unformat program.

any ideas where i get one from.

Jason


"Jasonc" > wrote in message
...
> help help help, please
>
> I have Windows XP and I have just formatted my second drive by accident!!!
>
> I need to get my files back.
>
> what program is out there that I can use to get them back or does XP have
> such a program that I do not yet know of that is already on the system?
>
>
> thanks in advance
>
> Jason
>
>

[Jim Macklin]

Do a Google for "unformat" , "format recovery" and "disk
recovery" and you should get some answers or directions.

Don't use the disk in any way until you run a recovery
program.


"Jasonc" > wrote in message
...
| yes is did say something like that!!!
|
| i plugged in a friends hard drive to format it and forgot
to UNPLUG (MY)
| other hard drive before doing a format on his drive, as it
said do you wish
| to format the MAXTOR DRIVE i said yes cos it was this type
of drive......
| guess what..... so is my other hard drive!!! DOH
|
| as for it depends... i have not done anything to the drive
as yet. still
| trying to get stuff off it with some program i got and
bought called
| RESTORER 2000 PRO, well it does not seem to be doing what
i thought it
| would, unformat. this is what i really need an unformat
program.
|
| any ideas where i get one from.
|
| Jason
|
|
| "Jasonc" > wrote in message
| ...
| > help help help, please
| >
| > I have Windows XP and I have just formatted my second
drive by accident!!!
| >
| > I need to get my files back.
| >
| > what program is out there that I can use to get them
back or does XP have
| > such a program that I do not yet know of that is already
on the system?
| >
| >
| > thanks in advance
| >
| > Jason
| >
| >
|
|

[Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]]

See http://www.ontrack.com/datarecovery/

It ain't cheap, but it's good.


Jasonc wrote:
> yes is did say something like that!!!
>
> i plugged in a friends hard drive to format it and forgot to UNPLUG
> (MY) other hard drive before doing a format on his drive, as it said
> do you wish to format the MAXTOR DRIVE i said yes cos it was this
> type of drive...... guess what..... so is my other hard drive!!!
> DOH
>
> as for it depends... i have not done anything to the drive as yet.
> still trying to get stuff off it with some program i got and bought
> called RESTORER 2000 PRO, well it does not seem to be doing what i
> thought it would, unformat. this is what i really need an unformat
> program.
>
> any ideas where i get one from.
>
> Jason
>
>
> "Jasonc" > wrote in message
> ...
>> help help help, please
>>
>> I have Windows XP and I have just formatted my second drive by
>> accident!!!
>>
>> I need to get my files back.
>>
>> what program is out there that I can use to get them back or does XP
>> have such a program that I do not yet know of that is already on the
>> system?
>>
>>
>> thanks in advance
>>
>> Jason

[Plato]

Jasonc wrote:
>
> I need to get my files back.

Luckily, a format doesn't erase any data.


--
http://www.bootdisk.com/

[Malke]

Plato wrote:

> Jasonc wrote:
>>
>> I need to get my files back.
>
> Luckily, a format doesn't erase any data.
>
>
Lanwench suggested Ontrack's Easy Recovery Pro, which I use and it has
worked well for me. The other alternative is to contact Drive Savers
(www.drivesavers.com), a professional data recovery firm highly
regarded in the tech industry. They are not inexpensive, and only you
can decide how much your data is worth spending.

Malke
--
Elephant Boy Computers
www.elephantboycomputers.com
"Don't Panic!"

[davetest]

On Sun, 07 Dec 2003 13:23:57 -0800, Malke >
wrote:

>Plato wrote:
>
>> Jasonc wrote:
>>>
>>> I need to get my files back.
>>
>> Luckily, a format doesn't erase any data.
>>
>>
>Lanwench suggested Ontrack's Easy Recovery Pro, which I use and it has
>worked well for me. The other alternative is to contact Drive Savers
>(www.drivesavers.com), a professional data recovery firm highly
>regarded in the tech industry. They are not inexpensive, and only you
>can decide how much your data is worth spending.
>
>Malke
partition magic also has partition recovery, there may be others.
For example:
http://inet.uni2.dk/~svolaf/utilities.htm

Dave