retrieving data

[Rick]

Does anyone know if it is possible to retrieve old data
from a reformatted hard drive?

[Will Denny]

Hi

Yes, you can retrieve data from a reformatted disk, but it may not be =
cheap and can be very difficult:

http://www.ontrack.com/

Will

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[Patrick Keenan]

"Rick" > wrote in message
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> Does anyone know if it is possible to retrieve old data
> from a reformatted hard drive?

Yes, but it's frequently not trivial, and also can be expensive. Look up
"data recovery services" in the yellow pages or Google, for your area.

A client recently used the services of one of these firms to recover data
from a failed disk. Almost the entire contents were recovered, service was
prompt, but the bill was about CDN$3000.

If you're lucky the OnTrack utilities may be able to recover data for you
for somewhat less than that, though they are still not cheap.

-pk