WARNING: WARNING WARNING: This is from the user's manuel. I started to dl it
BUT....stopped it when I read this:

To be able to use PC INSPECTORT File Recovery 4.x you need a working WINDOWST System.
Never install the current version on the drive from which you intend to recover data!
The software must be installed and run on a second, independent drive.


"Vegard Krog Petersen" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:d71abc$eu5$(E-Mail Removed)...
> (E-Mail Removed) wrote:
> > There's a freeware program that can locate files that still exist in a
> > damaged partition's sectors:
> >
> > http://www.pcinspector.de/file_recovery/UK/welcome.htm
> >
> > It supports FAT and NTFS, finds files even if the boot sector and FAT
> > are damaged, and preserves the time and date stamps.
> >
> > If your cousin's picture files are BMP, GIF, JPG, PNG or TIF, it will
> > recognize those files automatically, and if they are in ZIP files it
> > can recover those too.
> >
> > Make sure that she doesn't write anything to the areas where the
> > partitions were before they were deleted. I think the program can find
> > the partitions, but maybe they need to be recreated in the partition
> > table first. The data should still be there and can be recovered. You
> > might want to make an image of the entire drive before doing anything,
> > if you've got the software and a spare hard drive or network drive to
> > receive the data.
> >
>
> Big thanks! Looking good. I'll try this one.
>
> Regards from vegard
>
> --
>
> --
> Vegard Krog Petersen, Norway
>
> My sites:
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> Halma & Chinese Checkers: http://home.no.net/vkp/
> Pachisi & Ludo: http://home.no.net/vkp3/
> My fishy site (fishing games): http://home.no/vkp32/
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>

Don`t worry about the Warning. It`s standard practice to install recovery SW
to another drive, `cos if you don`t you`ll start over-writing the drive you
want to recover from. Logic really. ..J

"Helen" <@abuse.roman.gov> wrote in message
news:CC5le.30165$(E-Mail Removed)...
> WARNING: WARNING WARNING: This is from the user's manuel. I started
> to dl it
> BUT....stopped it when I read this:

> "Vegard Krog Petersen" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:d71abc$eu5$(E-Mail Removed)...
>> (E-Mail Removed) wrote:
>> > There's a freeware program that can locate files that still exist in a
>> > damaged partition's sectors:
>> >
>> > http://www.pcinspector.de/file_recovery/UK/welcome.htm
>> >
>> > It supports FAT and NTFS, finds files even if the boot sector and FAT
>> > are damaged, and preserves the time and date stamps.
>> >
>> > If your cousin's picture files are BMP, GIF, JPG, PNG or TIF, it will
>> > recognize those files automatically, and if they are in ZIP files it
>> > can recover those too.
>> >
>> > Make sure that she doesn't write anything to the areas where the
>> > partitions were before they were deleted. I think the program can find
>> > the partitions, but maybe they need to be recreated in the partition
>> > table first. The data should still be there and can be recovered. You
>> > might want to make an image of the entire drive before doing anything,
>> > if you've got the software and a spare hard drive or network drive to
>> > receive the data.
>> >
>>
>> Big thanks! Looking good. I'll try this one.
>>
>> Regards from vegard
>>
>> --
>>
>> --
>> Vegard Krog Petersen, Norway
>>
>> My sites:
>> ------------------------------------------------------------------
>> Solitaire MahJongg: http://home.halden.net/vkp/vkp/
>> Sarah Michelle Gellar Solitaire: http://home.halden.net/vkp/
>> Freeware Logo & symbol: http://home.no/buffy2/
>> Halma & Chinese Checkers: http://home.no.net/vkp/
>> Pachisi & Ludo: http://home.no.net/vkp3/
>> My fishy site (fishing games): http://home.no/vkp32/
>> a.c.f.g information: http://www.pricelesswarehome.org/acfg/acfg.php
>> 18+ - Adult Solitaire: http://home.no.net/rachel12/
>> 18+ - Fishy Pictures: http://home.no.net/rachel12/fishy/
>> ------------------------------------------------------------------
>> Fredrikshald Havfiskeklubb: http://www.fredrikshald-havfiske.no
>> ------------------------------------------------------------------
>>
>
>

On Tue 24 May 2005 18:27:09, Vegard Krog Petersen wrote:
<news:d6vo58$rdl$(E-Mail Removed)>
>
> My cousin has managed to format two partitions which contained
> all her pictures from the last year...
>
> Windows XP, but used a bootable dos diskette and formatted from
> there.
>
> Any freeware unformat utility you could recommend?
>
> OT:
> If not freeware available, what shareware programs have you used
> and can verify that they work?
>
> Thanks in advance.
>
> regards from



See http://www.partitionsupport.com/utilities.htm. The author, Svend
Olaf Mikkelsen, oftens hangs out in
http://www.partitionsupport.com/utilities.htm and if he sees your
post his is likely to comment on the output you get from running his
utilities and even talk you through the recovery.

Vegard, please take this in the right way but your sig, er, sucks.

Franklin skrev:
> On Tue 24 May 2005 18:27:09, Vegard Krog Petersen wrote:
> <news:d6vo58$rdl$(E-Mail Removed)>
>
>>My cousin has managed to format two partitions which contained
>>all her pictures from the last year...
>>
>>Windows XP, but used a bootable dos diskette and formatted from
>>there.
>>
>>Any freeware unformat utility you could recommend?
>>
>>OT:
>>If not freeware available, what shareware programs have you used
>>and can verify that they work?
>>
>>Thanks in advance.
>>
>>regards from
>
>
> See http://www.partitionsupport.com/utilities.htm. The author, Svend
> Olaf Mikkelsen, oftens hangs out in
> http://www.partitionsupport.com/utilities.htm and if he sees your
> post his is likely to comment on the output you get from running his
> utilities and even talk you through the recovery.
>
> Vegard, please take this in the right way but your sig, er, sucks.

Thanks for the tips, Franklin :-)
Regarding the sig: No comments... :-)

regards from vegard


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My sites:
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Solitaire MahJongg: http://home.halden.net/vkp/vkp/
Sarah Michelle Gellar Solitaire: http://home.halden.net/vkp/
Freeware Logo & symbol: http://home.no/buffy2/
Chinese Checkers: http://home.no.net/vkp/
Pachisi & Ludo: http://home.no.net/vkp3/
My fishy site (fishing games): http://home.no/vkp32/
a.c.f.g information: http://www.pricelesswarehome.org/acfg/acfg.php
18+ - Adult Solitaire: http://home.no.net/rachel12/
18+ - Fishy Pictures: http://home.no.net/rachel12/fishy/
Fredrikshald Havfiskeklubb: http://www.fredrikshald-havfiske.no
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[Peranth]

Good freeware to unformat data is recuva and data recovery wizard
Cheap unformat data software data recovery wizard and recovermyfiles(cannot work with windows 7 )

[lapwlover]

I have used one backup software and I found its company has one free data recovery software, but it only can recover data at most 1 GB. May be you can download it and have a try. It can do format recovery, unformat and recover deleted files emptied from Recycle Bin or lost data due to partition loss or damage. It is easy to use. However, if you have overwritten you data, it may not help you.
http://www.easeus.com/resource/unformat.htm