find deleted files after reinstalling windows

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I reinstalled windows xp professional and discovered that important files
were not on my back up cd. Is there any possible way to get them off of my
hard disk even though I reinstalled - ntsf full format?
Thank you, Grace
 
Grace said:
I reinstalled windows xp professional and discovered that important files
were not on my back up cd. Is there any possible way to get them off of my
hard disk even though I reinstalled - ntsf full format?
Thank you, Grace
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Only if you want to spend A LOT of money.

Alias
 
Grace said:
I reinstalled windows xp professional and discovered that important
files were not on my back up cd. Is there any possible way to get them
off of my
hard disk even though I reinstalled - ntsf full format?
Thank you, Grace
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There is, but since you reformatted it may be difficult with
commercially available data recovery software. Do nothing further on
the machine. If you use data recovery software, install it on another
machine and either use it from that operating system or create a
bootable cd/floppy and work with that.

Here are a few commercial programs that may be able to get data off a
formatted/reinstalled drive:

Executive Software “Undelete†-
http://www.execsoft.com/undelete/undelete.asp
R-Studio - http://www.r-tt.com/
Ontrack's EasyRecovery - http://www.ontrack.com/software/

If the files are crucial, you can send the drive to a professional data
recovery company like Drive Savers (my preference) or Seagate Data
Recovery. General prices run from $500USD on up. Drive Savers recovered
all the data on a failed laptop drive for one of my clients and it cost
$2,700. He thought it was worth the money; only you know what your data
is worth.

Drive Savers - http://www.drivesavers.com
Seagate Data Recovery Services - https://www.seagatedatarecovery.com/

Malke
 
Grace said:
I reinstalled windows xp professional and discovered that important
files were not on my back up cd. Is there any possible way to get
them off of my hard disk even though I reinstalled - ntsf full
format?
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Almost certainly not, unless you take or send the drive to a professional
file recovery company. This kind of service is very expensive and may or may
not work in your case.
 
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