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randomuser2349
12-Jun-10, 22:43
Is there any way to recover them?
There are years of info on that. How do I recover them? Can I? How do I?:
Leanne
12-Jun-10, 22:47
Unfortunately no :(
dx100uk
12-Jun-10, 23:05
Is there any way to recover them?
There are years of info on that. How do I recover them? Can I? How do I?:


actually it is possible.

you want file scanvenger 3.2 or above,

try using a search engine too with your question
i dont know of a free util but i can help you with the above via a PM

dx
Bobinovich
13-Jun-10, 09:49
I've sucessfully used Easeus Data Recovery Wizard Pro to retrieve customer's files in such scenarios. They offer a free version (http://www.easeus.com/datarecoverywizard/free-data-recovery-software.htm) which is limited to recovering 1Gb of data - it depends if that will be enough for you. I'm not sure if you can then run it again and select a different 1Gb of files but it's worth a try.

However, do not do anything to that drive before recovery - anything you do may permanently lose your data. Ideally you need to connect the drive to another PC which is already up & running Windows. Install the data recovery software on the running PC and get it to analyse and recover the files from the attached drive.

Best of luck.
randomuser2349
17-Jun-10, 23:47
Hold on, that's recovering files that was from Linux to Windows.
dx100uk
17-Jun-10, 23:53
so what are these files?

you mean they were what type of linux files and you want to view then on windows os?

confused now

dx
randomuser2349
22-Jun-10, 17:29
No. I had Windows XP on it and it malfunctioned. I used Linux from a CD for awhile (the files were still intact) and I then wiped Windows off, not knowing it would erase my drive. Is there any software that can recover the files? At least remanants.
dx100uk
22-Jun-10, 19:59
oh the pain the pain....

so its windows files that have been deleted whilst running linux from a CD?

so basically you have not used the HDD for anything since windows failed....

or did you run format or fdisk or WHY linux cmd on it?

as a 1st off i'd try
restoration.exe

one of the simplist ones.

or try Recuva - http://www.piriform.com/recuva - Its also free and may be a bit easier compared to Restoration. You can also find a few download links at http://majorgeeks.com/download.php?det=5514

dx