Recover data from formatted HDD - Club CDFreaks

*CD 1986* · 17-09-2004

I have a 60Gb drive that i use for storing data files (about 25Gb of it

) and it went west. It was recognised in windows but i couldnt access the data. So i did a quick format to get the drive operational...now i want to try and recover as much of the data as possible. This must be feasible because i only did a quick format so the data should be there. How do i get at it....any good software/utilities you can recommend?

Thanks

*CD 1986* · 17-09-2004

Is Ontrack EasyRecovery Pro anygood?

seppo72 · 17-09-2004

@CD_1986

How good is your german?

Theres a german Version of "O&O Unerase" downloadable there: http://download.stern.de/tv/sterntv/...63&nv=cp_L2_tt

Greetz

Seppo

*CD 1986* · 17-09-2004

Thanks i'll try it out....i don't remember my German GCSE course covering this topic though.

I use O&O's defrag software, hope the unerase software is as good.

*CD 1986* · 22-09-2004

OK having got back all my lost data i haven't touched it for a few days. The contents included cd images, jpegs and divx avi files. I now find that every single file i recovered will not be opened/previewed/played!!!

Seems to be that all the files are now "invalid file format". My mds files can no longer be mounted on DT, windows media player refuses to play movie files. Even though the files are all recovered (same size as the original file size) at the moment they are useless. Any ideas on how/why this happened....and more importantly whether there is anything i can do to overcome it?

Thanks

**xtacydima** · 22-09-2004

Glad to hear you got all your data back. It might be a little too late, but I guess for any future refernces, this thread might prove useful:

http://club.cdfreaks.com/showthread....ht=getdataback

Perhaps it may also help others by suggesting alternatives...

*CD 1986* · 22-09-2004

Quote:

Originally Posted by xtacydima

Glad to hear you got all your data back.

Yep, and at the minute it's about as useful as.....gay porn for a straight guy!

"Invalid file format"

*alex thyl* · 06-10-2004

CD 1986,

I hope you managed to get back your data in proper file format. I can see that the post is 2 weeks old.

Anyway, if not, you may try this software:
http://www.grc.com/sr/spinrite.htm

*cmr3000x* · 07-10-2004

Make sure you BUY this

.

http://www.guidancesoftware.com/prod...sic/index.shtm

*CD 1986* · 07-10-2004

It's all useless unfortunately, i have it all saved but all are unrecognised file format. Nothing more i can do....

*Nemesys* · 07-10-2004

Too bad. That's quite a shame.
I suspect that a different program might have yielded more positive results.
Several months ago I deleted all three partitions on a client's 60 GB Maxtor drive and created a single partition. It was then that he revealed to me that the drive contained 16 GB of MP3s and his 21 GB porn collection.

Using GetDataBack NTFS I was able to retrieve every single file on the drive. Fewer that a dozen files were corrupted and unplayable.

Elabro · 02-11-2005

Hi,

Actually, you can use data recovery tool to restore lost data. Among them the best ones IMHO are Active@ undelete and Uneraser (DOS) their algorithm is great and they never failed me before. Recommended!
http://www.active-undelete.com/
http://www.uneraser.com/

*Gurm* · 02-11-2005

What likely happened to you is that everything was offset by a few bytes. It happens.

Better recovery programs will show you that there are multiple indexes into the drive, and you can try one or two files from each until you find the right one. Lousier recovery programs just find the first index, even if it's wrong.

Fallingwater · 02-11-2005

I realize it's probably hopeless by now, but what happens if you try to open a text document?

digiKilla · 03-11-2005

Hmmm.. i also had a hard disk failure (Partition & Corrupt Fat tables) and i re-created partitions thinking i had lost all my data. I even installed windows over it, then again i tried a lot of tools to recover data, but honestly nothing "really" worked. Then i used "Recover My Files", i know the name isnt very good

. , but it did its job. I was able to get about 80% of my files. It took me a day to scan my 80GB , but it worked. I was able to get back all my avi's and jpgs and other types that i specified.

I suggest u try recover my files and see if it does any good.

PS: I would like to add that the program reads the file's header and then creates a virtual partition with all your files... So it should be able to get the files that are still intact with proper extension and everything.

*slayerking* · 03-11-2005

you guys realise you are answering to a post that is over a year old?

*Gurm* · 04-11-2005

Gosh Darnit, Elabro!

Read the forum rules. No resurrecting year-old threads.

*Kenshin* · 04-11-2005

Quote:

Originally Posted by slayerking

you guys realise you are answering to a post that is over a year old?

Maybe threads like this better be made sticky.

17-09-2004	#1 (permalink)
CD 1986 CDFreaks Resident Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: UK Posts: 801	Recover data from formatted HDD I have a 60Gb drive that i use for storing data files (about 25Gb of it ) and it went west. It was recognised in windows but i couldnt access the data. So i did a quick format to get the drive operational...now i want to try and recover as much of the data as possible. This must be feasible because i only did a quick format so the data should be there. How do i get at it....any good software/utilities you can recommend? Thanks __________________ My Forum

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CD 1986 CDFreaks Resident Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: UK Posts: 801	Re: Recover data from formatted HDD Is Ontrack EasyRecovery Pro anygood? __________________ My Forum

17-09-2004	#3 (permalink)
seppo72 New on Forum Join Date: Jan 2004 Posts: 1	Re: Recover data from formatted HDD @CD_1986 How good is your german? Theres a german Version of "O&O Unerase" downloadable there: http://download.stern.de/tv/sterntv/...63&nv=cp_L2_tt Greetz Seppo

17-09-2004	#4 (permalink)
CD 1986 CDFreaks Resident Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: UK Posts: 801	Re: Recover data from formatted HDD Thanks i'll try it out....i don't remember my German GCSE course covering this topic though. I use O&O's defrag software, hope the unerase software is as good. __________________ My Forum

22-09-2004	#5 (permalink)
CD 1986 CDFreaks Resident Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: UK Posts: 801	Re: Recover data from formatted HDD OK having got back all my lost data i haven't touched it for a few days. The contents included cd images, jpegs and divx avi files. I now find that every single file i recovered will not be opened/previewed/played!!! Seems to be that all the files are now "invalid file format". My mds files can no longer be mounted on DT, windows media player refuses to play movie files. Even though the files are all recovered (same size as the original file size) at the moment they are useless. Any ideas on how/why this happened....and more importantly whether there is anything i can do to overcome it? Thanks __________________ My Forum

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22-09-2004	#6 (permalink)
xtacydima Moderator Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Brooklyn, NY, USA Posts: 3,885	Re: Recover data from formatted HDD Glad to hear you got all your data back. It might be a little too late, but I guess for any future refernces, this thread might prove useful: http://club.cdfreaks.com/showthread....ht=getdataback Perhaps it may also help others by suggesting alternatives... __________________ My Rig: Antec P160 P4 3.0E GHz running WinXP w/SP2 Scythe SCMN-1000 Heatsink w/Arctic Silver 5 Antec TruePower 2.0 TP2-550 (550W power supply) ASUS P4C800 Deluxe Motherboard 2GB RAM - Corsair XMS TWINX2048 (2x1GB) 3200C2Pro CL2.0 ATI RADEON X850XT AGP 2 - WD 37GB Raptor's (in RAID 0) via onboard Promise controller Western Digital 250GB SATA HDD on Primary SATA channel Western Digital 150GB SATA HDD on Secondary SATA channel Lite-On LTR-52246S 6S0F (IDE1 Master) Lite-On JLMS XJ-HD166S DS1C (IDE1 Slave) *NEC 3500AG 2.TC Quiet* (IDE2 Master) Lite-On SOHW 1673S JS07 (via USB 2.0 to IDE & set to Master)** Found a Solution here helpful? Like the forum's? Well then, what are you waiting for JOIN NOW!!!

06-10-2004	#8 (permalink)
alex thyl CDFreaks Resident Join Date: Feb 2004 Posts: 1,643	Re: Recover data from formatted HDD CD 1986, I hope you managed to get back your data in proper file format. I can see that the post is 2 weeks old. Anyway, if not, you may try this software: http://www.grc.com/sr/spinrite.htm __________________ MOTTO: "Everything is possible. The impossible just takes longer." (Dan Brown) PLEXTOR: "King of Quality".

07-10-2004	#9 (permalink)
cmr3000x CDFreaks Resident Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: NorCal SacTown Status: ÇªΓFεΐИз Άđdї©Ŧ Posts: 1,272	Re: Recover data from formatted HDD Make sure you BUY this . http://www.guidancesoftware.com/prod...sic/index.shtm __________________ .: Take some time out to read the rules! .: Let's test the patience of some random member! .: Member # 12,680 :.

07-10-2004	#10 (permalink)
CD 1986 CDFreaks Resident Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: UK Posts: 801	Re: Recover data from formatted HDD It's all useless unfortunately, i have it all saved but all are unrecognised file format. Nothing more i can do.... __________________ My Forum

07-10-2004	#11 (permalink)
Nemesys CDFreaks Resident Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Florida, USA Posts: 1,119	Re: Recover data from formatted HDD Too bad. That's quite a shame. I suspect that a different program might have yielded more positive results. Several months ago I deleted all three partitions on a client's 60 GB Maxtor drive and created a single partition. It was then that he revealed to me that the drive contained 16 GB of MP3s and his 21 GB porn collection. Using GetDataBack NTFS I was able to retrieve every single file on the drive. Fewer that a dozen files were corrupted and unplayable. __________________ Case: Chieftec Dragon Golden Blue DX-01BLD-U Server Chassis Motherboard: ABIT IP35 Pro CPU: Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 3.0GHz @ 4.0GHz (Tuniq Tower 120 CPU Cooling) RAM: 2GB G.Skill PC-6400 DDR2 800 "HZ" (Zeus Series) Video Card: SAPPHIRE Radeon HD 4870 512MB Sound Card: SoundBlaster Audigy ES Monitor: Hanns-G HW-223DPB (22” LCD) Audio System: MASSIVE NIC: Dual Realtek Gigabit Ethernet Controller DVD-RAM: Samsung SH-S203B SB04 DVD-RAM: Lite-On LH-20A1L BL06 Hard Drive (Internal Storage): Seagate Barracuda 1TB SATA II File Storage Hard Drive (Removables): (3) LIAN-LI SATA Mobile Racks Drive #1. Seagate Barracuda 320GB SATA II WIN XP Professional Drive #2. Seagate Barracuda 320GB SATA II WIN Vista Ultimate Drive #3. Seagate Barracuda 80G SATA II Testing http://valid.x86-secret.com/show_oc.php?id=364264

02-11-2005	#12 (permalink)
Elabro New on Forum Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 11	Re: Recover data from formatted HDD Hi, Actually, you can use data recovery tool to restore lost data. Among them the best ones IMHO are Active@ undelete and Uneraser (DOS) their algorithm is great and they never failed me before. Recommended! http://www.active-undelete.com/ http://www.uneraser.com/

02-11-2005	#13 (permalink)
Gurm CDFreaks Resident Join Date: Aug 2002 Posts: 1,940	Re: Recover data from formatted HDD What likely happened to you is that everything was offset by a few bytes. It happens. Better recovery programs will show you that there are multiple indexes into the drive, and you can try one or two files from each until you find the right one. Lousier recovery programs just find the first index, even if it's wrong.

02-11-2005	#14 (permalink)
Fallingwater CD Freaks Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2005 Posts: 429	Re: Recover data from formatted HDD I realize it's probably hopeless by now, but what happens if you try to open a text document?

03-11-2005	#15 (permalink)
digiKilla New on Forum Join Date: Nov 2005 Posts: 2	Re: Recover data from formatted HDD Hmmm.. i also had a hard disk failure (Partition & Corrupt Fat tables) and i re-created partitions thinking i had lost all my data. I even installed windows over it, then again i tried a lot of tools to recover data, but honestly nothing "really" worked. Then i used "Recover My Files", i know the name isnt very good . , but it did its job. I was able to get about 80% of my files. It took me a day to scan my 80GB , but it worked. I was able to get back all my avi's and jpgs and other types that i specified. I suggest u try recover my files and see if it does any good. PS: I would like to add that the program reads the file's header and then creates a virtual partition with all your files... So it should be able to get the files that are still intact with proper extension and everything.

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03-11-2005	#16 (permalink)
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04-11-2005	#17 (permalink)
Gurm CDFreaks Resident Join Date: Aug 2002 Posts: 1,940	Re: Recover data from formatted HDD Gosh Darnit, Elabro! Read the forum rules. No resurrecting year-old threads.