After a virus attack that "unpartitioned" my data drive, I had very good
success recovering all my data files (pics, docs, etc.) using HandyRecovery.
http://www.handyrecovery.com/
Can be installed as trialware to recover one file per day. But, you can see
if it works, then buy it.
Once a file is written over, it's pretty much thought to be a lost cause,
but this program actually offers you the ability to recover files that have
been written over, wiped, etc.
You restore the file you believe to be correct. (It provides info on
confidence in recovery.) If corrupt, select a different version of the file.
You can even make an image file to recovery your files later.
Not writing to the drive provides the strongest ability to recover. This
program allowed me to recover my files after reformatting and
re-partitioning the drive. (I did not write files back to this drive until I
had recovered the data.)
To say the least, I was impressed.
"I'ecus" <iecus@rcn.com> wrote in message
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> guys do you know of any good programs that will recover corrupted files on
> a formatted/corrupted HD. I have a HD that just crashed, I formatted it
> and I was able to use getdatarecovery ntfs and some other programs that
> recovered my formatted data. I got everything but when I open my .docs or
> pics they're still corrupted. I tried d/ling free and demo software to see
> if they can fix the corrupted docs and pics I found but so far none have
> worked. Can anyone think of any software that worked for them or something
> that may work for me. even if I can find a demo that will show me it
> really does work. I don't mind having to pay for it. This has my wifes and
> I wedding pics and some of her art work that I would really love to get
> back for the both of us....
>
> thanks for ANY help I can get.