I used handyrecovery and they're great it's 1 out of 2 software that
found my data but everything was still coming up corrupted.
Mark wrote:
> 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
> news:er%23UH%2311HHA.1168@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
>> 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.
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