Data Recovery for beginner....

[rikstaparr]

Hi

I recently formatted the wife's pc and she then decided to let me know that she had forgotten to mention a folder full of photo's which she had forgotten about!!!

Anyway, does anyone please have a guide and some advice on the best way to try to recover the dreaded photo's??? Thanks in advance.

 

[Lorien]

Hi rikstaparr,

Here are some free recovery programs (don't bother with the paid versions as they cost quite a bit and don't really do that much better of a job unless you get those for people who do this professionally) which might help (though after formatting, it is considerably less likely than if they were simply accidentally deleted). Files aren't actually deleted until they are overwritten (though they're no longer available through conventional methods). If you decide to try these recovery programs, you should stop using your hard drive immediately so you don't overwrite the data you are trying to recover. Slave it to another PC and run the recovery from that PC. Even now you have most likely permanently lost many of them if you're using that same PC and given the format. If you can't do that (slave to another PC), you run the risk of further overwriting the data with every action you do on the PC (but you still may be able to recover some of the files - it's a matter of luck).

Recuva - Undelete, Unerase, File and Disk Recovery - Free Download (try Recuva first as it is the best of these choices).

http://www.snapfiles.com/get/diskdigger.html(try this second - if it doesn’t work either chances of recovery are very slim but you can try the other options if you wish)

http://www.snapfiles.com/get/easusdfr.html

http://www.snapfiles.com/get/restoration.html

http://www.snapfiles.com/downloads/recuva/dlrecuva.html

http://www.softperfect.com/products/filerecovery/

http://techpaul.wordpress.com/2008/06/23/how-to-recover-your-lost-files/

Only you can decide if the data is important enough to take the PC to a data recovery expert to recover the files (they will have better programs and equipment to do so than any of us do and than I provided above). Do NOT go to Geek Squad or any of those big store centers - they mostly don't know what they're doing - take it to a data recovery expert. It will cost quite a bit (I mean, a LOT) and they usually offer no guarantees – you typically pay the same price if they recover everything or if they recover nothing. The decision is yours.

I hope this helps.

Good luck!

 

[rikstaparr]

Thank Lorien! As ever you save the day!!....I shall give this all a try this week and report back to you with my success or failure!!!......Cheers!!! :D

 

[Lorien]

Thanks - but let's hold off on the "save the day" part for now. As I said, under the circumstances, the odds are not very good but it is possible.

Best of luck, rikstaparr!​

 

[pacinitaly]

Hi rikstaparr,

Here are some free recovery programs (don't bother with the paid versions as they cost quite a bit and don't really do that much better of a job unless you get those for people who do this professionally) which might help (though after formatting, it is considerably less likely than if they were simply accidentally deleted). Files aren't actually deleted until they are overwritten (though they're no longer available through conventional methods). If you decide to try these recovery programs, you should stop using your hard drive immediately so you don't overwrite the data you are trying to recover. Slave it to another PC and run the recovery from that PC. Even now you have most likely permanently lost many of them if you're using that same PC and given the format. If you can't do that (slave to another PC), you run the risk of further overwriting the data with every action you do on the PC (but you still may be able to recover some of the files - it's a matter of luck).

Recuva - Undelete, Unerase, File and Disk Recovery - Free Download (try Recuva first as it is the best of these choices).

http://www.snapfiles.com/get/diskdigger.html(try this second - if it doesn’t work either chances of recovery are very slim but you can try the other options if you wish)

http://www.snapfiles.com/get/easusdfr.html

http://www.snapfiles.com/get/restoration.html

http://www.snapfiles.com/downloads/recuva/dlrecuva.html

http://www.softperfect.com/products/filerecovery/

http://techpaul.wordpress.com/2008/06/23/how-to-recover-your-lost-files/

Only you can decide if the data is important enough to take the PC to a data recovery expert to recover the files (they will have better programs and equipment to do so than any of us do and than I provided above). Do NOT go to Geek Squad or any of those big store centers - they mostly don't know what they're doing - take it to a data recovery expert. It will cost quite a bit (I mean, a LOT) and they usually offer no guarantees – you typically pay the same price if they recover everything or if they recover nothing. The decision is yours.

I hope this helps.

Good luck!

AWESOME Lorien !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!