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Article #274Re: How to recover Hard Drive, If it's been formated.
From: xsteinberger
Date: Wed, 26 Jul 2000 00:00
Date: Wed, 26 Jul 2000 00:00
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> >>Help, anyone can tell me how to recover Hard Drive, if it's been formatted > >>by mistake. > >there are companies that will recover the data for you , although for > >a hefty price. > you mean you dont know how to do it and you call yourself a hacker? prat. rather dissappointed at both the ignorance and arrogance of the replies in this thread. as long as physically the sectors of the hard disk have not been overwritten, there is a fair chance of getting most of your data back. the FAT tables are obviously clear, so no files are listed. numerous conventional tools will do the job for you, off hand by name i know of 'tiramisu' and 'lost & found (powerquest)'. these will scan physically the sectors of your drive for files which can be recovered, ignoring any FAT tables. however these utilities themselves are rather costly. if you're going to go out and buy tiramisu (i'd personally recommend lost and found over tiramisu), make sure you get a version for the correct filesystem. -xsteinberger
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