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Get back a few business files from my formatted drive?

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April 6, 2013 10:28:27 PM

Last night, I stupidly formatted my hard drive and all the files were gone. Fortunately, I had backed up most of my important files on another drive, However, there were still a few business files that had been saved on this drive yesterday and not been transferred to the backup drive. How could I get back these business files? Any ideas are appreciated.

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April 7, 2013 12:39:09 AM

Do you do a quick format (this formatting process can be finished in seconds) to your hard drive?
Generally, the quick format won’t make the data erased permanently from your hard drive. It is only the space used to save your files that is marked as “Available space” for new data. So, in this regard, as long as these files are not rewritten by any new data, it is highly possible for you to restore them back with the help of data recovery software.
You could read more information of data recovery here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Data_recovery
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_data_recovery_soft...
http://www.formatrecovery.blogspot.com/2013/02/recover-...

Edit: You are supposed to keep all your important files backed up as possible as you can.
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April 7, 2013 12:51:06 AM

TSue00 said:
Do you do a quick format (this formatting process can be finished in seconds) to your hard drive?
Generally, the quick format won’t make the data erased permanently from your hard drive. It is only the space used to save your files that is marked as “Available space” for new data. So, in this regard, as long as these files are not rewritten by any new data, it is highly possible for you to restore them back with the help of data recovery software.
You could read more information of data recovery here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Data_recovery
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_data_recovery_soft...
http://www.formatrecovery.blogspot.com/2013/02/recover-...

Edit: You are supposed to keep all your important files backed up as possible as you can.


Thanks God! Thanks a lot!
These files are urgently needed now. Thank you for your prompt answer.
I am running your recommended recovery freeware. As to the related articles, I promise I will read them latter.
Thank you very much!
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April 7, 2013 1:12:32 AM

Thank you again. I have taken back these business files.
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