How can I recover data from a formatted hard disk?

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Hello,
I've formatted the entire hard disk (IDE) of my desktop accidentally while trying to update the OS. A laptop is available to me for a few days, can I recover the data from my desktop hard disk using a laptop? what are the things i may need?
Please help....
thank you in advance...
 
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You have similar thread here: http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/answers/id-1642305/recover-data-raw-hard-disk.html, check for Silvialoolo's answer.
Hope this helps.

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Thank you so much. I think it's more than that... I had linux mint 12 OS on my hard disk, I was trying to update it to linux mint 16, now the laptop i've has windows. Can I still recover my data?
Please tell me how can I connect that hard disk t laptop?

 
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Thank you. the software from that link is iCare data recovery software, it mentions FAT and NTFS file systems, it also says "Correctly recovers files deleted in Windows NT, 2000, XP (FAT32)".!! Can you please suggest what should I do?
 
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Thanks again! did it and found a software. will try and let you know the results... thank you.
 
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My laptop is not detecting the hard disk! I tried connecting the hard disk with an USB SATA/IDE cable. I could hear a sound from hard disk while connecting it.
Am I doing any mistake? What I should do? Please suggest..

I've read in other thread about using hard disk enclosures/casing but I couldn't find one in my town.
 
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So, I need Linux on this laptop? This is my friend's laptop and I've already messed up things while installing Linux on my PC, now I can't take such a risk.
Could there be a mistake in connecting the hard disk? any restart, trying 'add device' etc. needed? If what I did was right there seems no hope...
Thank you so much for your guidance.
 
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Trying Ext2Fsd...
 
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I tried both, Ext2Fsd is also not detecting and I have USB with linux mint 16, (the one I earlier tried to install) tried that too with no use. Could there be any fault with the USB SATA/IDE cable?
 
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So many pictures and documents were there. Can you please tell me how to connect the hard disk to laptop, I would like to give one last try and I think probably i'm not connecting it properly.
 
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No, it didn't show. That means there is a problem in connecting it, right?
 
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I've just connected it to another pc and it got detected. But I can't use that PC for long. I'm sure there is a problem with the cable.
My sincere thanks to you for answering all my queries patiently. I'll try changing cable or try to find another pc which I can use for some time.
 
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