[SOLVED] I accidentally erased all my data from my external hard drive. Can I get it back?

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I was struggling with my hard drive since i could not copy files into it. So I started looking for solutions and while I was at it I accidentally deleted all my data. I need that information back. Is there any way I can get it back? My computer is a macbook pro.
 
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All 0's or all 1's is the quick way of wiping a HDD. You're right though, a...
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If you used a program to wipe the drive, the data's gone. When a program wipes a drive it replaces all of the data with a set of numbers, all 0's or all 1's, something to that degree. The data that was previously there is not completely gone, with no chance for recovery.
 
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If the data files disappeared quickly, they are probably still there. A standard file erase or even reformat just wipes the file directory. If the drive had to work for a long time, then complete data loss is a possibility.

I would look into a commercial data recovery program. I've used one before (on Windows) and it worked pretty well. It took many hours however. All day, IIRC.
 
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All 0's or all 1's is the quick way of wiping a HDD. You're right though, a reformat would have marked everything as rewritable, if OP hasn't put anything on the drive, there is a small chance you could recover it.
 
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