Sign in with
Sign up | Sign in
Your question

Recover lost files after drive format and windows reinstallation?

Tags:
  • Windows
  • Windows 7
  • Format
Last response: in Windows 7
Share
June 30, 2014 6:31:19 AM

Hello.
My mobo died yesterday so i got a new one and i had to format my C drive due to windows becoming corrupt, i did this during a windows installation i did.
and i have lost a video game i have been working on for a year, and lots of work has been put into it. would anyone possible know how i could recover this?
It was a folder on my desktop

More about : recover lost files drive format windows reinstallation

a c 210 $ Windows 7
June 30, 2014 6:41:58 AM

restore from backup?
m
0
l
June 30, 2014 6:43:49 AM

rgd1101 said:
restore from backup?


unfortunately i didnt have time to do a recent backup. so i didnt backup
m
0
l
Related resources
June 30, 2014 6:45:49 AM

Justin Hall said:
Hello.
My mobo died yesterday so i got a new one and i had to format my C drive due to windows becoming corrupt, i did this during a windows installation i did.
and i have lost a video game i have been working on for a year, and lots of work has been put into it. would anyone possible know how i could recover this?
It was a folder on my desktop


Next time, take off the files you need BEFORE you format it. You can do this by plugging your hard drive into another PC as a secondary or external drive.

As for now, there is recovery software that you can use - even after formatting. http://www.techradar.com/news/software/applications/bes...
m
0
l
a b $ Windows 7
June 30, 2014 6:49:01 AM

There are some recovery software that may be able to pull some data. The issue is that you may have written over some of the data, which makes this way more difficult.
http://www.runtime.org/data-recovery-software.htm
m
0
l
!