Quick formatted 2TB HDD. Manged to recover $MFT any way to fix?

[Syther101]

Ok so basicly the other day I manged to accidentally quick format my 2TB storage drive. After using some software to see what files I could recover I saw that it found a 150Mb $MFT file. Seeing as all the files are now nameless and will be a heck of a job to get back in working order is it possible to just put the previous $MFT file back on the drive so it actually knows where the data is located.

Thanks very much for any information you can provide. You will literally save my ass XD

also inb4 should have backed up XD. Trust me, just ordered another 2TB HDD. Had been putting it off due to the price hike

 

[nhasian]

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[Syther101]

http://www.cgsecurity.org/mw/images/Testdisklogo_clear_100.pngTestDisk, Data Recovery
TestDisk is powerful free data recovery software! It was primarily designed to help recover lost partitions and/or make non-booting disks bootable again when these symptoms are caused by faulty software, certain types of viruses or human error (such as accidentally deleting a Partition Table). Partition table recovery using TestDisk is really easy.

TestDisk Step By Step to recover lost partitions and repair damaged FAT/NTFS boot sector
Recover deleted files from NTFS partition

NOTE If seeked lost file are still missing, give PhotoRec a try. PhotoRec is a signature based file recovery utility and may be able to recover your data where other methods failed.

PhotoRec is file data recovery software designed to recover lost files including video, documents and archives from hard disks, CD-ROMs, and lost pictures (thus the Photo Recovery name) from digital camera memory. PhotoRec ignores the file system and goes after the underlying data, so it will still work even if your media's file system has been severely damaged or reformatted.

Thanks for the reply

It's strange I have tried test disk with the deep analysis option and it fails to find the previous partition. it was Active@ which was able to find the $NFT file. Now trying their Partition recovery option to see if that will also find it.