Best tool to recover data from a formatted hard disk
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I am using Windows 10 and I formatted the wrong drive of my hard disk where I had some very important data. I tried to recover the data with Easeus but I could only recover some of the data. What other tool can I use to get my whole data back?
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ZZalex108 moved this topic from Windows on -
@Vonn34 I boot with a Linux rescue CD/USB-Stick and use PhotoRec and TestDisk to recover data in NTFS drives.
Or do you mean: how to restore a disc image from daily HD backup ( i hope you made a regular backup)?
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After formatting I installed the Windows in the same drive as well and when I asked people if I can recover old data, they are saying that the data is now overwritten by the new files and cannot be recovered OR is there still hope?
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@Vonn34 No real chance for a regular user to recover data after you installed new OS. That is more a task for a specialised company whose task is disaster data recovery, costs a few thousand $/€ i guess.
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you might try recuva
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@Vonn34 Too late now, but there is an unformat command.If you had done that immediately after you realized you formatted the wrong drive it might have worked. But as you've since copied lots of data over the old data any simple utility won't know where to start.
A proper tech might be able to recover a few files, if they weren't yet written over. But basically your old files might as well be multiple jigsaw puzzles thrown together with a few pieces missing ... try to figure out which pieces go to which file and in which order. Not completely impossible, but requires lots of both time and luck.
