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Does anyone have a good data recovery program?

My parents pc just got its hdd wiped clean and xp reinstalled, so is there a program that can recover data from the hdd before it was formatted?

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1. It seems impossible to recovery, because the HDD has been formatted.
2. time machine
3. Yes, you can probably recover most of the files (not all, since some may have been overwritten during the reformat): http://www.psychocats.net/ubuntucat/recovering-windows-files-with-a-ubuntu-cd-iii-deleted-files/
4. Time Machine
5. no no no
6. you can try the following program to see if any files made it through the formatting.
7. ive used drive image before.you might try that.they have a websight
8. Getdataback for NTFS
9. search on Google. There may be you get any good data recovery program. But it is not easy to recover data from formatted hdd. You can try at:http://www.hdrconline.com. It may be help you.
10. Maybe you can recover some archives but whe you install the neww operating system it overrites everything in the place it writes. out side of that the easy recovery profesional can find archves and directories of the old system. Try it. good luck.
11. Due to the fact that you say the HD has been wiped and XP reinstalled I am sorry to report that data recovery off that hard disk is not possible. Once an OS is reinstalled data cannot be recovered. The process of reinstallation or even a Restoration using a Restore disk from the manufacturer deletes all personal files and settings off of the system. You would spend a great deal of money or even just waste your time if you are an experienced user who knows how to use the special data recovery tools available. However, not to be insulting by any means if you are not aware of this fact then you are not experienced. At least in data recovery. There are experts in the field of data recovery who are paid handsomely for performing the task of attempting to recover lost data. Each of these folks knows without a doubt that this disk cannot recover data that existed prior to the reinstallation of the OS. However, if you had attempted data recovery before reinstalling Windows the issue would be very different. It IS possible to recovery some or all of the personal files but only IF the reinstallation had not been done first. Sorry about this. However, it is simply a fact of how these processes work and cannot be altered. The data is gone for good.
12. you can recovery almost all of your data when a HDD is formatted. To let you know that digital data can't be erased from formatting or deletion. It still exist on the hard drive unless the HDD is magnetically erased then it is permanently erase. Now if you want your data back, first you must need an external HDD because you can't save existing data to the same disk. Secondly, this is what I find most annoying about recovery programs, you have to look though all of the folders that the program found in order to get your data back but it is time consuming. Follow the link to CNET to find your recovery program.
13. There are many programs that claim to be able to do this, but one such program that seems to have worked is PhotoRec. It is completely free and open source too. The guide on how to accomplish this recovery from a formatted HD is at Linux.com. It has been reviewed on LifeHacker and DownloadSquad, both reputed tech blogs.
14. Data recovery software: http://www.lotsageeks.com/data-recovery-software/
15. Yes you can recover files that have not been re-written over after they were deleted by Windows. When you format a hard drive or delete files in the recycle bin, the files are still there, they are just flagged to be written over by the file system. You can use several programs to do this. I use a program called Encase, it is forensic computer software used to recover files, but there are several other cheaper ones on the market.
16. A format only clears the directory entries and the file allocation tables. Contrary to popular belief a format really doesn't "wipe" anything. Most digital forensic software should be able to recover the data (unless it has been overwritten).
17. It takes more than reformatting a drive to completely destroy any data that was on it. As you've already installed more software the chances that files can be recovered are smaller but it still may be possible. Use PhotoRec - http://www.cgsecurity.org/wiki/PhotoRec - or one of the programs at http://www.snapfiles.com/downloadfind.ph... They should get back at least some of your files even after a format.
18. There is a certain elctro magnetic scanner which forms an image of the disc showing all EM activity from the last month to now. So it is possible to retrieve the I 0 patterns on the device. The only problem is I don't know if you'll ever find one.
19. Some good data recovery softwares are: Data Recovery Wizard Professional v3.3.4, Easy Recovery Pro v 6.04, Recovery_Soft, Smart Data Recovery 3.9 ...etc
20. You can try to recover data from reformatted HDD with Easy File Undelete software: http://www.munsoft.com/EasyFileUndelete/ It uses unique modern algorithms to recover files that other software either recovers incorrectly or is unable to detect.