If it was a "quick" format that's true, the data area of the disk is intact and if it hasn't been overwritten it's recoverable to some degree. If it was a full format then for regular folks the data is gone, it takes some pretty special tricks to recover.
Greg On Dec 3, 2010, at 3:34 PM, Larry A Weidig wrote: > This is not true, you can recover files from a formatted drive. We do it all > the time. The problem is the more and more it is used the less you can > recover. Also, obviously the part of the disk where it wrote the OS during > installation will be gone, but fortunately that a lot of times is where it > was the first time and the actual “data” files (pictures, documents, music,…) > are recoverable. > > The tool I would suggest is: > http://www.r-studio.com/ > > Though if you want the technician version it is pricey. > > > * Larry A. Weidig ([email protected]) > * Excel.Net,Inc. - http://www.excel.net/ > * (920) 452-0455 - Sheboygan/Plymouth area > * (888) 489-9995 - Other areas, toll-free > > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On > Behalf Of Greg Ihnen > Sent: Friday, December 03, 2010 11:59 AM > To: WISPA General List > Subject: Re: [WISPA] OT, file recovery software > > If the Windows installer formatted the drive it's gone, all gone. > > What version of Windows (XP, Vista, 7)? > > Greg > > On Dec 3, 2010, at 1:16 PM, Marlon K. Schafer wrote: > > > I don't know. I wasn't there and no one asked me about it first.... > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Greg Ihnen > To: WISPA General List > Sent: Friday, December 03, 2010 9:38 AM > Subject: Re: [WISPA] OT, file recovery software > > Did the Windows installer (the app) ask to format the drive? > > Greg > > On Dec 3, 2010, at 12:59 PM, Marlon K. Schafer wrote: > > > He reinstalled windows. All traces of the old files are gone. 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