Guest Helper ET Posted September 23, 2011 Share Posted September 23, 2011 hey guys around two years ago, my girlfriend obtained a digital camera. we took quite a lot of pictures over the following years, and had the pictures kept on her laptop hard drive. lately shes been dealing with some virus issues, and it had got so bad that when she started her computer, it was just a black screen. so last week she took it upon herself, without notifying me, to bring the computer into some computer shop, and then got the whole thing formatted. when i learned this, i cried. ive since felt sadness, denial, frustration, devastation, and outright rage now ive heard that when you delete a file, its still somehow kept on the computer somehow. i had always thought though, that when a computer is formatted, whats done is done, and the data is gone that is until 10 minutes ago, when i googled "can you recover files after formatting". it appears that sometimes you indeed can, sometimes recover data after disk formatting. im finding several different softwares available that claim to do just this. message boards also seem to be discussing the possibility of this. if you want, you can check out some of the first links that pop up after you google the aforementioned search: http://www.google.co...=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8 user Cooper Int says: "I've recovered files after formatting my drive. It is possible, you just need the right software." user hitmeback says: "i recovered over 20 gb of data after formating and repartioning by help of easy recovery pro" and so on and so forth... if someone could please help me get some of these files back i would be eternally grateful. the pictures ive lost were of some of the most special times of my life. i would pay loads of money to get these pictures back, i want them back so badly anyway, any help would be greatly appreciated thanks again guys bye for now Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chenGOD Posted September 23, 2011 Share Posted September 23, 2011 It seems that you've answered your own question? Try the software mentioned, or if you're really willing to pay lots of money, there are services which specialize in data recovery. They are expensive though, and there are no guarantees in what they are able to recover. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest rumbo Posted September 23, 2011 Share Posted September 23, 2011 Give it a try ET. I feel for you. It sucks to lose important data. Don't be too hard on your GF. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lumpenprol Posted September 23, 2011 Share Posted September 23, 2011 data shows up on the forum occasionally...maybe ask him nicely to come back? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GatorGreen Posted September 23, 2011 Share Posted September 23, 2011 Piriform Recuva. Don't do anything else on the laptop until you are done recovering what data is left. Also, start doing regular backups! Just be glad the drive didn't crash. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goDel Posted September 23, 2011 Share Posted September 23, 2011 Throwing away data is the watmm way. So KUDOS for that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silent Member Posted September 23, 2011 Share Posted September 23, 2011 You need one of these Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cryptowen Posted September 23, 2011 Share Posted September 23, 2011 Here it is: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eugene Posted September 23, 2011 Share Posted September 23, 2011 yes it's absolutely possible unless the empty space left by those formatted files got overwritten, i used this program to recover data after some 8gb SD card got corrupted: http://www.z-a-recovery.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spratters Posted September 23, 2011 Share Posted September 23, 2011 Give the shop a call and see how exactly everything was done and whether they think you could get some data back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silent Member Posted September 23, 2011 Share Posted September 23, 2011 ayo. I got a suggestion, just copy the backups from your external disk, back onto the computer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eugene Posted September 23, 2011 Share Posted September 23, 2011 also, get a new girlfriend, overwrite old memories with new ones. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keltoi Posted September 23, 2011 Share Posted September 23, 2011 he did it for the sadness, denial, frustration, devastation, and outright rage Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest 277: 930-933 Posted September 23, 2011 Share Posted September 23, 2011 I didn't feel like reading your post but just get Testdisk and Photorec, they're free and the best tools you can get if you're not bringing your disk into a professional data recovery thing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zazen Posted September 23, 2011 Share Posted September 23, 2011 If it doesn't exist in at least 3 places, it doesn't exist. Backup Your Shit Guys Twice ET: It depends what sort of format they did: A quick format (just re-organises the index part of the drive) or a full format (wipes all data). Also bear in mind that the more the laptop is used, the more data will get permanently overwritten (if indeed it is still there). Some computer shops might be able to help with the recovery - for a fee. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
delet... Posted September 23, 2011 Share Posted September 23, 2011 data shows up on the forum occasionally...maybe ask him nicely to come back? damn, you got there before me. 16 hours before me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest sirch Posted September 24, 2011 Share Posted September 24, 2011 also, get a new girlfriend, overwrite old memories with new ones. this. so this. how come she didn't care when taking the laptop to be 'fixed', about your photo's 'n stuff? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goffer Posted September 24, 2011 Share Posted September 24, 2011 it was probably a low level format so you should be able to recover quite a bit... preferably tear the drive out of the laptop, connect to another computer and run the recovery software from there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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