Quick Format Help!!

[ampal]

I keep reading that a quick format doesn't wipe out the data on a hard drive, just the table. If this is true, how can you restore or retrieve the data from a hard drive that has been formated with XPs quick format. All advise is welcome and appreciated.

Thanks

 

[TidyTrax]

You could try any of the undelete tools that are available - see if you have any luck. Check out

http://www.recovermyfiles.com

 

[linney]

Is there an operating system on the machine or has that gone too? If so you might need to place the drive into another machine.

Data recovery.

PC Inspector

http://www.pcinspector.de/file_recovery/UK/welcome.htm

http://www.restorer2000.com

http://www.runtime.org/hints.htm

Plenty of other recovery software listed here.

http://dmoz.org/Computers/Software/Disk_Management/Error_Checking_and_Repair/

 

[wolluf]

ampal - and don't try to use the drive until ready to try recovery (which should be done from an o/s installed on a different drive).

btw - same for full format - that doesn't wipe data from disk either.

 

[pansophic]

If you know what your partition settings were before, it is possible with Linux's fdisk command to set the partitions back up without losing any data. You can run that fdisk from a Linux bootable CD, like KNOPPIX.

Unfortunately, Linux and Windows do not always agree on what partition boundaries should be by default, so it is possible that you will irrevocably modify the drive.

Of course that is possible with all of the utilities of this type.


pansophic

 

[wasisnt]

The difference between and quick and regular is that the quick doesnt check for bad sectors but it still erases data.

http://www.onlinecomputertips.com