data lost drive formatted several times

[choklate_007]

i have this 6.3 gb hdd in external casing, the drive contains important data, i need to recover. this drive is formatted several times. Pls suggest some software to do this.

 

[MetalheadGautham]

none. Nothing can recover data from multiple full erazing of the drive.

 

[jal_desai]

formatting is the ultimate thing.. sorry to say but ur data is no more now...*gigasmilies.googlepages.com/2.gif

 

[chandru_skc]

only one format is enough to eat ur data.... sorry

 

[go4saket]

There are a few softwares that can recover data from formatted HDD. I have recovered many of my files. So, thats not a big deal. Just give me some time and I will post the software name.

 

[Tech_Wiz]

If its formatted just Once then there is a possibility. He is ssaying that he has formatted "Several" times. Now thats gonna be a wee bit difficult.

 

[narangz]

Well anyway try Easy Recovery Pro.

 

[go4saket]

Formatting just changes the FAT. It doesnt do anything with the data on the surface. There lies our chance...

 

[jal_desai]

^^ wat is FAT??? File Allocation Table. it stores all the information about the starting point of each and every file in tht drive... when the drive is formatted (even once) the file allocation table gets deleted and replaced by an empty table... even recovery softwares use orphaned entries from the allocation table untill the allocation table is intact.... but here the case is different... the drive is totally formatted with all its contents... data + the previous allocation table..

 

[Abhishek Dwivedi]

but a mirror image is always kept unless for security reasons...i think da data might b recovered

 

[Garbage]

It's too difficult to recover the data, if u formatted it several times and wrote some data on that partition.
If u have NOT over-written the data, then there are lot of chances even after many formats.

 

[narangz]

^^Absolutely right.

 

[utsav]

But full recovery is not possible