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Right, OK so I mistakenly formatted my harddisk while installing Linux.. Got windows back in and everything, and used a program called VirtualLab to scan old partitions.. and I found all my data but of course the only way to save the data is to pay (a lot) of money..

Any suggestions for a free one? We're talking a years worth of Uni work, plus loads of pictures (in all fairness the rest I could get back.. music is on ipod, programs/installers are available on net)

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Originally posted by Ansette
Right, OK so I mistakenly formatted my harddisk while installing Linux.. Got windows back in and everything, and used a program called VirtualLab to scan old partitions.. and I found all my data but of course the only way to save the data is to pay (a lot) of money..

Any suggestions for a free one? We're talking a years worth of Uni work, plus loads of pictures (in all fairness the rest I could get back.. music is on ipod, programs/installers are available on net)

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I have a program at home I will pm you a link with it. It should do the trick.

thank you! i know the files are there as can see all the file/folder structure through that program on one of the old partitions.. just other programs couldnt the 'PC inspector file recover' was my first port of call but all that did was give me clusters that were unreadable, like cluster xxxx.doc, xls etc etc

for future referance and closure of the thread

freeware: http://officerecovery.com/freeundelete/
shareware: http://www.quetek.com/prod02.htm

if you want to do it from Linux, click

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Originally posted by xen0h
for future referance and closure of the thread

freeware: http://officerecovery.com/freeundelete/
shareware: http://www.quetek.com/prod02.htm

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thanks for the help but sadly that freeware program is merely for deleted data, not data lost through formatting or corrupt partitions

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Originally posted by Verte
if you want to do it from Linux, click

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and errmmm yeah i may've formatted it to put xp back in (it had wiped partition with xp on too) but i know that at least some of the data is present as i can see previews of some of the images that other programs so far havent located.. just cant retrieve them!

Stellar Phoenix Windows data recovery software will help you in recovering your lost data from formated hard drive.
Although its not free but it also to download the free demo version from:http://www.stellarinfo.com/partition-recovery.htm
Through demo you would be able to see the recovered data.