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    lchabo_2001 Posts: 3, Reputation: 1
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    May 17, 2007, 09:02 AM
    Data recovery from formatted hard drive
    How do I efficiently recover my data? The hard drive was formatted and WinXP was installed but someone hinted to me sometime back that all data a hard drive has ever stored can be recovered, even though it was formatted more than once before. Can I recover my data (about 40GB of it)?
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    May 17, 2007, 09:27 AM
    If the drive was formated using QUICK format then there may be a slim chance, but if a FULL format was used then it's gone.

    There are any number of tools available on the net.
    I can't recommend any as I have never been successful with them.
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    May 20, 2007, 09:01 AM
    I have had success with WinUndelete. Check it out.
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