drive recovery

dantheman61 · Nov 4, 2007, 09:22 PM

i am looking for a FREE drive recovery software open source would be good thanx

Dyre Straits · Nov 5, 2007, 12:14 PM

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Originally Posted by dantheman61

i am looking for a FREE drive recovery software open source would be good thanx

Do you mind sharing what it is that's wrong with the drive you need recovered? Is it a boot drive that won't boot anymore? Did it start giving off a lot of noise and clatter? Or what?

In many cases where a drive has gotten corrupted, I've had excellent success just connecting it to a working system as an additional drive and then running the full Disk Check program from Windows. If it's formatted to NTFS, you've got a good to excellent chance of restoring the drive. But, keep in mind, it can take literally HOURS to get things back to normal.

I've done this with a few boot drives and the people were able to get back into Windows again afterwards with no problem.

So...exactly what's the issue with this one?

dantheman61 · Nov 5, 2007, 09:15 PM

the drive is fine it got formated with a quick format thanks

Dyre Straits · Nov 6, 2007, 04:24 AM

So, whatever is on there isn't priceless enough to put out some money to get it back, right?

Here's a Demo Version but I haven't tried it myself. (I don't normally format HDDs by mistake.

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UNERASER.Recovering deleted files.Free Download.

Here's another one that's trialware. If it works, you can opt to purchase it.

Accidental format recovery

H3X4D3C1M4L · Nov 21, 2007, 04:43 AM

Partition Magic has a partition undelete tool that might work for this purpose. Not sure if it only works if you've deleted the partition accidentally or quick formatted it but worth a try

MarcMathew · Jul 24, 2008, 12:32 PM

You can try Stellar Phoenix hard drive recovery software. This software is not free but cheaper and provides best recovery solution.You can download the free demo version of the software from
http://www.stellarinfo.com/download.htm
In demo version you will scan your drive and you will able to see the preview of your software.

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dantheman61 DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 5 Rep Power: 0	drive recovery i am looking for a FREE drive recovery software open source would be good thanx

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dantheman61 DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 5 Rep Power: 0	the drive is fine it got formated with a quick format thanks

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H3X4D3C1M4L DriverHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 6,794 Rep Power: 0	Partition Magic has a partition undelete tool that might work for this purpose. Not sure if it only works if you've deleted the partition accidentally or quick formatted it but worth a try

Jul 24, 2008, 12:32 PM	#6
MarcMathew DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: Jul 2006 Posts: 2 Rep Power: 0	You can try Stellar Phoenix hard drive recovery software. This software is not free but cheaper and provides best recovery solution.You can download the free demo version of the software from http://www.stellarinfo.com/download.htm In demo version you will scan your drive and you will able to see the preview of your software.