Does anybody know any free Recovery software for a hard drive that got formatted

[Take_it_Upstair]

by accident? :rolleyes: Thank you in advanced.

[houndazs]

Recuva
http://www.piriform.com/recuva

[Take_it_Upstair]

houndazs wrote:
Recuva
http://www.piriform.com/recuva

Houndazs, thank you very much. But I need a program that will recognize the drive without having a drive letter.
This program does it and it seems to really works well, but is cost some $$. www.getdata.com
Any other suggestions much appreciated.

[redsuns03]

PM sent about what you're looking for

[Take_it_Upstair]

redsuns03 wrote:
PM sent about what you're looking for

I should of made myself clearer. The only one I found that works with drives without a letter designator is www.getdata.com
This program does it and it seems to really works well, but is cost some $$.

Any other suggestions of free software would be much appreciated.

[abb1]

Take it Upstairs wrote:

This program does it and it seems to really works well, but is cost some $$.

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There is no such thing as free. Freeware usually only has limited functionality as a trial for paid versions. Anything that you get that is free is usually crap, with a lot of limitations. Just bite the bullet and take this as a learning experience to always have a backup.

[__VeNoM__]

I thought if your drive gets formatted then you destroy your data?

[houndazs]

..VeNoM.. wrote:
I thought if your drive gets formatted then you destroy your data?

Nope u just "tell" the OS that the clusters are free to be over written. Im CHFI certified, and with the right tools ANYTHING can be recovered!

[Area_66]

In many case you can recover the data , even after have reformated and reinstall an OS, the FBI are pretty good at it.

[HiVizMan]

I lost a real important drive on the weekend so this thread is very cool. Did you come right OP?