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boomstick

Post subject: Formatted NTFS to Mac,lost all files

Posted: March 19th, 2010, 15:46

Joined: March 19th, 2010, 15:41
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Location: united kingdom

I have done a really stupid thing,i formatted my external HHD that contained all my pics music etc to Mac extended journaled,have i lost all my media or is there a way around this and get it all back,,

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jono-ats

Post subject: Re: Formatted NTFS to Mac,lost all files

Posted: March 19th, 2010, 18:26

Joined: June 8th, 2006, 19:44
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Location: Atlanta, GA

Shouldn't be much of a problem to get data back unless you did a LOW LEVEL format (which is NOT the default).

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macman

Post subject: Re: Formatted NTFS to Mac,lost all files

Posted: March 19th, 2010, 20:02

Joined: January 7th, 2009, 5:43
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A low level format will be fine just don't use it until you got your data back. Any additional security selected whilst performing the format would overwrite your data.

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