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Need to recover my documents folder from a reformatted hdd.

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wheelstb

Post subject: Need to recover my documents folder from a reformatted hdd.

Posted: December 24th, 2009, 13:07

Joined: December 24th, 2009, 12:50
Posts: 6
Location: United States

my documents folder did not get backedup. the reformat was a quick reformat of xp. I am tring to get bak my hawx gamesave file. I know it seems stupid but I have never recovered anything so I just wanted to try.

I have used recuva and getdataback. I have just fallowed the basics with both programs.

I diod just a little downloading before relising the folder was not backeduo, maybe about 30MB.

Any advise would be great I have never done this successfully before.

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wheelstb

Post subject: Re: Need to recover my documents folder from a reformatted hdd.

Posted: December 24th, 2009, 15:40

Joined: December 24th, 2009, 12:50
Posts: 6
Location: United States

wrong forum I am sorry.

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shahij

Post subject: Re: Need to recover my documents folder from a reformatted hdd.

Posted: December 25th, 2009, 2:22

Joined: March 11th, 2008, 4:35
Posts: 1052
Location: Bangladesh

1. was it NTFS or FAT32 before formatting?
2. Use GetDataBack NTFS or FAT what the volume was as...
3. RAW scan or search by type by using WinHex

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wheelstb

Post subject: Re: Need to recover my documents folder from a reformatted hdd.

Posted: December 25th, 2009, 16:23

Joined: December 24th, 2009, 12:50
Posts: 6
Location: United States

It was NTFS before and I used NTFS software.

How do I use a raw scan and how do I use Winhex

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