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Old 02-05-2009, 02:35 AM
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Hello,

I formatted my HDD and installed Windows, but when I saw that I formatted a wrong harddisk, i deleted all files from hard disk by Shift Delete. I thought maybe it will help to recover files easyer, but now, I can recover all windows files that I installed but not old files before formatted HDD. I can see all documents all pictures files. I recover them, it says that files were recovered, but when I try to open these files, it says that file is corrupted...

How can I delete all files that I deleted after installing windows, I mean all files and folders like Windows, Program files, and documents and settings. I dont want to see these files, I want to recover my old files before formating hard drive..

Thanks....
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Old 02-05-2009, 03:55 PM
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Hi,

There is a table at the start of your disk called the Master File Table. It is like a spreadsheet index tracking the location of all your files on the disk.

Because of what you have done, you have most likely permanently destroyed the old MFT. It is very unlikely that you can recover the original file and folder structure on this disk.

Your only option is to run a Complete File Search on the drive letter. Part of this search will look at the deleted area of the drive and search for the header and the footer of the file types that you specifically selected. Any files which have not been overwritten will be found, but the files will have names like "Recovered_JPEG_1" etc. You will be able to click on the files found in File Type View as the search is in progress, and preview their content.

This type of search is good for finding photos and documents, but it is not good for recovering installed programs - you are better off installing these from scratch.

I hope this helps.
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Old 02-05-2009, 04:51 PM
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So, I cannot delete permanently deleted Windows, program files and documents and settings folders from Master File Table ?


bad luck
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