Can it recover this?

[the dude]

I am very close to buying this software, but I'm not sure whether or not it can get done what I want it to do. You see I formatted the wrong hard drive unknowingly and then re-installed Windows on to it. Now, I'm not sure whether this means that the 105 GB of other files on this drive are now lost forever because I installed something else after the format, or if Recover My Files can save these files. When I ran the demo it gave me absolutely no useful results. Basically it just gave me a list of the files that had been installed after the format. So please, someone tell me whether or not this program can get done what I want it to do.

[GDH]

Hi,

I have deleted your other threads and will answer your questions here.

If you formatted the wrong drive, and then installed Windows, you should still be albe to recover much of your data. The only that that is permanently erased is that which has been overwritten by the new installation of windows (ie. data that was on the first part of the disk).

The best search in this situation is a "Complete Format Recover". In the drive selection window, but a tick in the box next to the drive letter (eg. if you have formatted and reinstalled windows on the C: drive, then you need to search the C: drive). In the file selection window, search only for the default selected file types. Do not add any more file types into the search as they are not needed and you will slow the search down.

At the end of a "Complete Format Recover", Recover My Files will rebuild the old file system and display it in the results screen (including all files, not just the default selected). Click on the files in the results screen to preview their content.