Window's Installer: Long Format

[bagosm]

I have done the long format option from the window's installer on a 60gb disk. Previously the disk was almost full, and after the format I only put winxp on it.

On the past, I have recovered data after a format, but i think it was not the long format that windows do! what are the differences of long and fast formats?

Anyone knows a way to recover the data? I have tried a few programs but none can find the data before the format!

Also note that i think the previous file system might have been fat32 instead of ntfs which is now the file system.

Thanks for any reply in advance and sorry for my english.

[GDH]

A Long Format is also called a Low Level Format. This format erases the partition and then writes 0's over the drive so that all data on the drive is destroyed.

A Fast Format just erases the partition information without writing over the data.

Exactly what command did you run to perform the format?

Have you tried using Recover My Files, www.recovermyfiles.com, to run a Complete Format Recover of the drive searching for the default selected file types?