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Data Recovery Software

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bigron Original post #1
Oct 19, 2008 at 12:16 AM
I ve a 160gb external hard disk which crashed.I reformatted the disk and now want to recover my data.Which the best data recovery software available.Thanks all.
ravi_9793
Oct 19, 2008 at 9:31 AM
This may help you.
Recover your data from crashed hard disk
C
Oct 19, 2008 at 10:48 AM
First of all, DON'T write any data to your HDD. Connect this HDD to another computer. Use PC Inspector File Recovery (free) to recover data. And save your data to the other HDD. And after you've recovered all that you can, you can move this data to your hard disk. If you've used quick format and haven't written any data to the disk after formatting, you should be able to get most of the files back.
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bigron #4
Oct 19, 2008 at 11:51 AM
Thanks ravi for the link i am using it now.Beta testing i mainly want to recover old media files like pictures and some celebration/occasion movies that we made.Rest even if i cant recover is not important.I dont mind buying a data recovery software but would like to know which is the best for recovering media files.Thanks again
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Oct 19, 2008 at 7:16 PM
Thanks ravi for the link i am using it now.Beta testing i mainly want to recover old media files like pictures and some celebration/occasion movies that we made.Rest even if i cant recover is not important.I dont mind buying a data recovery software but would like to know which is the best for recovering media files.Thanks again

PC Inspector File Recovery will be enough for you needs I think. There's no need to invest extra in software for that purpose. And don't forget, don't write anything to that HDD.
But if you do need paid software, you can buy & use Stellar data recovery software
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bigron #6
Oct 19, 2008 at 10:54 PM
Thank you everyone for your valuable inputs.Will do the needful and hopefully things should work it..
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Nov 10, 2008 at 2:49 PM
Your hard disk is crashed due to logical problem that’s why you need now Data Recovery Software to recover your lost data. I used Stellar Phoenix Windows Data Recovery when my data was lost due to power failure. Just try demo version first from here : *www.stellarinfo.com/partition-recovery.htm it will show you that how much of your data is recoverable if you are satisfied then purchase full version.
Zangetsu
Nov 10, 2008 at 2:52 PM
+1 for PC Inspector Data Recovery :D
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Jan 1, 2009 at 12:24 PM
Hello,
Try Kernel for Windows, best recovery software to recover data from corrupt and formatted hard drives. Once i formatted my drive, i wanted to get back data immediately. One of my friend suggest this tool. I recovered 100% data from my formatted hard drive..

Good Luck!