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by ironspider 1 view

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Recently my SO sent a laptop into Toshiba and they reformatted the entire HDD w/o permission or notification.

So my question is, Does anyone know of any programs or devices that'll recover the data? (obviously the FEDs have something, but I doubt they'll let me borrow it)

P.S. It's my SO's computer and she didnt back it up and obviously she should've. So there, we're all stupid/moronic/idiotic/jacka$$e$/retards/newbs/etc for not backing it up. Now that I've called her and I plenty of names for not backing up, maybe we can skip that part and find a solution. :)

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by hal 9000

http://preview.tinyurl.com/n5gqk

With all the time that you are going to waste you will probably be better off buying a new HDD and cloning that from the existing HDD then fitting it to the NB and taking the NB's HDD and fitting it to a USB Caddy.

Then install the X Ways product to the NB and save all the recovered files to the NB's HDD so you do not overwrite any more files.

Performing a new image is always the first thing that any NB company does to just prove that there is a Hardware problem and not a software problem. The number of times that a supposedly faulty NB can be made good by returning it to [b]As New Software Load[/b] is beyond belief so that is why it's done.

When I have to return NB's that have important data on them I send them in with a blank new HDD fitted. It saves a lot of problems and makes it easy to be sure that you not only have any data saved but also any Encryption Keys always available when needed. :D

If you don't already have Forensic Software it's quite often far cheaper to send the job way to a Data Recovery House as they will get it done quicker and have better software to do the job.

Col

by langlier

is intuits Easy Recovery Professional

http://www.ontrack.com/easyrecoveryprofessional/

Col makes some good recommendations I just prefer different software. Most likely you'll find that unless the data you lost is very valuable indeed that you are getting into a rather expensive venture (new HD, software, USB adapter or forensic recovery all cost a pretty penny)

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