RE: [OT] Disk recovery after stupid action

[Paul Gale <groups2@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

If it simply did a re-install and no format, your user data should
still be there - have you done a search in the most likely places? Are
there any folders on the install drive that would have been there before
the re-install at all?

If not and the folder structure looks virgin and barren, it may well have
done a format (but it would have alerted you to this during the install).

If it has re-formatted, Vista file will have likely been written over the
top of many old files. You may be able to recover something using one (or
several) of the file recovery tools out there - can take a while to search
though.

Paul.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: ukha_d@xxxxxxx [mailto:ukha_d@xxxxxxx] On Behalf
> Of David Guest
> Sent: 19 August 2009 14:20
> To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> Subject: [ukha_d] [OT] Disk recovery after stupid action
>
> I know it's been discussed before but wondered if there was a good
> program for the following.
>
> Had problems with my Vista install on an HP laptop and couldn't get
the
> windows recovery to run
> So stupidly did a reinstall of Vista which has now given me a nice
> clean
> laptop but no data. Hindsight is wonderful! but is there anyway I can
> recover anything on the disk.
> Apart from the install I haven't done anything else :( (It didn't even
> seem to do a reformat)
>
> Any help gratefully appreciated.
>
> David
>
>
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