I would like to know the answer to this too please.

your files are fucked

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If you performed a simple format (most common), than this should work, however if you performed a low level format those files are lost forever.

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if you format a drive, whatever was on it, is no more.
always save what u want to keep, then format.
no software can recover anything from a formatted drive.

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Originally posted by washout if you format a drive, whatever was on it, is no more. always save what u want to keep, then format. no software can recover anything from a formatted drive.

Cops will tell you otherwise, lol.

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Washout lies . A file is a sequence of bytes. While a full format will 'delete' every byte on the hd, a quick format just marks the first byte of every file as 'available'. The OS will then interpret those locations as empty, overwriting 'garbage' data if needed. Thus, if you need to recover lost data, do not write to that hard drive (meaning no saving files, no browsing the web, no reinstalling the OS, etc). Instead, boot off another hard drive, connect the formatted one, and use one of the many recovery tools to get the data.

Don't know if I'm too late, though. Try it anyways .


ps: i might have been wrong on some of the technical mumbojumbo.

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Originally posted by silene Washout lies . A file is a sequence of bytes. While a full format will 'delete' every byte on the hd, a quick format just marks the first byte of every file as 'available'. The OS will then interpret those locations as empty, overwriting 'garbage' data if needed. Thus, if you need to recover lost data, do not write to that hard drive (meaning no saving files, no browsing the web, no reinstalling the OS, etc). Instead, boot off another hard drive, connect the formatted one, and use one of the many recovery tools to get the data. Don't know if I'm too late, though. Try it anyways . ps: i might have been wrong on some of the technical mumbojumbo.

haha totally wrong. a quick format deletes the MFT (Master File Table) and the FAT (File Allocation Table). a full format, not to be confused with a low level format, deletes the data. the low leve format actually removes the whole structure of the platters and re magnetises the platters. this can fix damaged sectors.

washout: data can be recovered after up to 7 reformats.

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thanks guys, some helpful replies in this thread lol

so what is meant by a low level format? i thought formatting only removes the file structure but not the files itself?

ive read somewhere else that the only way to remove data permenantly would be to 'shred' it, this would require a program to write random data to them sectors, however this would decrease disk life and take ages to complete lol

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Originally posted by KilldaDJ thanks guys, some helpful replies in this thread lol so what is meant by a low level format? i thought formatting only removes the file structure but not the files itself? ive read somewhere else that the only way to remove data permenantly would be to 'shred' it, this would require a program to write random data to them sectors, however this would decrease disk life and take ages to complete lol

here is the difference between high level format and low level format

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After low-level formatting is complete, we have a disk with tracks and sectors--but nothing written on them. High-level formatting is the process of writing the file system structures on the disk that let the disk be used for storing programs and data. If you are using DOS, for example, the DOS FORMAT command performs this work, writing such structures as the master boot record and file allocation tables to the disk. High-level formatting is done after the hard disk has been partitioned, even if only one partition is to be used. See here for a full description of DOS structures, also used for Windows 3.x and Windows 9x systems.

also your correct in the shred process but it doesnt take THAT long. a few hours. no more than 1 full day.

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Originally posted by bas Undies with a dickhole aren't good for guys. Your balls can get caught in them. That's why I prefer to go over the gate instead of through the fence.