HELLPP!! Ive formatted me c: drive before realising about a tiny XLS file (spreadsheet) and i urgently need it recovered. ive installed 7GB of stuff after the format, i doubt it will be recoverable but any help will be greatfully appreachated. i dont want to unformat, merely recover a file that was formatted. thanks
Chances are, you've written over that section of the HDD already, especially since the filesystem has ben reformatted since the data was originally deleted. Deletion is one thing, being formatted over is another. If it was within your technical ability to recover the file, I'm most certain that in the time it took to recover the file, you could have re-written it many times over again. There are professional recovery services which could most likely recover your data with special tools & expertise, but the price tag would be in the 4-5 digit range. So, in short, "Ooops, should have made a backup." Sorry.
Dude its a long shot, but try this program, i used it to recover things after a format. Although you may have overwritten it by now, its still worth a try. The trial version lets you recover files smaller than 64 kb. if its an excel file you might be able to. here's the link. R-Studio Edit: I formatted my PC thinking i had no files in the "my documents" folder....and turns out i formatted away my Senior Thesis..needed that to graduate College- this program recovered the file.
i tried that program and searched for all XLS files..... ill say no more wotever doesnt kill me makes me stronger, lesson learnt thanks guys
Sorry man, I wish beretta9m2f's solution would have worked for you. But Because of the way NTFS formats, I figured it wouldn't be a trivial recovery.
