can i do it with winhex? if so how? i dont know how to use the software yet havent had time. are there any tutorials on how to use winhex to recover files?
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February 27, 2010 at 6:36 pm
Depends on how the disk was formatted. A full wipe will overwrite the drive with random data (probably zeroes) in multiple passes, and make it near impossible to do.
A typical (quick) NTFS/XFS/EXT2FS format will just replace the filesystem journal, which is basically an index of everything on the drive. You can recover files using hex editors, but this is a fairly advanced process. Professional services can probably recover it for a fee, but you have to ask yourself if the data is worth being recovered.