Recover Data Files, Unerase Files

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1. 
   mshearer

   Hey there,
   Every time windows saves something, it also encrypts another copy in the hard drive (this is why if you create a 2MB document and delete it, you wont get 2mb space back).
   I would take your computer to a PC repair shop and see if they have the facility to decrypt the hard drive and recover the data. This is how organisations such as the Police recover supposedly deleted data to use as evidence.

   September 20, 2009 9:18 pm | #1
2. 
   PixelRai

   More than likely you have waited too long, but, you could try DirectorySnoop.
   I use this quite a bit for cleaning old files out of the computer, but, the software can also recover deleted files from the hard drive.http://www.briggsoft.com/dsnoop.htm
   Download
   You get 25 fully operational on the trial
   Run the software
   When running, select your hard drive, usually C
   then select the “Del” column
   All the files that have been deleted are in red.

   September 20, 2009 9:45 pm | #2
3. 
   Belhaven

   Yes you can but it depends of what kind of file it is,because there is a software called data recovery or software that can recover the file as long as you did not format it. But it depend of what kind of file it is jpeg doc html can recover almost 100%. but if was been formated very slim of probability almost 20% chances or never.

   September 20, 2009 9:55 pm | #3
4. 
   salvador p

   There are utilities that can scan your disk for lost files, but the chances of recovering something after using the disk for months is pretty slim.
   Check some of these out if you are interested:http://www.google.com/search?q=free+file…
   And just to warn you, any utility that is made for finding lost files will take many hours to do a scan, then long amounts of time trying to actually recover the files. And it also needs a separate disk to write the recovered files to.
   Plan on spending a whole weekend doing this if you decide to (Most of the time will be waiting for the scans to get done)

   September 20, 2009 10:06 pm | #4
5. 
   SunMi

   I would very much doubt it. Your data may not have been instantly over-written, but the more you used the drive the more often the data would have been altered, and the space re-used. After 2months of writes, there won’t be anything.

   September 20, 2009 10:10 pm | #5
6. 
   Shwaa

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   September 20, 2009 10:57 pm | #6
7. 
   bob taskbar

   not much if you have been using your computer you might look how far back your restore points go back

   September 20, 2009 11:33 pm | #7
8. 
   David R

   I doubt it after that long of using the drive. How much is it worth to you? Just had a small drive (50 gb) recovered ($1300)

   September 21, 2009 12:17 am | #8
9. 
   Psychic Computer Repair

   if you want to pay $400-500 for data recovery, and only MAYBE!!!

   September 21, 2009 1:02 am | #9
10. 
    MattD

    no chance m8

    September 21, 2009 1:53 am | #10
11. 
    gary p

    ouch… too bad, it is all lost. i feel for you =(

    September 21, 2009 2:20 am | #11