Help with lost hardrive data?

Question

I recently had the blue screen of death evertime i started up, so my only option i could think of is to re-intall windows over the top, having done this(just about) i found all my data had dissapeared, my hardrive says it is nearly empty again but im sure the data is there somewhere as windows media player had a video on when i installed it that i remeber from before the re-install. Anyone help? add me on msn at [e-mail] if you could please

thanks

dave

Answer 1

When you did the install, you formatted the drive. This erases all the data on the computer unless you do not select the format option.

Your only option now would be to stop using the computer, the more you use it the less chance you can get your data back.

Then take it to a repair shop and have them run a data recovery on it.

Keep in mind this will run upwards of $150 so you have to decide if the data is worth that much to you or not.

Answer 2

You haven't mentioned your OS. There would be little to retrieve if you have reformatted your drive, especially the C, and done a complete and clean re-installation. However, if you have repaired the disk and overwritten the drive's contents, chances are that you can recover much of the data. You may try utilizing any of the downoads provided in the link below. ‘Restoration’ is yet another (free) software which is not immediately displayed in the list but you may find it after another search. So here's the link: http://www.download.com/3120-20_4-0.html?tg=dl-20&qt=data%20recovery&tag=srch