I wiped my hard drive to factory condition, but I need a file I deleted!?

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So my computer became very unresponsive and unco-operative with me recently so I had wiped the computer.  The only problem is that there was a very important file to me, and I did not have it saved on a USB.  I've tried recovering it using Recuva but it doesn't seem to find it.  I don't care about anything else that was on my computer.  There was just one Wordpad document that I had saved on my Desktop.  If anybody can help me restore the file on my computer, I will be very grateful and give them best answer!  It is a Toshiba laptop

Richard James · Accepted Answer

Never had a problem with Recuva. Even managed to recover overwritten files from a reformatted drive with a clean install of windows onto it.

Did you set the options properly?

Recuva. Options> Tick everything.

Scan then set filter to .rtf

? · Answer

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Tdao · Answer

I have had excellent results with ddrescue.  You might give it a try if the file is really important.  Link below.

Charlie Kelly · Answer

That's unfortunate for you.

I wiped my hard drive to factory condition, but I need a file I deleted!?

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