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Hw to recover the data from my documents after installing another OS?

My laptop crashed a few days bfore wich had win xp. After dat i loaded win 7 in dat. I had few imp files in my documents wich hav vanished nw... IS dr ne way i can get doese files bk??? plz help.. I cant affod to loose dose files... :(

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  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago
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    You can often successfully recover deleted files from a PC, it all depends on what has happened since the files were deleted.

    When you delete files the data itself isn’t deleted, just the index entry that tells the system where the data for those files is located. The area containing the deleted data is also now marked as free space so it is available for any new files to be written there instead.

    If and when that happens, then it is too late to recover your deleted files so it is very, very important to not save any new files or data to the device concerned.

    One of the easiest ways to see if you can recover deleted files is to try some good file recovery software. One I used to use is asoftech recovery which you can download from site below

    http://www.asoftech.com/apr/

  • 1 decade ago

    When you install windows7 the new operating system while overwriting the old one will not delete it unless it is not having sufficient space. It will create a new folder named Old windows just search that folder you may get all required data, if not just do as above i am sure 100% data cannot be recovered because some of the files from your new operating system will be overwritten on the old files try it all the best.

  • ?
    Lv 4
    5 years ago

    there might want to nicely be a significant style of small information which have survived the set up, yet some more thing effective than 1mb is going to be stepped on. It does count number although, on occasion the overall public of the former gadget information were saved more effective removed from the hot one. it truly is continuously nicely worth a experiment, even with the very fact that i does no longer boot the gadget back. i might want to experiment the disk and forgo the DBAN, considering the fact that even with has been stepped on, is now lengthy gone, and uninstalling the linux will probable reason more effective archives loss.

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    Hello:

    No there is no way you can get them back. Once you reformat, all the files are gone for good. Next time you should back up the files. You can do so with a device known as an IDE/SATA to USB Adapter (google "BT-300 topmicrousa").

    Best of luck.

    Source(s): 10+ years of computer repair
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  • 1 decade ago

    If u repartitioned the HD Then it is not possible to recover the data. If u only formatted C drive while installing new OS it's easy to recover the data. U can find backup software on internet just google it..

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    Next time...you better ask for the advice before you go for the formatting of your computer! Anyway, there are a lot of recovery programs available...just google them...and note..some are trial, others are free!! there are so many...

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    www.whitecanyon.com

    both wipedrive and recovery programs available..

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