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How to unformat hdd in Win 98?
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I have accidentally formatted a harddisk with Windows 98. There are 2 partition in the harddisk. One is FAT and the other is FAT32. All the data are gone.
Is there any chance I can unformat the harddrive to recover the data?
Thanks
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YH Chooi
Is there any chance I can unformat the harddrive to recover the data?
Thanks
Best Regards
YH Chooi
Not really. There are many data recovery tools available, most for a cost. See thread528-480106 for a free one. If your data is very important, you may want to hire a professional data recovery service. For the greatest chances of saving the data, don't write any more information to the drive.
Greatgazzoo
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There are two ways to recover from what you have described. The first is if you made a backup image of your information.
The second is very expensive....to send it to a professional restoral service center. This option only works if you have done nothing else to the drive after formating it.
The best is to always make backups of your data information. You can always reinstall software from the original disks but your data could be crucial and a good backup is essential.
The second is very expensive....to send it to a professional restoral service center. This option only works if you have done nothing else to the drive after formating it.
The best is to always make backups of your data information. You can always reinstall software from the original disks but your data could be crucial and a good backup is essential.
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