Recover formatted Hard Drive 1

[tonybbj]

I stupidly changed the Operating System in my computer from Windows 98 to Windows XP Professional and formatted the HD with the NTFS file system. Of course I forgot to backup certain files which at the moment didn't seem important, but now I realize they are extremely important. Is there anything I can do to resolve my problem? Can I recover my Windows 98 files? Please help me ASAP as I need to access my lost files if possible.
Thanks, Tony

 

[ski]

This should help, and there's a free Demo that may also recover your files:

http://www.uneraser.com/

 

[tonybbj]

Thanks for the tip. I called the company that makes this software and they told me I can't do anything, because Windows XP erases the FAT tables and there's no way to recover my files. Thanks anyway.

 

[jurgen36]

Use "get data back" for Fat32, you should recover most may be all.
Good Luck

Jurgen

 

[tonybbj]

Jurgen
Can you please give more details about your post? How do I do that? Thanks.

 

[jurgen36]

I do believe they have a trial version to download. the full name is "Get Data Back" it comes for NTFS and another version for FAT. Just follow the instructions which come with it. I recovered data from a fat drive which had been formated for Linux, the original fat data could be recovered. Regards

Jurgen

 

[Arnold59]

Can anyone help me I am a new user to windows me when I try to load a CD I get message insert CD Help please

 

[wolluf]

Arnold59 - you should start your own thread.