Can I recover data from a reformatted HD? - Computers & Internet

Once the drive is formatted the data on that drive is inaccessible.

The file database on the hard drive is probably corrupted. (Formatting would have wiped out the database completely.)You would need to find a compatible disc utility to repair the database. If the computer to which you connect the drive is able to write to the drive, its disk utility program will probably work.

You can probably identify the file system on the hard drive by getting volume info (part of "Properties") in a file browser window. For more information on file system compatibility, see the article linked below.
What File System Should Use for My USB Drive

after a format all files will be removed if you want or need to recover certain files or pictures

there are many freeware data recovery programs available on the web

http://www.download.com/data-recovery/3000-2094_4-10664893.html?tag=api

http://download.cnet.com/easeus-partition-recovery/3000-2248_4-75279786.html

http://download.cnet.com/easeus-deleted-file-recovery/3000-2248_4-10867160.html
hope it helps

You will have to take the drive off, put it on an external hdd enclosure with a usb connection, connect it to a working computer, scan it for viruses and spyware, copy all of your data to another device (i.e. hdd, flashdisk, cd, etc). Then, reinstall the hd back on to the original computer and turn it on. If it works it you've solved your problem. If it doesn't then reformat your hdd, reinstall your operating system, programs, and data.
Time consuming? yes but it works.

The drive may have encountered a safe power off problem. There are several things to try. In My Computer, click on Tools/Map Network Drive and see if you're able to assign the external drive a new letter. If successful, you should be all set, if not the drive may need to be reformatted. Prior to reformatting, you can recover your data. Click on the link below:
Date Recovery this link is a freeware program that is designed to recover lost data or data not recognized by your computer. Once installed, you should see the external drive and be able to recover the data. Once all the data is recovered, you are free to reformat the drive to make it recognizable by your machine again. Best of luck.
Greg

When the Digital Wave Player application copies the files to yourcomputer, the default location is under My Documents>Digital WavePlayer>Message. There, you will see FolderA, FolderB, etc. +Recording & Schedule folders.

If the files are not there, use a file recovery application, such as PhotoRec to recover the deleted files.

my Buffalo external hard disc can be detected by laptop, but my access is denied. When i click on the hard disc icon, it popped out a message box prompting me to reformat my hard disc. Is there any other way to retrieve my files before reformat or
is there any other way to recover my files after reformat?
Is there any other way to troubleshoot my hard disc other than reformatting it?
Please help me, I am desperate to recover all my files because they are too important/precious to lose it.

Yes you can still recover it using a data recovery software , you can check this link for those type of data recovery software http://www.recovermyfiles.com/

Hope that helps..........

sadly when you say reformatting, you cant recover those data. but if you do it on a pc with a card reader/writer and a recvery software, this might work.

Get Hiren's Boot CD. It has many utilities which includes data recovery, low level format and hard disk partitioning.