Best ways to recover partition after quick format?

energydream2007

energydream2007

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Hey all
I really need you help here - the thing is iv accidentally performed a quick format on an WD Green 2TB drive with XP pro installation. what i want is to recover the whole complete partition as it was (1 ntfs partition was on the disk) include names/structure and all.
i dont have a 2TB space to image the disk, so all the recovery tools should be nondestructive, however i do have 2TB free to recovering to.

Just to be clear the disk didnt have an os on it, it wasnt the primary,but a storage

what do you suggest? plz dont hesitate to suggest anything.
 

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kado897 said:
Hi energydream2007 and welcome to Seven Forums. You could try Partition Wizard. It has a partition recovery function.Free download Magic Partition Manager Software, partition magic alternative, free partition magic, partition magic Windows 7 and server partition software - Partition Wizard Online
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Ya il try that tnx, i wish the disk was smaller - scanning 2tb taking forever with every tool

Maguscreed said:
..and here's the alternative, it's what I use personally.
Quick format recovery - Recover data from quick formatted disk

I have the paid version though, I'm not clear on whether it's possible with the free one.
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tnx for suggestion - i tried it but it crashed at some point.
i really need to recover the partition with all structure and files names and most tools cant do that or not good enough. always trying to know if there is better tools
 

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Microsoft Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit 7601 Multiprocessor Free Service Pack 1
CPU
Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-2600K CPU @ 3.40GHz
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ASUSTeK Computer INC. P8Z68 DELUXE/GEN3
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8.00 GB
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NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460
Sound Card
(1) Realtek High Definition Audio (2) ManyCam Virtual Micr
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Dell U2311H
Screen Resolution
1920 x 1080 x 32 bits (4294967296 colors) @ 60 Hz
Hard Drives
(1) ATA OCZ-VERTEX2 SCSI Disk Device (2) ATA WDC WD20EARS-00M SCSI Disk Device (3) ATA WDC WD20EARS-00M SCSI Disk Device (4) WD Ext HDD 1021 USB Device
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Well with a quick format specifically all you've done is wiped the root of the file table. All the data is still there completely uncorrupted. Rebuilding the file table is a lot of work though.
 

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Intel i7 2600k
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Asrock z68 extreme 4 gen 3
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G.skill Ripjaw 16gigs @ 1866
Graphics Card(s)
Nvidia gtx580 (evga)
Sound Card
Integrated HD audio + hdmi
Monitor(s) Displays
24" ASUS widescreen + 42" insignia
Screen Resolution
1080p (1920x1080)
Hard Drives
128 Samsung 830
256 Samsung 840
3 x 1tb storage drive (various)
1 western digital 1tb (eSATA)
1 Seagate 1tb (eSATA)
PSU
1 kilowatt SLI/Crossfire rated Silverstone modular
Case
NZXT Phantom + additional 220 fan
Cooling
Zalmann
Keyboard
Microsoft wireless 3000 (v2)
Mouse
MS - wireless 5000 (bluetrack)
Internet Speed
depends on if you ask me or my provider.
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The above information is provided as is, and the author assumes no responsibility for issues it may cause with your sanity or fanboyism.
Partition Wizard should do it for you. I have recovered a quick format in just a few minutes.
 

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Hewlett-Packard/G62-107SA Notebook
OS
Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit Service Pack 1
CPU
Intel(R) Core(TM) i3 CPU M 330 @ 2.13GHz
Motherboard
Hewlett-Packard 1425
Memory
8 GB DDR3
Graphics Card(s)
Intel(R) HD Graphics
Sound Card
Realtek High Definition Audio
Monitor(s) Displays
Builtin
Screen Resolution
1366 x 768 x 32 bits (4294967296 colors) @ 60 Hz
Hard Drives
250 GB SATA Hard Disk Drive 7200 rpm
2TB Seagate GoFlex USB 2 Drive
1TB Iomega Prestige USB 2 Drive
1.5TB Iomega Prestige USB 2 Drive (Samsung)
2TB WD MyBook Live NAS.
Mouse
Logitech Anywhere MX
Internet Speed
152 Mbs download 10 Mbs upload
Antivirus
Norton 360
Browser
Chrome
Deleted partition recover help !!!

Hello Guru guys I'm new here and have come to this spot after searching .
My issue is close to the above mention.
What happened was I got a terrible virus that locked my computer so my only option at the time was to install a fresh copy and upgrade I went from win 7 home x64 to ultra x64. As I installed the fresh copy I chose to delete the old partition because of the virus not remembering all the stuff I had on there that I still needed data/doc/pics and so on when I was done everything was in working order and fresh.my second issues was when I bought my new iPhone the SIM card is different so all my contact and everything was lost for the last year because my back up was on my old system. I have been using stellar phoenix data restore pro and it finds the old system with everything on it.
The hard drive is on 250 gb on a acer aspire 5532 I think the old system may have been using around half of the space or even 150 gb tops.
When I go to recover the system it takes very long just to do 1g more like 15 hr just for that which is so time consuming I'm just worried maybe I'm going to fry my hard drive.
I have a 3 TB external hard drive I installed phoenix on and will recover info on that.
please let me know if there's any other way to get the deleted partition back I've also tried using other software but they do not find anything most say no unallocated found don't even no what that means lol but again I would be deeply greatfull if anybody can help also I've done another scan with phoenix its all come up again finds it everytime I'm just holding off before recovering because it looks like it would take a month or 2
THANK YOU in advance for your help
 
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