Which soft the best to unformat HD
 

Hi mates :)

A friend of mine format his HD. He format the wrong one !!!
Which software can I use to get the partition back to what it was before.

No new data has been written to the HD only pure format.

I am not a pro in that domain

ps.: I dont want to start a debate :) just have some idea to what is good to do that

thanks a lot

theGate

You can try testdisk but don't think it works for format, only for deleted/corrupted partitions.
If nothing was overwritten, getdataback or any other data recovery software should work just fine to recover the files.

You can try R-Tools R-studio.. But if you used the complete option, you have almost no chance to recover the partition.. With this tool i recovered 3 lost partitions of an 1TB WD.
It takes time, because use the complete scan to every cluster..

My first recommendation is R-Studio.

My second recommendation is DiskGenius which is Chinese only, the English version might be PartitionGuru.

If it were a quick format,you may get lucky but since windows 7,full format option=no hope.

R-Studio and testdisk are good,try them..good luck.

Check this one
http://www.rlslog.net/active-unformat-professional-v4-0-7-2-p2p/

Never tested it, just saw it in my daily RSS reading :)

http://avxhome.in/software/Active_Unformat_Professional_4.0.7.2.html
http://nitroflare.com/view/1CFA8EA8C7F5E4A/Active.Unformat.Professional.4.0.7.2.rar


http://avxhome.in/software/Coolmuster_Data_Recovery_2.1.10.html
http://nitroflare.com/view/00B9B03E2FE59EE/Coolmuster.Data.Recovery.2.1.10.rar

http://avxsearch.in/search?q=data+recovery&a=&exact=0&c=10&l=any&sort_by=date_desc

If you are quick, Active@UNFORMAT v.4.0.7 is a giveaway on bitsdujour today 28 January 2016. Haven't had a chance to test it but other tools from that developer have worked for me where similar tools failed.

to gain the best result, you need to try different software, IMHO,

I tried Getdataback product and find it satisfying for me, try it

For recovering all your files R-Studio is the best solution.
I have experienced a blackout (no ups) when I tried to convert partitions (FAT to NTFS) and R-Studio solved this issue. It was the solution for accidentally partition format, too.

You can also check with Ontrack Easy Recovery.

FinalData may be your choice.
 

FinalData may be your choice.

One good software that same me several times is Recover4All.

R-Studio is very good too!

ZAR X is my best choice: .
tested by myself, you can restore data from HDD asking for format without formatting it.

Let us know what helped you to recover it.

Well slow, slower, Exetools

So let me also know, what helped you.
Best chance is buying a new HD, but I have so much problems to get here, there's no time for jokes, so pardon me. ;)

maybe try TestDisk ,all platform

Personally i used & tested most available software, and the result is case by case
It's not a mater of best soft
It's a mater of how many damage was done after the format
If it's format only or deleted Partition without new OS install you can recover 99.99%.

You may try DMDE (DM Disk Editor and Data Recovery Software). It helped me in situation.

Can we just connect the disk to another PC and do a data recovery?
I used to have EaseUS Partition Recovery for deleted data, never have the formatted one. But for hard damage, they recommends EaseUS Data Recovery Wizard.

My personal experience try
"R-Studio" and "File Scavenger"
Also "Active @partition recovery" highly recommend in your case ;)

BR

What Rebirth said.

Important thing is you pull the disk immediately and start running a recovery. Even free software will do a decent job of getting data back, there isn't one application that can be pointed as as the 'best'