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Accidently quick format

Posted: 19 Sep 2012, 21:29
by DerInternet
Hello!
I accidently quick formatted a HD in Windows 7 with the "format fs=NTFS LABEL=”Windows 7” QUICK OVERRIDE” command.

the drive is now empty, is there any chance i can get hands on my files? i googled a lot but i cannot find any solutions

Re: Accidently quick format

Posted: 20 Sep 2012, 14:03
by DerInternet
i tried the photo recovery tool, it finds some data but with some cryptic names. i tried another tool by another producer and this tools finds the right filenames!?

Re: Accidently quick format

Posted: 30 Sep 2012, 10:10
by cgrenier
PhotoRec doesn't recover original filenames (except for FAT in expert mode), so if you need them, use the other tool.