Files lost wanna recover...Any suggestion

[sakshamkatyal]

HI friends...Becoz of some problem i had to install windows xp afresh..I deleted the old windows & with it the whole of data..It was rally foolhardy on my part to not save one of my personal folders..Now i am using new XP..THis is on the same drive I just wanna ask u people whether there is any solution as to recover my lost documents..Will i be able to recover the pics & some office files? It looks quite tidious task to recover from an old operating system but just to know from you my friends whether it is possible or not..Experts plz spare few seconds for my problem..
Regards
Saksham

[akshay81]

@saksham

Ur chances of recovery r v.little. Try PC Recovery or Recover4all or R-studio. Try dem all n c if dey can spot ur old files.

Til u use ne of d above tools, one more precaution u need to take is to use d drive to lowest poss. level coz more new data u put, ur old data wil get erased thoroughly n chances of recovery wil go down.

In future to avoid dis, keep ur docs/pics/files on diff. partition n OS on diff. partition.

PS: Wht do u use - FAT or NTFS?

[sakshamkatyal]

I am using FAT bro...What are the chances dear?

[akshay81]

Chk dis prog... Doubt if u wil b able to recovr ur data..

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