Topic: software suggestion needed.

[Casper]

i Have a friend (yes i do) who made a very big mistake. formated a floppy disk with 13 documents on there (part of her Degree) so anyone know of software to get this info back? all i need is a name of the software, i know its expensive stuff, but i need a name. anyone of my PC Pals know?

[Sandra]

I wish I knew of some Casper but I am more expert at losing stuff than recovering it  :'(

[bat69]

Doesn't Norton Utilities have an Unformat utility?

[Simon]

Norton Utils has an Undelete facility, but not sure about unformatting.   :-";"xx

[Sandra]

Hi Casper ,I have it on good authority that if your friend has only done a quick format then the following should do it :
             Diskedit ( a DOS program )
             Spinrite  ( one of a kind ? )
             Disk Rescue ( windows used to be free
                           but its a pay for now   )


Hope this helps  8)

Ps Check your E mail  

[Sandra]

I have just found out that those programs will even recover data after a full format as long as they have not been overwritten with new data  
I thought at first I had found a way to get a 20gig floppy as I could have kept adding stuff then formatting and adding more then just use those progs to recover it  

[Casper]

well thank you all i shall try both the methods sujested on my own test disk first thx i have nortan ling round here i think, can anyone tell me a unformating  solution with out the frills?? or shall i get a saint to devise one?? lol

have you been sending me kinky emails again? ill have a look now  

[Adept]

or shall i get a saint to devise one?? lol

have you been sending me kinky emails again? ill have a look now  

That is a scurrulous slur Casper. I've never sent you a kinky email in my life!  

[Casper]

lol soz Adept, i ment that to sandra, who has sent me a few mails with some helpfull programs... (thanks)

however helpfull sandra has been i did have the full story, i just phoned this ladies boyfriend a close friend of mine. and its not a floppy is a hard drive, my mistake so anyone have an idea.

same problem bigger scale...

nevermind the program sandra mailed me works, thanks sandra  

[Sandra]

Casper I didnt send you any programs  
Just some instructions  

[Sandra]

Casper ,any chance you could post which program you used and what you did to help any others who may have similar problems in the future,( Like me maybe )  

[Casper]

yeah let me write it down step by step and i'll put it on a link or something.

thanks again for the instructions. (soz i ment to put instructions not programs silly me)

[Sandra]

That will be great Casper thanks