Free File recover software: does such an animal exist?

[cozmo_d]

Hi a friend of mine lost a secondary drive after formatting c: (instead of master slave he had them set to auto select)

so now the drive is not readable by the new install of xp for whatever reason... and maybe thats not the reason... either way I found him some trial software that will allow him to see his files and transfer them to an alternate storage... but he cant afford 60 bucs so.......

is there any freeware file recovery software available that anyone here knows about for ntfs/fat/16/32

please and thanks!

 

[MattNo5ss]

PhotoRec has worked well for me in the past when I had to recover pictures. However, it doesn't just recognize image file types, it recognizes a huge list of different file types.

 

[cozmo_d]

thx

 

[redduc900]

He probably just needs to take ownership of the files and folders on the drive...

How to take ownership of a file or folder in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=308421

 

[cozmo_d]

no access to drive can see the drive but not the files on it. hes going to try photorec thanks again

 

[DavidJa]

you can try recuva i've used it before to recover something i accidentally deleted.

 

[Janus67]

can also try testdisk, I've used it to recover data fro friends/coworkers.

 

[digiw0rx]

you can try recuva i've used it before to recover something i accidentally deleted.

QFT, I've used recuva numerous times to get back files.

 

[synthetic_fenix]

can also try testdisk, I've used it to recover data fro friends/coworkers.

I believe photorec and testdisk are the same thing. But testdisk was going to be my suggestion too, it has saved me and friends of mine on more than one occasion.