Good day, i have the same problem...I accidentally touch the molex connector on my Maxtor harddisk, damn, my pc hang. After re-boot, Oh my god, i keep on saying to myself, wtf and wts, all my data in my Maxtor harddisk gone..i can't even know what is the file format because the windows XP need me to initialize my harddisk and then need to format in order to use back the maxtor harddisk..I say to God, i dont care on my HK drama, i just want back my photo ( around 3.5GB ). I have become a mad man searching the internet looking for the solution and at last.....
Thank for this PINNED topic, i quickly get the ontrack EasyRecovery Pro v6.03 from internet (if you want to know how, please PM me, it is not good to publish the way to get the software). After download the USER GUIDE from Ontrack ( this is VERY IMPORTANT ), and read through, then i know what should i do.
I select RAW recovery. After letting the ontrack software scan on the maxtor harddisk, almost all the files recover (especially my photo). You just need to prepare an extra harddisk which is big enough for your data and files recovery in your old harddisk.
I would like to say thank you to Ontrack and Lowyat.net.

Now i am waiting for my files to be recover....Wish that all the lyn member discover the way to recover harddisk important files when WinXP can't recognize the File Format..

It take around 1hour and 20minutes to recover around 8.5GB of files..for the ontrack software..

Just a little bit sad because all my photo which over 2mb per photo can't recover perfectly, all my 8MP picture had been resize to 160 x 120. OMG, that is just i can say. Anyway the other type of file can be recover.
I am trying and searchin for the software which can recover photo in jpeg format ( the photo itself is over 2mb ).
Or does anyone know which software can do this perfectly??
Thank you and have a nice day.

Good day,
Finally i found the software that can meet my requirement and this software is really powerful.

Compare to the OnTrack EasyRecovery, the Stellar Phoenix FAT & NTFS is far more powerful than the OnTrack, but the User Interface is not attractive as the OnTrack.

After the comparison between the OnTrack and Stellar Phoenix, i will recommend the Stellar for more advance recover (like my photo-2mb case). As conclusion, both software perform well in normal recover task.
Thank you and have a nice day.

This post has been edited by cheenjeat008: Oct 18 2005, 05:17 AM

Good day,
with the stellar software, you can recover the formatted harddisk data.....

Good day,
In the case for the recover folder and file name, the ontrack will set their own file and folder name, while the Stellar software let you to have a glance view on the recover data with the previous folder and files name.....

I use the stellar software in the window base

On????k....

Good day,
Anyone know the way to recover the inside the SATA RAID??
Thank you and good day..

Good day to Lucifah...
Is good to hear that you have recover all your file with the powerful software..

Good day,
After you face the lost file problem, don't add any file to your hdd, because the new file might be stack on your old file, then you can't find your old file.
At the same time, dont defragment your hdd before you recover your file with any recovery software...
By the way, sorry for the late reply AnimeAsia, do you get a full version of S & P recovery software??
Thank you and all the best...

good day,
is the stellar and phoenix recovery software only...

First of all, when your hdd is in problem, Never repartition it into another format.
When you have install the windows XP or any other software back into old drive, it will overlap the old data and you will have lower change to recover your data.

Must find a spare hdd, install a fresh winXP, then install any recovery program.
You will have higher chances to recover your data.

It might cause by sudden electrical shock or unstable power supply....

Good day,
You can change the drive letter in WinXp wo....

Good day,
Just found the another well-comment software - Using R-Studio 3.6 to recover my 165gb of my data ... so far still running from few forumer...
You can try your luck....
all the best.