Hey guys, i recently bought a 1TB HD and in the beginning i had some problems so i had to reformat the whole thing. problem is: i already copied some data on there that i'd like to get back (for example ME and 9D ). thats why i need a data recovery tool...dont want to dl this whole stuff again (and also there was LotR in HD which i wanted to watch :/)

so any ideas? im currently trying OnTrack EasyRecovery but it takes ages and i dont know if it works..if it does, i will tell you guys ^^

thx in advance

OnTrack work perfect, i used it alot of times.
Try SpinRite for repairing HD.

well i tried ontrack and it just shows me the files that are currently on there but no lost ones...whats the use of this program then?

You had data, then you formated the drive where the data was (not repartition it too, right?), then (as i read between the lines) you wrote other data on that newly formated drive and NOW you want to recover the data that was there before the format?
Redownload the games -Miep-. There is a very good chance that the files you seak (installfiles, right?) are partially or completly overwritten by now...
btw, to answer your question, try recuva (i use it sometimes and it's a good program but i don't know if it works for formated drives)...

well i gave up on the one where i wrote new things on, still i got the old one, where the data came from in my dads pc and he didnt do anything with this one...yet i have problems using ontrack (just showing me currently on the HD available files) and pc inspector file recovery (has problems recognizing my HD as logical HD so i cant search on them for files)

when i get back from work i'll try recuva and tell you again how it works out