Recover PTE Files From Formated Harddrive

[TBW Robertson]

Any Forum User

Do you have any suggestions on a recovery program that can recover "pictures to exe" files from formated hard drive without losing any of the text within the file.

PC harddrive was reformated without saving PTE file

I have tried three different pieces of recovery software and get either poor quality, illegable writing or chinese type text.

Have you got any advise

best regards

Tom

[Gilio]

Tom, look at http://www.piriform.com Recuva info!!!!!

[davegee]

Tom,

Are you talking about your PTE registration / serial number?

If so : http://www.wnsoft.com/support/

DG

[Conflow]

Tom,

Whether you can recover Files partially or not at all depends on the type of 'ReFormat' which was executed,viz:-

1)

Partial 'Reformat' is executed when the 'Operating-System' becomes defective and in this circumstance the original

OP/System is simply 'over-written' with a new copy of itself. There are problems however because you have to install

all the "Microsoft Priority-Updates" including .Net-Framework 1,2,3, and 4 so as to bring the last known functionalities

up to date prior to the date of the 'reformat'. This is called Microsoft-OP/System-repair and usually your M/S Programs

are left mostly intact, but you will have to selectively re-load others.

2)

Full-Reformat ~ Directly from your "PC-System-Operation-Disc" ~ In this circumstance you will not be able to recover

anything except residual 'junk' because major-sections of your HD are wiped completely after 'Scan-Disc' has checked

your HD for bad sectors. Having done that it firstly rewrites the System-Bias-Files and then loads the 'basic-version' of

your Operating-System and after this you have to download all the "Microsoft Priority-Updates" including .Net-Framework

as in (1) above plus all Programs not incorporated within the OP/System-Disc.

3)

There is another Hardware-Alternative whereby you purchase a "HD-Disc Reader" approx $60. You remove your HD from

your PC and insert it into the Disc-Reader. The 'Reader' will fire up your HD and you will be able to copy up to 90% of your

Files to another PC or Laptop ~ however some Files will not be 'copied-across' due to permanent damage to these.

Hope this helps...

Brian.(Conflow)

Edited 10-10-12

Item (3) above will not work once you have performed a 'Full-Reformat'.