ok, I messed up and formated a drive that i had reserved for data. DOH

I am running win XP Pro. I didn't realize that I had done it until it was
done. I am hopeing someone can let me know if there is a way to 'unformat"
and restore the data.

It will cost you big bucks.

There are such companies listed in "PC Magazine" and "Computer Shopper" that
can recover data - but for a fee.

"Tigger1960" <Tigger1960@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:BAADE63F-0AFA-47DA-A5CD-23532C23A326@microsoft.com...

There is a good chance you can recover a lot, possibly all, of the data
with a program like Active@ File Recovery
http://www.file-recovery.net/features.htm

There are other similar utilities around also, including a few free ones,
but I have found this one to be a particularly good value.
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"Tigger1960" <Tigger1960@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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Hi,
Download and use at your own discretion and risk. I offer no promises or
guarantees. The source is an advertisement in a newsletter from a reliable
newsletter group: office-watch.com.
Dot

FreeUndelete, a completely free file undelete/unerase utility. Supports
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HTH


"Tigger1960" wrote:

Hi,

I'm pretty sure it will be possible for you to restore data using data
recovery tool scuh as Active@ Undelete or Uneraser(DOS). These are
really mighty utils that never failed me before. They also never
corrupted resotred info so I bet they will help you.

http://www.active-undelete.com/

http://www.uneraser.com/