Comments on Data Recovery With TestDisk

I can't possibly thank you enough for this!

I was exrtremely frustrated when my drive decided to go from an 60 gig NTFS HD to FAT12 10 mb HD just because I used the "fixboot" and "fixmbr" command after running "chkdsk /p /r" when my HD failed to boot in any mode due to an "agp440.sys" error.

I have spent 10 days - after my drive failed - looking for information on how to restore it to no avail! I have used over 10 data recovery softwares; GetBackData, EASEUS, PC File recovery, Acronis, to name a few, and they all failed to restore 1 kb!

I even resorted to deep-freezing my HD in the freezer for up to 24 hours and no software was able to recover any data off it. EASEUS spent 13 hours and recovered nothing! I was livid and came close to taken a hammer to the failed HD today and destroy it out of frustration, after I almost gave up and surrender to the fact I lost valuable data forever.

Then I found your page; I tried "testdesk" before but I could not find any detailed instructions on how to use it - in the way you have explained it on this page!

I re-freezed the HD for 2 hours, followed your instructions for "testdesk", and I was able to fix the corrupt table partition and reverse the damage (FAT12 back to NTFS) in 10 minutes and I'm now copying my data off it to another HD.

Thank you, thank you, thank you. I'm grateful!

Testdisk rules.

Testdisk rocks !!!! I was faced with a ATA disk, previously fully formatted in NTFS. It has been repartitioned several times and formatted in ext4, more ext4 and linux swap some time ago.

Testdisk allowed me to recover data from the original windows installation *magnificent*

I don't think there's enough words to thank you for this tutorial!
I'll never forget the Test Disk software

Thank You a lot! A LOT!

Ps.: I'm Brazilian, so I'm sorry if I wrote something wrong.. THANK YOU!!!

Author, I don't even know you but I just want to tell you, that I love you. 6 months of lost data restored after following the above steps, thank you!

thank you very much

I followed all the steps and at the end, instead of finding my lost partition, it broke all the three partitions I had on the HDD. This all due to lack of information that anyone can understand, in order to make the best decision. Ok, I should have accepted that I had one partition gone forever and that was it, instead of opting for the 'write' function.

On the other hand, this all happened after my attempt to install a second version of Windows 7 on a different partition (I only use Windows when I have no choice). 

This article might also help beginners: http://subinsebastien.tumblr.com/post/51162480785/how-to-recover-files-from-a-deleted-or-even-overwritten

Thank you so much for saving many of us.

I think this is important article for learn about data recovery. Now Data loss is common matter. But if we know how to recover Data, we can easily recover our Data loss. Thanks a lot for this amazing article. When data loss occurs, you need a company with the technology and skills required to successfully get your data back as quickly as possible.

I have problem , i have 4 partation in my 1tb hdd. 

I formated c drive , and in 3 partiton there was some  data when i installed I have problem , i have 4 partation in my 1tb hdd. 

I formated c drive , and in 3 partiton there was data when i installed Ubuntu 16.04.3 LTS then I have problem , i have 4 partation in my 1tb hdd. 

I formated c drive , and in 3 partiton there was some  data when i installed I have problem , i have 4 partation in my 1tb hdd. 

I formated c drive , and in 3 partiton there was data when i installed Ubuntu 16.04.3 LTS then i checked whole drive become 1 partition of 1TB.

so will i recover my data. is there any chance to recovered it back my data

my English was bad so understandi checked whole drive become 1 partition of 1TB.

so will i recover my data. is there any chance to recovered it back my data

 A huge thanks , no kidding. Picures vidoes audio ect.. wow really nice. Let me buy you caffe payday. really. God Bless.....