Data recovery possible after format?

[ocholicious]

Is it possible to recover data after a HD is formatted?

I'm having this issue with my HD not showing up anything but blibber blabber, because I plugged in a new MOBO/processor and it won't boot correctly. It was having the "NTLDR is missing" thingy, but I realized when I looked at the drive it's complete screwed up. All the files that were in there originally are not showing up and when placed as a secondary HD it gives me this funky jazz about not being accessable.

My only option at this point seems to be formatting the HD, but I have so much work on there I couldn't imagine losing forever.... I know there's data recovery programs out there, but is it even possible to recover data after a HD has been formatted?

[dauss]

if its a normal format, yes you can recover the data. If you do a low-level format your not going to recover anything. However after your format and install the new OS, some parts might be written over. But, you should be able to recover something.