Is it safe to switch the hard drives of two diffrent, but same make and model laptop, to recover lost data?

The d/c port on my laptop is currently broken and I am unable to turn it on anymore. My friend has the same laptop. Is it ok to put my hard drive into his laptop, so that I can get the files that I need, and then putting his back in when I am done.

There should be no reason why you can't do this.

I had a hard drive that was in FAT format, a 160GB drive. I ended up getting a virus on C:, and meant to format it and re-install Windows, but instead formatted F: which was the FAT drive that contained ALL of my personal, non-OS files. I performed the regular format (not quick), which took longer. I then installed Windows XP on it. I wasn't aware that I was doing this all on the wrong drive. I was positive I selected C: when I deleted the partition. I don't really know WHAT happened. So, it converted the FAT drive to NTFS. Is there a way to recover all of my data on there since the file system was changed FAT to NTFS? And since I re-installed Windows? I have not done anything else on it but install Windows. Thanks.!
I should also note that the drive letter was changed from F: to E: after formatting. if I changed it back to F: would that help in data recovery at all?

Yeah... youre pretty much hosed there. If you had just formatted it and left it at that, there are utilities that wil let you "unformat" a quick format. A full/low level format is not usually undoable, nor is a quick format if you ran a bunch of I/O to it after the format, such as installing an OS or ding a filesystem conversion. You could try an unformat utility (i believe norton has one, among others) but I would not keep my hopes up.

EDIT:

Drive letter will not make any difference whatsoever

I accidentally uninstalled Opera and lost all my saved passwords and bookmarks. Is there a way to recover all that data. Stupid me I didn't make back ups. ):

It depends on whether you deleted all the directories or not. If you did, not much hope. (If not, move them to someplace save, install Opera again, move them back and back up the bookmarks and passwords.)

Is it possible to recover lost data on the pc?.My pc was unplugged the other day while still running & all?

Files & programes are no longer available. Is it possible to recover files tht have been saved on the pc all this while?.for eg: music files. Thanks for your input.
I have No idea what u just said.but thx for the help. I think i should get some professional help to be safe!

If you still have your installation CD boot from it and try to do a restore.

If that doesn't work or you don't have the disk try to go back to the last available restore point in your system (see http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/usin ... store.mspx for directions).

Finally, go do a command prompt (start | run type command.exe) and in there do a chkdsk /f. That will fix any errors that may be in the directories.

Good luck.

Recently somehow, i lost my data/files from computer. I want to ask, if there is any way to recover lost data, other than data recovery softwares? I have heard that these software have to be purchased to do that. I dont have money, and that data is very very important to me. So, anyone please help me urgently?

How new is your computer? most newer computers have rollback software already installed. you may notice a hard drive d: with only a few gb, usually 5% of the main HD and you can't access it. if you have that then you are able to roll back already. other than that, i don't know of any free ways about it.

Did you use any SD card backup program like this:

http://www.freewarepalm.com/utilities/i ... 2005.shtml

If so, you may have a chance restoring the information you lost.

If you have never sync'ed any information to a computer then you will have to reconstruct. Are any of the programs you have bought on a computer anywhere? You may download them from the site again and explain the situation to get your activation code.

Good luck.

Which is the best software to recover lost data from a formatted and overwritten drive?

I have accidentally left some data on my C drive which i formateed and reloaded windows over it? can i recover that data? it is the digital camera pictures i am most worried about.

I accidentally deleted something and it was sent to the recycle bin, so i went to the recycling bin and instead of clicking restore i clicked empty
i know theres a way to recover lost data but can someone help me plz?

You can try the following 30 day trial

http://www.handyrecovery.com/

or the free progam here

http://www.pcworld.com/downloads/file/f ... ption.html

The laptop isnt mine, so i wont be able to use it any more than a few minutes at a time, i also wont be able to load a cd or disk into it. is there an internet based software that i can use to recover deleted photos?

first answer that actually works will get best answer!