Quote Originally Posted by SteveDonel
Aceofone, do you have any experience with those programs on download.com? I'd try one, but dont want to screw myself even further. I know the files are still on the drive, but can these programs mess them up to the point that they are irretreivable?

I'm trying to get the IT guys at work to look at it. I think thats my safest route here.
If you've got IT guys that can actually look at the compy, then go that route, but data retrieval is not difficult, it is just hit or miss, it will work for you or it will say that it cannot, I haven't heard of a data recovery program screwing up a HD before.