Formatted drive, any way to restore files?

[mrbios]

As per title really? I've lost a fair whack and i need it back!

the standard programs google brings up do sod all

 

[yashiro]

This disc: http://partedmagic.com/

Which contains http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TestDisk and http://www.cgsecurity.org/wiki/PhotoRec

 

[mrbios]

Thanks i'll give that a go

 

[yashiro]

Or you could find a commercial app on the shady parts of the internet, of course.