Question re: formatting & data

[Gangster]

Hey guys

Just got a question.

I have formatted a drive, and then used ActivDisk Kill Disk to write 0's to the drive.

The drive was split into actual space for O/S and recovery partititon - from a laptop.

If the recovery partition was 'activated' and a recovery was performed, would it bring back any of the data that was on the hard drive? or would it be fresh install of windows, with factory defaults etc?

Thanks

 

[Gangster]

I have done.

I've formatted, then used ActivDisk to write 0's to the drive.

As far as I know, the recovery parition wasn't seen by the O/S and therefore couldn't of had data written onto it?.

Im just asking if there is a possibilty of recovering that data if the recovery setup is launched?

( I don't have it, otherwise i would have tried it)

Thanks

 

[Gangster]

someone must have some knowledge on security here?