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Accidentally did a system recovery on my desktop and later discover all data files gone…Anyone knows how to recover them? Please help…urgent!!
Thanks in advance.

I recommend BCWipe, which lets you permanently wipe only the free space on your hard drive while leaving the non-deleted files intact by overwriting those deleted files with lots of random data so it can’t be recovered.
While BCWipe is something you run periodically, there’s also software to let you do this on the fly, essentially replacing the recycle bin with the equivalent of a paper shredder that wipes any file you delete for good. If you install one, tread with caution: Once you delete something, even by mistake, there’s no going back. Simple File Shredder is a good (and free) choice to check out.
If you want to erase everything from your hard drive, I recommend Active@ KillDisk. This free utility conforms to US Department of Defense clearing and sanitizing standard DoD 5220.22-M.

I’m curious as to why most of the hard drives my employer sends out to Ontrack comes back with unrecoverable data. With a high evaluation cost it seems easier just to charge a quick $100 and say it can’t be recovered than actually attempting to recover data.