> > Almost everyone seems to agree that recovering data from a formatted > > drive is possible. What is the process by which this is done? I've > > read here that: > > > > 1. The space between tracks contains historical data information. > > > > and: > > > > 2. There is a difference between a track written with a 0 and then > > overwritten with a 0 and a track written with a 1 and then overwritten > > with a 0. > > > > Are these the two processes by which this data recovery is made possible? > > They both rely on the fact that you can read what _was_ once written to > the hard drive by examining the spaces. So that's one method.
Ok, I thought the two items listed above were separate methods. They are the same? I'm trying to find a somewhat concise answer to the question: How is it that data can be recovered from a drive that has been "wiped" one or more times? - Grant -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
