Can somebody please tell me a good program for recovering files from a formatted drive.Thanks.

Can't think of any off hand, however you should state what operating system was originally in use with the formatted drive, what partition version the drive is in and whether formatted equalled *repartitioning*.

i doubt if you will find any freeware to do what you ask.

yes, there are programs out there to recover files from a formatted disk but they are high dollar items.

google search results for "recovering files from a formatted disk"
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=recovering+files+from+a+formatted+disk&btnG=Google+Search

recovering from a high level format is relatively easy. a high level format just erases the FAT table but leaves all the files intact. it gets a little hairy if the files are fragmented but they are still there.

the real problem is recovering from a low level format. not only is the FAT erased but each sector is filled with zeros. even files erased this way can be recovered with some programs but you will pay through the nose for them.

ive managed to find a program for *ahem* free but theres something else, what happened was i tried to install slackware but something fucked up.So anyway when i reinstalled windows for some reason when i hold shift + number 1 key on the second line of my keyboard it shows up as @ when its supposed to show a inverted comma and vice versa when i hold shift and the key which is meant to show the @ key it shows up as inverted commas.Theres two or three more keys like this.

http://www.undelete.com/file-recovery.asp

So anyway when i reinstalled windows for some reason when i hold shift + number 1 key on the second line of my keyboard it shows up as @ when its supposed to show a inverted comma and vice versa when i hold shift and the key which is meant to show the @ key it shows up as inverted commas.Theres two or three more keys like this.
Your keyboard layout is wrong.

Your keyboard layout is wrong.

How do i fix this?

How do i fix this?
your code page is wrong.
some resources:
http://www.microsoft.com/globaldev/reference/cphome.mspx
http://www.microsoft.com/globaldev/reference/sbcs/1252.mspx

good luck. let us know if you can get it right.

i downloaded the microsoft keyboard layout creator and installed a standard layout and it did the trick :D. Thank you leo.