recovering data from a formatted drive

[MisterSako]

this is from my old computer, which the hard drive with some files on it that i need( i thought they were backed up but i was wrong) is now formatted and windows was re installed on it.

i know theres programs to recover lost data like that but how about a hard drive that was formated and windows re installed. and is it hard to get it back? is there any recomended programs out there? (that cost money or are free)

[ginoitalo]

There are apps and I was hopeful untill you said it was reformatted and had windows installed again.

You're prolly going to have to pay for a half decent app.
Just search yahoo/google for:
"data recovery undelete" (without quotes)