Getting Old Files After Using Factory Recovery Hp Compaq Vista

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god162534

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Here`s my question.

Is it possible to recover or view files that were not backed up at all before or during the factory recovery?

I`m not talking factory restore, Im talking factory recovery.
My D drive is the factory image partition.

I recently did a factory recovery which apparently completely wipes all memory that was not backed up and restores the computer to its original factory shipped condition.

The harddrive, before the recovery, had some personal information, bank info and whatnot, that was deleted, however, my computer is gonna be sold soon and knowing that people can recover deleted files even after having deleted them, I decided to use factory recovery as well to insure the safety of my info.

I am, now, just confirming that the files are indeed safe.Is there any way to recover them, even after the recovery?

Im running on a Compaq presario vista 32
 

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    Dell XPS420
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    Intel Core2 Quad Q6600
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    Crucial Ballistix 4x2GB PC2 6400
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    NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GTS 256 MB
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    Creative SB X-Fi
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    HP w2207 + HPvs15
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    1680x1050 + 1024x768
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    2-WD5000AAKS-500 GB WD 5000AAV-500 GB external
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    MX Revolution
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    Microsoft Comfort Curve
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Hi god162534 and welcome to Vista Forums :party:

It really depends on what the person who ends up with your laptop intends to do with it. For the layperson, you should be OK. However, old data can be forensically recovered from a HDD using specialised techniques - these are the methods used by data recovery specialists.

If you really want to make sure that this data is completely deleted, then software exists that can overwrite the contents of a HDD multiple times to render such content unrecoverable.
 

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  • Manufacturer/Model
    Dwarf Dwf/11/2012 r09/2013
    CPU
    Intel Core-i5-3570K 4-core @ 3.4GHz (Ivy Bridge) (OC 4.2GHz)
    Motherboard
    ASRock Z77 Extreme4-M
    Memory
    4 x 4GB DDR3-1600 Corsair Vengeance CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9B (16GB)
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    MSI GeForce GTX770 Gaming OC 2GB
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    Realtek High Definition on board solution (ALC 898)
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    ViewSonic VA1912w Widescreen
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    1440x900
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    OCZ Agility 3 120GB SATA III x2 (RAID 0) Samsung HD501LJ 500GB SATA II x2 Hitachi HDS721010CLA332 1TB SATA II Iomega 1.5TB Ext USB 2.0 WD 2.0TB Ext USB 3.0
    PSU
    XFX Pro Series 850W Semi-Modular
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    Gigabyte IF233
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    1 x 120mm Front Inlet 1 x 120mm Rear Exhaust
    Mouse
    Microsoft Comfort Mouse 3000 for Business (USB)
    Keyboard
    Microsoft Comfort Curve Keyboard 3000 (USB)
    Internet Speed
    NetGear DG834Gv3 ADSL Modem/Router (Ethernet) ~4.0 Mb/s (O2)
    Other Info
    Optical Drive: HL-DT-ST BD-RE BH10LS30 SATA Bluray Lexmark S305 Printer/Scanner/Copier (USB) WEI Score: 8.1/8.1/8.5/8.5/8.25 Asus Eee PC 1011PX Netbook (Windows 7 x86 Starter)
Thnx for info.

First of all, I tried recuva as well as several other free sevices, none of which found anything from the old hdd.

As for multiple deletions, I can`t seem to recover the info now, so how do i multiply delete something I can`t get? Would running another factory recover make it even harder to obtain my info?
 

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