What is the Best Software to Recover Overwritten Files?

[jenny]

I have a dell laptop drives for 500GB capacity, I reinstall the Windows xp operating system and the lost document file on screen desktop Foldel Excel.
I use software GetDataBack, Dmde to recover the data, the results did not find the folder on screen desktop
You help me to use software that can recover data in this case
Thank you

 

[lcoughey]

It is probable that the MFT records are lost and you will only be able to recover the files in a RAW format by file type. A common mistake users make is that the download, install and run the data recovery programs on the drive from which they are recovering.