Hi, someone I know has just done the following:

1. Used Award Bios Low Level Format Tool on a WD64AA (6gb HD)
During the interleaf scan, the computer stoped responding after
scanning the HD with an interleaf of 1
2. He restarted the computer hoping all was going to be alright again
3. BOOTDISK FAILURE mesage
4. He created a fat32 partition which he didn't format since he then
remembered he had some info left on his disk that he needed.

Now I got to fix it and try to recover the files but I got no idea how
to do it...

http://www.ameriwebs.net/groupworks/george/llf.htm
"If a large hard drive is accidentally formatted using this utility,
any damage can be undone with programs such as Ontrack's Disk Manager,
PC-Technician by Windsor Technology and Micro-2000's Microscope..."

The problem is...: He used to have 2 partitions, at 33 and 66% of disk
capacities + those programs aren't free + WD only offers somekind of
ridiculous rebate on those products.

So, I'd like to know if any of you have any idea of how I could recover
the data? Is it possible since it only crashed during the interleaf
scan?

thx