Best program to retrieve lost files, please help...

Alright, long story short- I'm a complete ***. I had to do a complete erase and re-install of OSX on my G4 466 and after the fact I realized that I failed to copy one of my most important folders. I've managed to lose ALL of my work portfolio pictures and every digital photo I've ever taken. Eehhh. I'm in shock. Anyway, I realize that there is probably no chance of retrieving the lost folder or files from my newly formatted drive. I do however have an old drive that once had them on it two weeks ago in my old G4 450. Does anyone have any advice on what software may give me the best option of recovering the files? Or if I have any chance at all? Any help would be greatly appreciated....
-John

Hi janhuge, and a warm welcome to the forums!
Data Rescue II...
http://www.prosofteng.com/products/data_rescue.php
This one would require another HD with plenty of space to recover to, and don't boot from that 450's drive.
They have a free demo to see what it could recover.
As for your internal erased drive, likely only an expensive Data Recovery Service or the FBI/NSA could recover that info.

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