Getting files back after reformating ???

Hi there !!
Ok I am pretty newb with mac... What i did is: i wanted to make a partition on my HD, so i tried going in to disk utility and creating a new partition and it didn't work... so i inserted my DVD with Snow Leopard in and reset the mac holding a "C" key... It booted from my DVD and i went to disk utility and created partition that i wanted... Restart the mac and it didn't boot, I just had a folder sign with a question mark in it. I try reseting a couple of times, turning it off/on and question mark in a folder was always there... I restart it again holding a "C" key to boot from dvd and i followed the instruction (basically clicking continue) and now i installed fresh version of mac OS X and lost all of my files My question is: Is there a way to get my files back ? If so, HOW ?

Hi Dadue,
There are Software Programs like Data Rescue 3 that can be use to try and recover data from a re-fromated drive. To use a program like data Rescue 3, you would need an external hard drive of equal or larger size as your built in hard drive. You may want to talk to the company directly to understand exactly what kind of results you would get.
There are also companies you can hire to do data recovery such as Savers.

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