How to restore files from an erased hard drive?

hi
I recently got infected with a trojan, and after updating my mac was told ive also picked up malware software.
I moved everything i needed to my hard drive and wiped and reloaded my mac. i then checked my time machine backups on my hard drive and found the malware files on the time machine backups too. so i took what i needed off my hard drive and wiped that, but without realising have deleted my uni work folder containing my essays.....
Is there anyway to recover the files? ive tried using a couple of programmes online but there only trials, so when i find the file i cant restore it.

Are there any free data recovery softwares availible? ive tried about 4 that say theyre free and that can find the files im looking for but i cant recover it without paying?
If not whats the cheapest that you can reccomend?
Also i dont think the file is availible on my Mac book anymore but i can find it on the hard drive i had it stored on. is the last section the one to use for recovering from hard drives?

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