[fishguy]

I have FCE source media files on a HD that was reformatted using disk utilities. Is there software that stands a reasonable chance of being able to recover the media files?

Thanks

[Big Mac]

Data Rescue is probably your best shot.

[Doc HM]

Data Rescue III The recovery settings can be a bit opaque and successful recovery does depend on getting them right, so maybe experiment with it on a different drive to see how it goes.

Obviously, don't use the drive with your files on it AT ALL in the mean time.

[OreoCookie]

I third the suggestion to use Data Rescue. Do not under any circumstances use Disk Warrior. Data Rescue is unique in the sense that it only reads from the damaged drive and writes onto another drive.