I erased my SSD by accident, any hopes of getting my data back?

[WamWooWam]

Right, so in a vain attempt to get a decently fast OS X install working on my PC, I shrank a disk in windows, went to format it in Disk Utility in macOS Sierra, one wrong button press and now my SSD is completely empty with a brand new partition table and one large HFS+ Journaled volume on it.

 

I have a mostly working macOS Sierra install on another drive and no backups. Stupid idea, I know.

 

Is there anything I can do to get my data back (preferably with its hierarchy) without it costing me money?

Edited February 8, 2017 by WamWooWam
More detail is always a plus.

[Mira Yurizaki]

You could try TestDisk to see if it can pick up anything, but I wouldn't really hold my breath. Especially since I'm not certain the utility works with SSDs since SSDs manage data differently than hard drives.

[Delicieuxz]

If you did a quick format, and haven't installed anything on the drive afterwards, then I believe you are able to retrieve the data. Someone else might give you more information. You can also do a web search, and you'll probably find information about what to do.

 

This might help: https://www.cleverfiles.com/mac-formatted-drive-recovery.html

[WamWooWam]

That's my worry, it only happened about 10 mins ago, so trim won't have kicked in just yet 

[Delicieuxz]

 

[Enderman]

Recuva?

[WamWooWam]

2 minutes ago, Enderman said:

Recuva?

Windows only, I only have a macOS install to work with.

[Garett1]

How did this happen

[Mr.Meerkat]

4 minutes ago, Garett1 said:

How did this happen

He already explained it  

[mikat]

The first thing I'd do is make a bit level copy of the drive with the commands below, because then you have a backup if you mess up with other solutions

diskutil list
sudo dd if=/dev/disk<disknumber of the SSD> of=/dev/disk<disknumber of the backup drive>

example what diskutil list might look like:

/dev/disk0
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:      GUID_partition_scheme                        *251.0 GB   disk0
   1:                        EFI EFI                     209.7 MB   disk0s1
   2:                  Apple_HFS Mac SSD                 150.0 GB   disk0s2
   3:                 Apple_Boot Recovery HD             650.0 MB   disk0s3
   4:       Microsoft Basic Data Windows 8               100.1 GB   disk0s4
/dev/disk1
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:     FDisk_partition_scheme                        *500.1 GB   disk1
   1:                  Apple_HFS George Garside          300.2 GB   disk1s1
   2:               Windows_NTFS GRGARSIDE               199.9 GB   disk1s2

here 0 is the disknumber of the SSD and 1 the disknumber of the HDD, but remember that the backup drive will need to be as large or larger than the SSD, and that the backup drive will be erased

 

if i'm wrong about any of this stuff, please correct me