Can I recover data from a formatted external hard drive

"I think I have accidentally formatted my external hard disk drive 15 minutes ago. It was all my fault, I was on the phone with my mom and we were fighting on the phone actually. So I did not pay much attention to the 'yes' button and pressed it when the 'Your external hard disk drive is not formatted, do you want to format it now?' interface came out. Currently there is nothing left on my external hard disk drive now. I am so anxious because my contract was on it and I have to print it out in 1 hour. Can anybody please help me that tell me how to restore my data?"

"There has been an accident about my computer I reckon. I just left my computer for 30 minutes for grabbing some food, and when I came back i found out that my external hard disk drive can not be used. The file system indicates that my drive has been formatted. It must be my 5 years old son, he always wants to use computers like the adults do. The point is every single document that related to my work was on it. I have to get them back otherwise i can get my job lost. Can you teach how to do this?"

It is not hard to see that external hard disk drives are inevitable to us and they are all referring to the most important parts of our lives. Under the normal situations the accidents which i have mentioned above would not occur often. But it is impossible that people would not make some little mistakes at times. So when you are at these predicaments please do not be panic and anxious. Now we have got methods to tackle with these unpleasant issues and usually can solve the problems perfectly. First of all, let us figure out what does format really mean.

What is format?

Format means an operation that to initialize the disks or the partitions of disks. Usually the data on the disks or on the partitions of the disks would be deleted by doing so. And format can be divided into high-level format and low-level format.

Why will people format their disks?

Actually this is not a bad thing for us, after using the computer disks for a long time it is necessary for us to sort out the disks. Putting the stuff we want to keep on few disks and deleted the trash ones by formatting the particular disks. I personally take this as a good habit because computer is a good helper for all of us, and if we do clear up pc regularly, it is methodic and beneficial for us.

Why external hard disk drive would be formatted without people's willingness

Normally the main reason is the external hard disk drive has been damaged, and the commonest damage is corruption. Then what can cause the drive corrupted is the concern now.

1.Virus attack

It is easy to get virus from internet or from other virulent computer by delivering the data or download the data and then put them on the external hard disk drives.

2.Improper operations

The inappropriate manipulations can cause mechanical damage to the external hard disk drive. And people really should take care of this point, because this is evitable and easy to do. The typical wrong operations are shutdown the computer suddenly, unplug the external hard disk drive from computer imprudently without going through the right procedures, the sudden power failure occurred when the drive was processing or delivering data.

3.Tremors

The drastic tremors could pose the external hard disk drive impaired, especially happen at when the drive is reading data.

How can we retrieve the lost data?

Apart from send the external hard disk drive to the professional repair store which is troublesome, time-consuming and expensive, you can reach the professional help in your home now. The data recovery softwares are the best choices for you!

How does data recovery software work?

Its powerful scan function is one of the key point to get the data back, you just need to start this function and it would scan the affected drive and after a while you can see your data back on the drive.

Is it easy to operate?

Do not worry about it, the instructions are pretty easy and there are always a few examples laced up, so you can understand it and follow the steps without any troubles.

What is the valid range of the data recovery software?

They are good for any types of computer systems, they can deal with any types of file system too. They fix both quick format and full format, also they can face any brands of external hard disk drives.

This data recovery software are widely used and accepted by users, they always satisfy people, so you should have a try!