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Data Recovery after format Sony External Hard Drive
Do you know data recovery after formatting external hard drive, such as formatted Sony external hard drive? Actually, we may be able to get lost information back after formatting the portable hard disk drive. The way to perform data recovery on formatted external hard drive is to use data recovery tool. We should not save new data on the formatted portable hard disk drive at that time though we can use it normally after formatting it.
Case of formatting Sony external hard drive
I formatted the Sony external hard drive of my brother's by mistake the other day. I have not told him this terrible news because he is not at home those days. What's more, I want to recover those lost files before my bro come back, as they are useful and precious for him. I do not want to upset him. But I do not know how to get the lost information back from the formatted Sony external hard disk drive any more and I have failed some times. Is there any one can help me? -Marks from Washington
How to recover data from the formatted Sony external hard drive with data recovery software
The possible way to recover lost data after formatting the Sony external hard drive is to use data recovery program, indeed. We can have a try and then we may get all we need back after a while. What should we do now is to follow steps below one by one and do not format the portable hard drive again:
Recover data from formatted external hard disk
Preparation: Download and install the data recovery software to your computer. Then, you need to plug the external hard disk to the computer. Finally, launch the software and select a recovery module.
Various data loss situations we can perform data recovery
We may think it is unbelievable that get lost information back from the formatted Sony external hard drive. It is true that we may be able to retrieve what we need after formatting the portable hard disk drive with data recovery tool. Then we may wonder whether we can perform data recovery with data restoration program in other data loss case, as there are more than one data loss situations, after all. Actually, we can perform data recovery successfully in most data loss cases besides format one, such as:
1. Data saved on the Sony external hard drive is deleted. We may delete information on the portable hard disk drive with clicking shift delete buttons at the same time or just pressing the delete or delete all option. No matter which way is, the chose data would be erased form the external hard drive. Fortunately, we may be able to retrieve lost information needed with data recovery tool if we have to get them back.
2. The Sony external hard drive is infected by virus. It is one of the common data loss situations that the portable hard drive is infected by virus and worms. Files on the external hard drive may become messy codes or get disappeared or the external hard drive itself becomes raw file system because of the virus infection. But we can also perform data recovery on the problematic external hard drive to restore data needed.
3. Power outage. Other data loss case is information stored on the external hard drive get lost due to power failure. The detailed situation is that files saved on the external hard drive would be erased if the computer closed abruptly when they are connected because of there is not enough power supply to the computer. Data recovery is available in this case, too.
4. Other logical data loss cases to Sony external hard drive.
Popular brands of external hard drive
Besides formatted Sony external hard drive, we can also perform data recovery on other brands of portable hard disk drive after formatting them, such as those common brands WD (western digital), Seagate, Toshiba, HGST, SAMSUNG, Intel, Micron, OCZ, Kingston, ADATA, and so forth.
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