Data Recovery from Formatted External USB Hard Disk Software Free Download

Have you ever been upset or annoyed for the external USB hard disk issues? If your answer is yes then I guess you do not want to recall the terrible feelings when you were at that predicaments. The reason why we choose external USB hard drive as the tool for data delivering and data reserve is that it is portable, convenient, and very easy to operate. So nowadays people all apply it as widespread as everyone has a cell phone. However behind many advantages there are still few problems existing as external USB hard disk issues, which are not strange to us.

"I have made a serious mistake just few minutes ago that I accidentally formatted a external USB hard disk which does not belong to me! I made all the information on it disappeared and I need the articles on it very much. I know that I can not be panic, but the owner of it is a pretty serious and not easygoing person. I promised that I will give it back to him 4 hours later, so now I need a quick recovery to help me out of this emergency. Any feasible suggestions?"

"I was planning to clear up my external USB hard disk this morning for convenience in the future. So I asked my roommate for suggestion, she said I can formatted once and there would be more space for my new figures. But after I formatted it I realized that I forgot to make backups ahead of it. Now I consequently have all my important data gone. My roommate said that there is still a chance to find them back, but how should I do it? If I need to use some tools to fix it , can anybody recommend some free ones?"

I know that nobody would happy to encounter such circumstances and they are always make people angry and frustrated. So in order to solve the external USB disk formatting issue, what can we do? Just like the guy in the latter example said, we should go to some tools to assist us.

What is data recovery software?

Data recovery software is especially designed for tracking back lost data from such situations: accidentally deleted data, formatted external USB flash or pen drive and other external data storage equipments, damaged hard disk drive as well as external hard drives, RAW condition drives etc.

Is there any free data recovery softwares that we can reach?

Yes, there are plenty of data recovery softwares on line including free ones that you can click the mouse to download it. Maybe some of them are asking you to pay few money, but those ones have a free demo use chance too. So you can find a suitable one that you like. I would like to give you the names of some free ones as follows.

1. EasyRecovery Pro 7.4.262

2. FinalData

3. Renee Undelete

4. Recuva

5. FreeFastRecovery 2.1

6. Drive Rescue 1.9d

7. Power Data Recovery 4.5.6

8. Undelete Plus 3.0.5.334

9. Mini Tool

10. Recover My Files

How do these data recovery softwares retrieve data from formatted external USB disk drive?

First of all we have to know that formatting external USB disk drive does not mean the data on the drive have been deleted for good, just marks these data as already vanished. But indeed these data are still existing on the drive somehow. That is why the data recovery tools can actually find them and bing them back. However, there is a extremely important point that is do not enter anything( music, documents, photos or whatever, any types of files) on the formatted drive. Because this action is overwrite, and overwrite can replace the marked data which means the data that you want is irreparable now.

Additionally, how does the recovery software do is rather easy. The software initially scan the drive and then bypass the operation system, directly reach those marked data from the "deleted list", and put them back on the drive visible.

Up till now the data recover softwares are very popular and the amount of users are increasingly growing. So from this perspective you can get that they can produce a great job and people accept its efficiency as well as capacity.

The causes why the external USB disk drives are formatted?

The reason are various, both human error and mechanical damage can make the drives impaired. Usually, we regard, for instance, partition table wrongly divided as human error.  And improper manipulations as the mechanical damage which can trigger the drive corrupted. Also virus attack is one of the main reasons too. Other causations like sudden power failure occurred when the external USB disk drives were working, the drastic tremors exist when the drives were reading information are capable to cause the drive formatted. Moreover, you may need to format an external USB disk when Windows says that the external disk needs to be formatted.