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External WD 2Tb USB drive that formatted by mistake
Have you ever used WD external USB drive, such as the WD 2Tb external hard disk drive? We can save a lot of files and folders on it and carry them easily. But we may meet some cases terrible when use the external USB drive unpleasantly. For example, the external hard disk drive may be formatted by accident. As a result, we would lose all files and folders saved on it at the previous time after the format. But there is a chance for us to get the lost data back thanks to the data recovery tool.
Case of formatting the WD external USB drive by accident
I bought a WD 2Tb external USB drive on the internet months ago, and it helped me a lot on my work. Unfortunately, the external hard disk drive was formatted accidentally by my cousin last night. I felt upset and unhappy, because there are a lot of contents valuable and meaningful stored on the external USB drive. My cousin told me that he has seen an article talked about data recovery after format. But he did not know what it is exactly. Can you kindly help me? -Josh from Utah
How to recover files from the WD external USB drive with data recovery software
It is possible to get the lost information back from the formatted WD external USB drive with the help of data recovery program. And we can view those files again after restoring them successfully. What we can do is to recover data from the external hard drive and not to perform other operations on it. Here are the steps as follows:
Recover data from external hard drive
Preparation: You can connect the external to your computer. Then, download and install the data recovery software on your computer. Finally, you can run the software and choose a recovery module after entering the main interface of the software.
Way to use the WD external hard disk drive correctly in case of data loss
It is true that we can store a lot of files and folders on the WD 2Tb external USB drive easily and quickly. But there is dangerous to lose them, too. As it known to all, there are various data loss cases of the WD external hard disk drive. One of the reasons is the incorrect usage to external USB drive. So it is important and necessary to learn how to use the external USB drive properly to avoid losing data off external hard drive. Here are some tips below:
1. Avoid the physical damage to the WD 2Tb external USB drive. We should be careful when use the external hard disk drive in case of physical damage. The reason is that it is hard or impossible to get the files needed back from the external USB drive if it is corrupted physically, even though under the help of data recovery program. So it is better to place the external USB drive in a safe place when we do not use it and not hit or divide it.
2. Connect the WD external USB drive to the computer when the latter is prepared. The portable hard disk drive should not be plugged into the computer when it is not ready to work. In other words, we should insert the external hard drive to the computer when it is opened fully. When the computer is closed or in the progress of opening, it is better not to connect the external USB drive to it in case of data loss.
3. Remove the WD portable hard disk drive from the computer safely. Like connect the external USB drive to the computer at the right occasion, we need to be careful when plug it out of the computer. The proper steps to unplug the external USB drive from the computer is to close all the related programs at first and then click the external drive icon to see safe information, at last remove it.
4. Other tips to use the WD external USB drive properly in case of lose files off it.
Brands of external drive which is supported by data recovery program
We can perform data recovery on the WD external USB drive after formatting it. so here is the question whether we can try to recover lost files form external hard disk drive from other brands such as Seagate, Toshiba, HGST, SAMSUNG, Micron, OCZ, Kingston, ADATA, and so forth. The answer is yes, because all of them are supported by data recovery tool.
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