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Factory reset pictures videos recovery
Have you ever reset the digital devices such as phones to the factory defaults by mistake or by intention? All files and folders saved on the devices at the previous time would be wiped clean after the factory reset. What if those or some original files are useful or vital for us? What if we need to read or write them at the second time at that time? Do not worry, as we may be able to view those lost contents again. The reason is that we may be able to retrieve them with data recovery tool.
Case of resetting the phone to factory default
I did a factory reset which wiped clean my pictures videos three hours ago by intention. I had no idea what would happen after the factory reset so I had a try. As a result, all contents stored on my phone were deleted completely and all my set to the phone are changed. But what I card most was the information which I saved on the phone in the old days. Can I see them again? As a mater of fact, some of those files are useful and crucial, so I need to retrieve them. Help me, please. –Linda from LA
How to recover data from the devices which was reset to factory default with data recovery software
We can come up with ways to restore the lost files or folders from the digital devices after reset it to factory default, and the flexible way is to use data recovery software, a tool to get the lost information back. It is easy to perform, actually. The following steps can help us perform it more smoothly:
Recover files after factory reset
Preparation: Download the data recovery software. Install it properly and launch the software. Finally, you can select a recovery module.
Various situations that the information lost off the digital devices
Now we have known that all contents saved on the digital devices would be erased off it after reset it to the factory defaults. It is a huge loss for us if those lost files are important or precious. We may lose information off the devices in other cases, in fact. In other words, there are other situations that we may lose data stored on the digital devices. Then can we get those lost files back in other data loss cases, either? As a matter of fact, we can try to perform files recovery in most data loss cases, too. And here are some of them as follows:
1. Files on the digital devices are deleted accidentally or intentionally. We may delete files or folders off the digital devices because of carelessness or due to other reasons. No matter which kind of reason is, the deleted files can not be viewed on the devices. What we can do if we want to see them again? As a matter of fact, we can ask data recovery tool for help to get the deleted information back as the factory reset case.
2. The digital devices are closed abruptly. Let us take the cameras as the example in this case. We may encounter such situation that the cameras closed suddenly when we take photos with it. Power failure is one reasons of the abrupt close. We can also try to retrieve the lost pictures or videos under the help of data restoration tool in that case, but we still should be careful when we the cameras. It is better not to use the cameras when it is in low power supply.
3. The digital devices are infected. We may store files harmful on the digital devices sometimes, such as the contents contain virus and worms. Digital device may become RAW file system in this situation. nformation on the devices would be erased after the virus infection, so we should be careful to avoid saving harmful data on the digital devices. By the way, information harmful looks like suspicious or weird, generally speaking. What’s more, the digital devices may be infected when it is connected to the computer.
4. Other cases in which files or folders would be erased off the digital devices logically.
File types can be restored after the factory reset
We may store file types like pictures, videos, images, movies, songs, and other types of files on the digital devices. Then some of us may want to ask such question whether we can retrieve all of those types after the factory reset. As a matter of fact, all of them are supported by data recovery program, so we can have a try after the factory reset.
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