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How to Recover Deleted Files after Formatting Hard Drive XP
Are you an XP user? Have you ever formatted its hard drive if you use XP? Do you know how to restore the deleted information after formatting the hard drive? Will you format it again and again? Or just save new data on it regardless of the lost files? What if the lost data is very vital for you? New data may overwrite the lost files and folders. What's more, you will lose the chance to recover the lost data once it was overwritten. The right operation is to recover the lost data with data recovery software.
Case of losing data by formatting the hard drive on windows XP
I formatted my drive E on the computer by mistake. With a result, all files and folders saved on it have been lost. That information is very precious for my family and me. So I have to retrieve them successfully with some help. I have not done anything since the drive E been formatted, because I don't know what to do and how to find back the lost files. Is there any one could kindly help me to reclaim it? By the way, my operating system is windows XP. – Joy from Little Rock
How to retrieve deleted files from formatted hard drive on XP
There is no complex and lengthy steps when retrieve deleted files from formatted hard drive on XP with data recovery software. You can also recover data from formatted external hard disk such as formatted Maxtor external hard disk, Seagate, Samsung and more. You just need to open your computer and follow the simple steps below:
Recover data from formatted hard drive on Windows XP
Preparation: Download and install data recovery software. Then, launch the software and select a recovery module.
Data loss situation which could be fixed by data recovery software
Data recovery software is really a powerful data recovery tool, and it could find back information lost by various reasons. So which kind of data loss situations could be fixed by data recovery software? Here are some recoverable data loss situations below:
1. Deleted by accident or intention.
2. Formatted by mistake or on purpose.
3. Infected by virus and worms.
4. Data lose because of system corruption.
5. Data saved on raw drive.
6. Other similar logical corruption.
On which condition that files could not be restored by data recovery software
Data loss situations above are fixable loss, so there is some data loss situations could not be fixed by data recovery software actually. We call this kind of unfixable data loss as physical corruption. Relatively, data loss scenarios above which could be recovered is called logical corruption. Here are some examples about physical corruption as follows:
1. Magnetic head component was damaged.
2. The control circuit was destroyed.
3. Comprehensive corruption.
4. The sector was damaged.
If you happen to encounter these data loss situations above, you could ask for help to professional data recovery expert if you want to retrieve information on it. So it is important to protect the hard disk from physical corruption as well as logical corruption. You need to be careful when use your computer, such as do not let the computer works all day or days without taking a break, remember to lower the temperature around it with a radiator, and so on.
Information about windows XP
Windows XP is a Windows operating system after windows 2000 and windows Me. It owns the most users around the world before September, 2011 and it with 43 percent share of the total global market. But it has retired officially on 8th 4, 2014 after 4548 days working. It was released on 25th 10, 2001.
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