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Quick Formatted HP External Hard Disk
Have you ever quick formatted your HP external hard disk? It may be formatted by mistake or by intention. Whatever the reason is, files and folders saved on it would disappear once the external hard disk is formatted. It is terrible to lose important files because of the formatting action, especially when those contents are important and crucial. You must want to find way to get all the losses back as soon as possible. There is a tool to retrieve your losses, which is data recovery software.
Case of quick formatting the external hard disk
I quick formatted my hp external hard disk in order to keep the safety of it the other day, because I suspect that the external hard disk is infected by virus. The problem is I forgot to remove the vital information to other disks and backup, so I lose that data after the formatting. I need to find back the lost information as soon as possible I can. I tried some ways but it seems that none of them is feasible. Can you tell me what should I do to restore my lost files and folders from formatted external hard drive? -Helena from Maine
How to retrieve files from quick formatted external hard disk with data recovery software
Data recovery software could find back the lost information from the quick formatted external hard disk without doubt, so do not feel anxious when you have to restore data from the formatted external hard disk. What we should do is to make sure those lost files not be overwritten and then perform the recovery according to the following steps one by one:
Recover data from formatted external hard disk
Preparation: Download and install data recovery software on your computer. Then, you can connect external hard disk to your computer and run the software and select proper recovery module.
Notice should be took of after external hard disk being quick formatted
It is very easy and simple to restore information saved on the external hard disk after being quick formatted. We just need five steps to get all the losses back. Simple as it is, there are still some aspects need our carefulness, or the chance to retrieve the losses will be reduced and even have no opportunity to get them back. Here are some cautions as follows to ensure the success of data restoration:
1. Do not save any new information on the quick formatted external hard disk. Actually, data saved on the external hard disk has not been erased truly and they still stored on the external hard disk. We regard it as losses because all of them are inaccessible and system allow other files could be saved on this free space( system let that space become free). The old data would be overwritten if there saved any new files. What’s more, the lost information can not be restored once it was overwritten by any new information.
2. Do not format the formatted external hard disk again. As we all know that files saved on the external hard disk would be lost if the external hard disk was formatted. So some people can not understand why we are forbidden to format it one more time or more times, there is no information after all. The truth is the reformatting action will cause the second damage to both external hard disk and those seem lost files. So do not format it again in order to get back the losses successfully.
3. Plug the quick formatted external hard disk out of the computer. It is better to plug the formatted external hard disk out of the computer before we know how to retrieve those lost files. We may happen to make the lost information overwritten accidentally if we keep the external hard disk insert to the computer and use the computer surf the internet.
4. Do not download and mount the data recovery tool on the quick formatted external hard disk. We need to choose the location to save the data restoration program when install it after downloading. We can store it on any hard disk available on the computer but not the external hard disk.
5. Do not store the files to be retrieved on the quick formatted external hard disk when select the location. It is also better to save them on one of the computer disks firstly and remove them to the formatted external hard disk after the recovery is completed.
Famous brands of external hard disk in the market
Some people buy external hard disk from hp, some purchase it from Seagate, others fro other brands. Data recovery software could restore lost information from any brand of external hard disk. Here are some popular manufactures of external hard disk bellow: WD, Seagate, Toshiba, HGST, SAMSUNG, Micron, OCZ, Kingston, ADATA
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