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Quick Formatted Samsung External Disk
Have you ever quick formatted your Samsung external hard disk? External hard disk is a very useful storage device which can bring about much convenience to our life. We can save a lot of files and folders on it. But what if those files are lost because of a quick formatting to external hard disk? Can we find back our losses which are vital and crucial for us? Yes, obviously we can. We could retrieve all the lost files with the help of data recovery software.
Example of external hard disk being quick formatted
I quick formatted my Samsung external hard disk by accident totally. I tried to find out one file from so many folders saved on my external hard disk yesterday, but accidentally clicked on the format option. All my information on it disappeared all of a sudden. I tried to get them back so I check the recycle bin, but nothing I need here. I remember I saw a way to restore the lost data from the quick formatted external hard disk somewhere, but I forget what the exact way is. Can you guys tell me what is it? Thank you. -Oven from California
Way to get back information form the formatted external hard disk with data recovery software
Yes, there is a way for you to restore the lost files and folders from the quick formatted external hard disk. That is data recovery software. It could help you get back almost all your lost data from external hard disk after being formatted. But there is a limited condition, which is the lost information has not been overwritten by new data. The following steps will show you how to start:
Recover data from formatted external hard disk
Preparation: Download and install data recovery software on your computer. Then, you can insert the external hard disk to your computer and run the software and select proper recovery module.
How to use external hard disk correctly in case of losing data on it
We should be careful when restore the lost data from the formatted external hard disk, such as do not save any new information on it before all wanted data have been retrieved in case of overwriting happen. We also should be careful when use the external hard disk before it being formatted in order to avoid files being lost from the external hard disk, and we can call it as precaution. Here are some proper usages as follows:
1. Never download and install software contains virus and worms on the external hard disk. That software is harmful both to the external hard disk itself and to data saved on it. You may lose all your files saved on the external hard disk or the external hard disk turns to raw once it is infected by virus and worms. How serious it is.
2. Do not accept files that seem suspicious either from strangers or acquaintance even friends. Some people intend to attack your information or external hard disk by sending to you the precarious files and links. Your system will be infected if you open them even accept them.
3. Put the external hard disk away from heat and corrosive liquid. Matters like high temperature and corrosive liquid can damage the external hard disk and files saved on it. What's more, it is hard for data recovery tool to get back information from the physical corrupted external hard disk.
4. Plug the external hard disk out of computer follow the right order. One mistake is that unplug it from the computer in the process of write. You should close all programs on the external hard disk and click on the safe removal option according to the system prompt.
Proper usage to other storage devices
Except from external hard disk, other storage devices and Medias also may encounter quick formatted or other data loss problems. So we should be careful when use those memory devices, too. The precaution above as well as is applicable to them, and there are some other different correct usages as follows:
1. It is better to format the SD card on the phone or other digital devices, but not the computer. There may appear incompatible trouble if you format it on the computer and all data saved on it become inaccessible.
2. Do not use the memory card when the power is unstable. For example, photos may be lost from the memory card when you used it to camera but you keep save photos in low battery.
3. Others.
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