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Quick Formatted Seagate External Disk
Is quick formatted problem one of the Seagate external disk troubles you have ever met? What would you do if you happen to meet such terrible situation but want to get back information from the quick formatted Seagate external disk? Maybe you have tried so many times but still can not retrieve what you need. Please do not give up even though you have failed so many times. You still have the ability to restore all your lost files with data recovery software, in fact.
Case of try to restore the lost data from the quick formatted external disk
I tried to get back my lost information saved on the Seagate external disk 2 days ago, because the external disk was quick formatted by mistake. I still believe that there is a way for me to retrieve all my losses though I have failed through so many trials. But I really can not find out what the possible way exactly is. So I need your guys help. Please tell me what I should do to restore all my lost photos from the formatted external disk. I will be very appreciated to it. –York from Philadelphia
Method to get back files from external disk with data recovery software after being quick formatted
It is not a dream that you can get back all your losses from the formatted external disk with the help of data recovery software. It comes true even if it is a dream. Data recovery software can help you restore all your losses as long as they have not been overwritten by new data. Here are its guiding steps as follows:
Recover data from formatted external hard disk
Preparation: Download and install data recovery software on your computer. Insert the external hard disk to your computer and launch the software. Then, select a proper recovery module.
Different data loss cases happen to external disk
We may lose our data saved on the external disk due to many different reasons, and the quick formatted external disk is just one case of them. So how much data loss situations are there and what are they? Actually, there are massive data losses scenarios happen to external disk. Here are some of them as follows:
1. Accidental or intentional formatting on the external disk. Like case talked in this passage, information saved on the external disk will be lost once it is quick formatted no matter what reason is.
2. Delete files saved on the external disk by mistake or on purpose. For example, delete data by shift deleting, empting the recycle bin and other deletion cases. All action above will result in losing those files temporally until you get back them with the data recovery tool.
3. Improper operations on the external disk. Data will lose from the external disk because of some incorrect actions. For instance, factory reset, remove the external disk out of computer during the write process, power failure, and so on.
4. Virus infection. It is likely to lose contents saved on the external disk once there is a virus attack. So do not download and install harmful software or suspicious files which may carry with virus and worms on the external disk, even any storage devices and digital media.
5. Other similar data loss scenarios happen to external disk.
Other storage devices may suffer quick formatted problem
Quick format is an option which will appear when you right click the external disk and intend to format it. Quick formatting can help us anti-virus and make the external disk usable again when it becomes questionable. Is it a privilege for external disk to quick format? Of course it is not. In reality, all kinds of devices which have the ability to save files can meet the quick formatted situation. Such as: Pen drive, memory card [Smart Media(SM), Compact Flash (CF), Multi Media Card (MMC), Secure Digital (SD), Memory Stick, and XD-Picture Card (XD)], and others.
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