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Recover data after format Crucial External Hard Drive
We may feel upset after formatting the Crucial external hard drive, because all files are disappeared after that. It is true that there is nothing remained after the portable hard disk drive is formatted. But do you know the news that we may be able to get them back? Actually, it is possible for us to restore lost information from the formatted external hard disk drive under the help of data recovery software. So we can view those old contents again later.
Example of Crucial external hard drive is formatted
I formatted my Crucial external hard drive by mistake months ago because I though all contents saved on it are useless. But now I remember there are some pictures vital and crucial on the formatted portable hard disk drive. I can not find them in other storage devices and it must be stored on the formatted external hard drive. How can I access those old photos at present? Is there any possible way for me to get the lost image files back from the formatted portable external usb now? -Adrian from Utah
How to restore data with data recovery software Crucial after formatting external hard drive
We can try to get the lost data back after formatting the Crucial external hard drive to access them again and we have known that what we need is data recovery software as long as they have not been overwritten or corrupted. The following steps can help us know how to perform the data recovery after format in detail:
Recover data from formatted external hard disk
Preparation: Download and install the data recovery software to your computer. Then, you need to plug the external hard disk to the computer. Finally, launch the software and select a recovery module.
Notice should be took of after formatting Crucial external hard drive
We should be careful though it is easy and simple to get lost data back after formatting the Crucial external hard drive. We would lose the chance to restore lost files from the formatted portable hard disk drive if do something wrong to it. So we need to be more than careful after formatting the portable hard disk by mistake when there are files useful which need to be retrieved. Here are some tips as follows to show us the notice should be taken of:
1. Do not format the Crucial external hard drive at the second time. We should not format the portable hard disk drive immediately until data recovery is finished in order to solve the portable external formatted problem successfully. The reason is that there is less chance for us to restore lost information from the reformatted external hard drive than recover data from the formatted portable hard drive with data recovery tool.
2. Do not use the formatted Crucial portable hard drive. Some of us may keep using the external hard drive after formatting it. for example, we may save new data on the formatted portable hard disk drive, or we may check the disk after formatting the external hard drive, or we may perform other operation on the formatted external hard drive. The only thing we should do is to try to recover lost information with data recovery program at that time if those lost files are important.
3. Save the retrieved information on one of the computer hard disks at first. We will be asked to choose the location to store data to be recovered in step 5 during the process of formatted portable hard disk drive data recovery. Like data recovery program, we should store those files to be retrieved on one of the computer hard disk drives at that time and we can remove them to the external hard drive after all we need have been recovered.
4. Other tips after formatting the Crucial external hard disk drive to get more files back.
Storage devices on which we can perform data recovery after being formatted
Storage devices on which we can perform data recovery after being formatted is not just external hard drive. Actually, we can try to retrieve lost data from other formatted memory devices such as memory card (SD card series, MMC card, CF card, XD picture card, memory stick, and so forth), USB flash drive, hard disk drive, and so on.
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