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Recovering files accidentally quick formatted hard drive
We may quick format the hard disk drive on the computer by mistake sometimes. Have you ever thought of recovering the files saved on the formatted hard drive at the previous time? Most of us may want to access those lost contents again if they are useful or vital. Then is there any way to retrieve information from the quick formatted hard disk drive? As a matter of fact, it is possible for us to restore lost files from the formatted hard disk with data recovery software.
Example of quick formatting the hard disk drive mistakenly
I clicked the quick format button accidentally when access the hard disk drive on my computer. As a result, the exact hard disk drive was formatted and all contents stored on it previously were erased. I need to see some of those lost files urgently, because they are the homework at the weekend. But I have no idea what I can do to access those lost contents, unfortunately. Is there anyone can kindly help me get the lost data back from the quick formatted hard disk drive? -Keith from New York
How to restore information from the quick formatted hard drive with data recovery software
The possible way to retrieve lost files from the hard disk drive which is quick formatted is to use data recovery software, a tool to get the lost information back from storage devices. What we need to do is just to press a few buttons. The following steps can help us to perform smoothly:
Recover files from hard disk
Preparation: You can download and install the data recovery software on your computer. Then, you can run the software and choose a recovery module after entering the main interface of the software.
Situations that the hard disk drive is quick formatted
All of us may have known it that files and folders saved on the computer hard disk drive would be disappeared entirely after the format, no matter the quick format or complete format. What's more, we can not find and recover the lost data in the recycle, but we can try to restore files needed from the formatted hard drive under the help of data recovery program. Actually, the hard disk drive may be formatted in many different cases. So the question is whether we can perform quick formatted hard disk recovery in all cases. The answer is that we may be able to restore lost contents in most cases. Here are some of them as follows:
1. The hard disk drive is quick formatted by accident. One of the common mistakes we may make when use the computer is to quick format the hard disk drive accidentally, like Keith in the example above. All contents on the hard drive at the old time are inaccessible after the format, because we can not see any of them on the hard drive at that time. We have to ask the data restoration program for help if we want to view them again after format the hard disk drive.
2. The hard drive is formatted so as to antivirus. It is dangerous that there is virus hidden in the data which saved on the hard disk drive. We may lose all files and folders off the virus attacks hard disk drive, or the hard disk drive may become raw file system after the virus infection. So we need to format the hard disk drive to use it normally if there is virus or worms contained on its files. We may view those erased files after the format with data recovery tool.
3. The hard disk is formatted because of the raw error. We would be asked to format the hard disk drive if it is raw file system. For example, disk is not formatted, do you want to format it now, or you have to format the disk in drive D before you can use it, or other prompts. The prompts are various because the different operating system the computer runs. We can try to get the data important at first with data recovery program.
4. Other situations that the hard disk drive is quick formatted and all contents lost off it.
File types can be recovered by data recovery program from formatted hard drive
There are various types of files may be stored on the hard disk drive before the format. Which types of them can be retrieved successfully under the help of data restoration tool after quick formatting the hard disk? As a matter of fact, there is a chance for us to recover all of them from the formatted hard disk drive, such as video files, audio files, pictures, and so on.
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