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Reformatted external hard drive by mistake
Have you ever been asked to reformat the external hard drive when access files saved on it on the computer? For example, you need to format the disk in drive O before you can use it normally, and do you want to format it now? We may be asked to do so after formatting the portable hard drive just now. So what we can do if asked to reformat the external hard disk drive when files saved on it previously are important? Actually, we can try to recover those contents needed.
Example of external hard drive needing to be reformatted
My external hard drive need to be reformatted before I can use it normally, and then I reformatted it by error. To tell the truth, I had no idea what should be done at that time, but unfortunately, I clicked on the format option by mistake. Is there any way to get the information saved on the reformatted portable hard disk drive at the previous time back? Those original contents are useful and vital, so I need to access them again. I need your guys help urgently. Thanks in advance. –Betty from LA
How to restore files from the reformatted external hard disk drive with data recovery software
It is better not to reformat the external hard drive when asked to do so if we wanted to view information saved on it originally, because we can perform files recovery on it. But if we reformat the portable hard drive by error, we can perform data recovery, too. Here are the steps to restore files from reformatted external HDD below:
Recover data from external hard drive
Preparation: Connect the external hard drive to your computer and download the data recovery software. Then, you can install and run the data recovery software and select a recovery module.
Way to use external HDD properly in case of data loss problem
We may be asked to format or reformat the external hard drive or meet other problems when store information on the external hard drive or read data stored on it sometimes. It is terrible to encounter problems that we can not access files saved on the portable hard disk drive at the previous time. Is there any way to avoid that data loss trouble? As a matter of fact, we may not meet adapt loss problems if we used the external hard disk drive properly. Here are some tips as follows to use the portable hard drive correctly:
1. Download and launch anti-virus software on the external hard drive. One of the reasons that the portable hard disk drive need to be reformatted is the virus infection. The external hard disk drive may be infected by virus or worms if those harmful matters were hidden in the information which stored on the external hard drive. It is necessary to download and mount anti-virus tool on the external hard drive in case of virus attacks problem.
2. Put the external hard disk drive in a safe place. Generally speaking, we would not connect the portable hard disk drive to the computer all days. We used to plug the external hard drive out of computer and place it in other place when do not need to use it. In this section, we should put the portable hard drive in a safe place in case of the physical damage. It is hard to retrieve lost information in the physical data loss cases.
3. Connect or remove the portable hard disk drive to the computer safely. We should not insert the external hard drive to the computer until it is fully started. As for remove the portable hard drive from the computer, we should close all the related programs at first and then click on the external drive icon to let it show safe removal information and at last remove it from computer. Or we may face data loss problem.
4. Other ways to use the portable hard drive properly in case of losing files off it.
Storage devices are supported by data recovery tool when getting into reformat error
Besides external hard drive, we may be asked to reformat the pen drive, SD card, CF card, MMC card, TF card, hard disk drive, and other storage devices or reformat the other memory devices in daily life. But do not worry, as we may be able to perform
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