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Reformatted External HDD by Error
The external HDD is reformatted by mistake? We may make such mistake in daily life. For example, click on the wrong button format or format all accidentally after formatting the external hard disk drive. What should we do then if files saved on it previously are valuable and need to be recovered? How to get them back from the reformatted external HDD? Don’t worry, as there is a way for us to get those lost files back with the help of data recovery software.
Example of external HDD being reformatted by accident
I accidentally reformatted the external HDD last night. What's more, I formatted the external hard disk drive at the first time by error. I do not intend to format it until files stored on it at the previous time have been removed to other storage devices. But unfortunately, I pressed on the format button by mistake. As a result, all files and folders saved on it were lost at that time. What should I do in order to get all my losses back from the reformatted external HDD? -Benson from New York
How to get lost information back from the reformatted external HDD with data recovery software
We can use data recovery tool to retrieve what have been lost from the reformatted external HDD, indeed. We can recover them under the condition that those files have not been corrupted or overwritten by other contents. Then we should do as the following steps one by one to retrieve what we want:
Recover data from reformatted external hard disk
Preparation: Download and install data recovery software on your computer. Then, connect the external hard disk to the computer and run the software. Finally, you can select a proper recovery module.
Different data loss situations we may meet when use the external HDD
It seems common to lose files when use the external HDD, such as format or reformat the external hard disk drive. There are some other kinds of data loss cases, as a matter of fact. We may encounter different or similar data loss troubles when use the external HDD. What's more, we can get those lost contents back in most cases once they belong to logical corruption under the help of data recovery tool. Here are some of them as follows:
1. Format cases. We can ask data recovery tool for help if we meet external hard disk drive format problem. For example, the external HDD is formatted by mistake, the external HDD is reformatted like case above, the external HDD shows not formatted error, the external HDD can not be formatted by windows, or other external HDD format cases. No matter which kind of problem we need to solve, the first thing we should do is to recover needed information from the problematic external hard disk drive with data recovery tool and then fix the external HDD.
2. Deletion case. We can get those files back if we delete them accidentally or intentionally. But as the external HDD reformat case, we need to make sure that there is no other data saved on the external hard disk drive after those contents which need to be retrieved being deleted. If we have to store new files, we can save them on the external HDD after all wanted data being restored with the help of data recovery program.
3. Abrupt removal case. We may lose files saved on the external HDD if it is removed from the computer suddenly or directly. Though we will not lose them with one hundred percent guarantee, there is a big chance for us to lose them if they are in the process of read and write when unplugging the external hard disk drive from the computer. Fortunately, we can restore them with data recovery tool.
4. Other similar logical data loss cases happen to external HDD when be used.
Kind of storage devices can be supported by data recovery tool after being reformatted
We can get lost files back from the reformatted external HDD. What about other kind of storage devices? As we all know, there are many other kinds of storage devices which can help of save massive files and folders with convenience. Can we retrieve our losses from them if they are reformatted? Absolutely we have the ability to restore data from other reformatted storage devices, such as computer hard disk, pen drive, memory card including SD card, MMC card, XD picture, memory stick, CF card, etc and other kind of storage devices.
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