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Reformatted flash thumb drive
Have your flash thumb drive ever been reformatted? What would you do if you happen to reformat it accidentally or intentionally? Maybe some of us would ignore that and then save new data on the flash thumb drive after reformatting it. But what if there are files important saved on it and there is no backup? Then we need to get files back from the reformatted flash thumb drive. Actually, what we can do to recover lost information is to ask data recovery software for help.
Case of flash thumb drive being reformatted
My flash thumb drive was reformatted by mistake. What's more, the flash thumb drive was formatted at the first time also by error. There have been saved a lot of useful and valuable files and folders on the flash thumb drive, so I would never format it. Now what should I do, because I need to get those lost files back. I have no idea how to recover lost data from the reformatted flash thumb drive, and there is nothing on the recycle bin. Is there any suggestion to help me? -Wong from Washington
How to get data back from the reformatted flash thumb drive with data recovery software
We can retrieve the lost information from the flash thumb drive after reformatting it with the help of data recovery software. It can assist us get what we need from the reformatted flash thumb drive quickly and safely, so we do not need to worry about others else would get them. Here are the steps as follows:
Recover data from reformatted usb flash drive
Preparation: Insert the USB flash drive to your computer and download the data recovery software. Then, you can install and run the software and select a recovery module.
Different cases that the flash thumb drive being formatted again
It is terrible for us to format and reformat the flash thumb drive by accident, but what if we format and reformat it by intention? We all know that all files and folders saved on the flash thumb drive at the previous time would be lost, and those losses would not be got back after formatting it again. So it would be a huge loss if we have no idea how to retrieve lost data from the reformatted flash thumb drive. Do you know how many situations there are that the flash thumb drive is reformatted? Here are some of them as follows:
1. The flash thumb drive is reformatted by mistake. We may format the flash thumb drive by error and then format it again accidentally sometimes. For example, click on the format or format all button or the v flash thumb drive is formatted by other people. What we should do after that is to ask data recovery software for help if we need to get lost information back.
2. The flash thumb drive is reformatted by intention. We may format and reformat the flash thumb drive due to the following reasons.
Firstly, the flash thumb drive is infected by virus. There are files which contain virus and worms and other harmful matters saved on the flash thumb drive, so we may format the flash thumb drive in order to avoid something terrible happen. For example, some or all files saved on it previously get lost; the flash thumb drive can not be used, and so forth. We may format it again in order to make sure it is normal to sue.
Secondly, the flash thumb drive is formatted due to the raw file system. The flash thumb drive may turn to raw because of some reasons and we can not use because system says that USB flash drive needs to be formatted before we can use it. So we lose files saved on it at the previously either we format it or do not format it. We reformat it may because we think the flash thumb drive can be used better after that. We also can get files back from eth raw flash thumb drive with data recovery tool.
3. The flash thumb drive is reformatted by system by error. If there is something wrong happen to the system, it may keep formatting the flash thumb drive.
4. Other possible cases that reformatting the flash thumb drive.
Storage devices from which lost data can be recovered after being reformatted
We get that we can perform data recovery after reformatting, but do you know from which kind of storage devices can we get lost files back under the help of data recovery tool after reformatting it, like flash thumb drive? Actually, we can perform data recovery on almost all reformatted storage devices. Such as: hard disk, pen drive, all kinds of memory card, like SD card, CF card, and so forth.
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