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Reformatted Memorex external hard drive by mistake data recovery

We may make such mistake that reformat the Memorex external hard drive after formatting it. Some of us may hope we can see lost files saved on the portable hard drive again after formatting it again. But unfortunately, the truth is that there is nothing we can view on the reformatted external hard drive. Have you thought of recovering lost data from the reformatted external hard disk drive? Actually, we may be able to get lost files back after reformatting the portable hard disk drive.

Example of reformatting the Memorex external hard drive by error

Is there anyone who can help me restore my lost files from the reformatted external hard drive? I formatted my portable hard disk at the second time after few seconds formatting it once by mistake. It seems that there is nothing I can do to the reformatted external hard drive, but I have to access files saved on it at the previous time. Those original files are important and precious and I can not get them other than recover them from the reformatted portable hard drive. Help, please. –Betty from LA

How to recover lost information from the reformatted Memorex external hard drive

We have said that we may be able to get our lost files back after reformatting the Memorex external hard drive by accident. What we can do is to use data recovery tool, which may help us get all we need back from the reformatted portable hard disk drive. The following steps can let us know how to start:

Recover data from reformatted external hard disk

Preparation: You can download and install the data recovery software on your computer after connecting the external hard disk. Then, you need to run the software and choose a recovery module.

1 Connect the reformatted external hard drive to the computer.
2Download and launch data recovery software on the exact computer.
3Open the data restoration program and choose the recovery model and aim disk to scan later.
4Preview the restorable files in the list after the scan and then pick up the needed to recover.

Situations that the Memorex external hard drive is reformatted

It is known to all of us that all files and folders saved on the Memorex external hard drive would be erased and we can not get them back by formatting it again. But there are still a lot of portable hard disk drive reformatted cases we may meet in daily life. Why would we reformat the external hard drive? As a matter of fact, we may format the formatted portable hard drive at the second time because of some different reasons. No matter what they are, we can ask data recovery software for help to recover lost data. Here are some of them as follows:

1. The external hard drive is reformatted by accident. One of the portable hard disk drive reformatted situations is the external hard drive is reformatted by mistake. We may click on the format or format all button again after formatting the external hard drive before. As a result, the portable hard drive would be reformatted accidentally. It is still possible for us to restore files from the reformatted external hard drive.

2. The external hard drive is reformatted by intention. Have you ever formatted the external hard drive on some certain purpose? For example, we may reformat the portable hard disk drive in order to recover lost information, or we may format the external hard drive again so as to against virus deeply, or we may reformat the portable hard disk due to other reasons. Actually, there is no need for us to reformat the external hard drive because of reasons above.

3. The external hard drive is reformatted by others. Sometimes, our portable hard disk drive may be reformatted by someone else accidentally or intentionally. It is also one of the external hard drive reformatted cases we may encounter in daily life. What’s more, it is also possible for us to recover lost data with the help of data recovery tool.

4. Other possible external hard drive reformatted cases.

Popular brands of external hard drive

We may not use the Memorex external hard drive but use portable hard drive with other brands, such as WD, Seagate, Toshiba, HGST, SAMSUNG, Intel, Micron, OCZ, Kingston, ADATA, and so forth. Actually, all of them above are popular brands of external hard drive in the market, and we can ask data recovery program for help if reformatted them by mistake.

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