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Reformatted Portable Hard Drive by mistake
It is terrible to reformat the portable hard drive by accident. It is also unpleasant to format the portable hard drive by error once, not to mention format it again accidentally. The thing people concern most may be files and folders saved on it at the previous time. We can not access any one of them from the reformatted portable hard drive, because they are not stored on it visible. Only if we can get the lost data back. Don’t worry, as we can retrieve those lost contents later.
Example of reformatting the portable hard drive
I formatted my sister's portable hard drive by mistake the other day. She was not at home so I have the chance to get those lost files which are crucial and vital for her back before she returns home, but there still is nothing when I format the again accidentally. I have thought those lost contents can be recovered by reformatting the portable hard drive. What should I do after the inflexible trial? Is there any other possible way for me to restore lost data from the reformatted portable hard drive? Min from LA
How to retrieve lost data from the reformatted portable hard drive with data recovery software
We can restore those lost files and folders after reformatting the portable hard drive under the help of data recovery tool, which can allow me to retrieve files needed from the reformatted portable hard drive just within a short while. The following steps can guide us perform data recovery successfully:
Recover data from reformatted portable hard drive
Preparation: Download and install data recovery software on your computer. Then, connect the portable hard drive to the computer and run the software. Finally, you can select a proper recovery module.
Various data loss situation we may meet when use the portable hard drive
After knowing that lost data can be recovered from the portable hard drive after being reformatted with data recovery tool and its steps above, we may wonder whether files which are lost due to other situations can be restored or not. Actually, there are more than one data loss cases we may encounter when use the portable hard drive. Different people may have different cases, or one people's cases are various. The truth it is possible to restore lost data which is lost because of logical corruption with data recovery program. Here are some of them below:
1. Files on the portable hard drive are deleted. We may delete data from portable hard drive accidentally or intentionally. It is terrible to lost information that deletes them by mistake. Even we delete them on purpose; we may find they are still useful later. Fortunately, we can get those lost files back thanks to data recovery tool. We can back up them regularly in case of having no idea how to recover those contents.
2. The portable hard drive is formatted. The format case belongs to the logical corruption to lose data. So does the reformat situation. We can restore wanted information quickly and safely after formatting or reformatting the portable hard drive by mistake or by intention. As we have known, what we need is data recovery tool. But we should take notice of not saving any new data on it until the needed files are retrieved completely.
3. The portable hard drive is raw file system. Raw is a system error, and when the portable hard drive shows raw problem, we can not use it unless we format it. so the portable hard drive raw problem also called the portable hard drive not formatted error. The way to fix that problematic portable hard drive is to format it. But we can restore what we need from the raw portable hard drive before format it if they are useful.
4. Other similar logical data loss cases.
Storage devices that can be supported by data recovery tool after reformatting
Can you image how powerful the data recovery software is? It is very powerful and magic, indeed. One of the facts embody its powerfulness is that it can support nearly all kind of storage devices, like portable hard drive. Those storage devices include hard disk, external hard disk, pen drive, SD card, SDXC, card, SDHC card, micro SD card, mini SD card, MMC card, memory stick, CF card, and so forth.
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