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Reformatted PWR External Hard Drive by mistake

It is terrible to reformat the PWR external hard drive by error and find there is nothing restored after that. Then what should we do to recover lost files and folders from the reformatted external hard disk drive? Or is it flexible to restore lost data after reformatting the external hard drive by accident? Yes, we may be able to retrieve the lost information from the reformatted portable external USB with the help of data recovery software. Here is an example as follows:

Case of reformatting PWR external hard drive

Can you help me get lost files back from the reformatted PWR external hard drive? I reformatted the external hard drive by mistake two days ago. Two days past, I still have no idea to recover lost files which stored on the reformatted portable external USB at the previous time. But I have to restore them in 5 days, because they are so valuable and useful. What should I do? Please tell me a possible way if you have any idea. Any suggestion would be appreciated. –Bob from New York

How to recover lost data from reformatted PWR external hard drive with data recovery software

The possible way to restore lost files after reformatting the PWR external hard drive accidentally is to use data recovery tool, which can scan files still on the reformatted portable hard drive and then recover them within a short time. The following steps will help us know more information about how to perform:

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.

1Insert the reformatted external hard drive to the computer.
2Download and launch data recovery software on the computer.
3Operate the data restoration tool and choose one recovery model and object disk to scan.
4Wait to preview the contents in the list after the scan and then pick up the files wanted to recover.

Attention should be paid after reformatting PWR external hard drive

We can not make sure that all lost files would be retrieved by data recovery tool with one hundred percent guarantee. In other words, we may not be able to get all we need back even though under the help of data recovery software after reformatting the external hard drive by mistake. But there is one thing we can do, that is to increase the chance to restore lost information with data recovery tool from the reformatted portable hard disk drive. Here are the actions that we should pay attention to after reformatting the external hard drive in order to get more files back:

1. Do not format the reformatted external hard drive again. The reformatted external hard drive which has been formatted twice is supported by data recovery software, which means that there is still a chance to recover lost files and folders from the reformatted portable hard disk drive with the help of data recovery tool. The chance would be reduced if the reformatted is formatted again and again, even we may not be able to recover any needed information in that case.

2. Do not store new data on the reformatted external hard drive at once. The external hard drive which has been reformatted is not problematic like the unformatted portable hard drive, and we can save new information on it as the same. We should not store new information on it though the external hard drive can be saved new files if there are files saved on it at the previous time need to be got back. We should recover all we need at first and then store new files what we want on the external hard drive.

3. Save the data recovery tool and retrieved files on the computer. We would be asked to select the location to save data recovery program and files to be restored in steps above. Generally speaking, we can not save those contents on the aim disk on which needed files saved, so we should choose one of the computer hard disks as the location to store them at first.

4. Other notices should be taken of after reformatting the external hard drive.

Popular brands of external hard drive

Besides PWR external hard drive, we can also perform data recovery on portable hard drive which came from WD (western digital), Seagate, Toshiba, HGST, SAMSUNG, Intel, Micron, OCZ, Kingston, ADATA and other popular brands after reformatting them if those lost files saved on them are vital or precious.

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