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Reformatted Silicon Power External Hard Drive by mistake

We may format the Silicon Power external hard drive again after formatting it in some cases. For example, we may reformat the portable hard drive in order to get lost files back. Unfortunately, we would find that we can not recover any lost data after formatting it at the second time. Can we restore lost information from the reformatted external hard drive? Actually, we can have a try if we need to recover them from the reformatted portable external usb. We can ask data recovery software for help.

Example of reformatting the Silicon Power external hard drive

I was so stupid that formatted the Silicon Power external hard drive at the second time after formatting it two seconds ago. I remembered that there is a way to recover lost files and folders from the formatted portable hard drive, but I was not clear which way it is. Now I have reformatted the external hard drive, can I restore what I need from it? I really need to retrieve those lost contents, because they are so important for me. Is there any possible way for me to recover them from the reformatted external hard drive? -Andrew from LA

How to restore files from the reformatted Silicon Power external hard drive with data recovery software

It may be flexible for us to recover lost files from the reformatted external hard drive with the help of data recovery software. So we can have a try after formatting the portable hard drive at the second time to restore lost files and folders important with data recovery tool. Here are the steps as follows:

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 Download and install data recovery software on the computer.
2Connect the reformatted external hard drive to the computer.
3Operate the data restoration program and choose the recovery model and aim disk to scan.
4Preview the contents displayed in the list after the scan, and then we can pick up the files to recover.

Different data loss cases related to the Silicon Power external hard drive

Besides reformat the Silicon Power external hard drive and then cause data loss situation, there are a lot of other events that would result in data loss problem, too. So you may wonder whether we can get files which lost due to other reasons back by asking data recovery tool for help. As a matter of fact, it is possible for us to restore needed information from the portable hard disk drive whose data has been lost with the help of data recovery program as long as they are lost due to logical reasons. Here are some of them below:

1. Accidental deletion or formatting. No matter the external hard drive is formatted or files saved on it are deleted by accident, the same consequence is that we can not access those original contents saved on it at the previous time. What if those files are vital and crucial? Fortunately, we can ask data recovery tool for help and then we may be able to view those lost files again.

2. Virus attacks. Have you external hard drive even been infected by virus and worms? You would know that we may lose files and folders saved on the portable hard disk drive if it is infected by virus. For example, the data on external hard drive may become messy codes, some or all contents on the portable hard drive may turn to inaccessible, the external hard drive may become raw file system, and other possible results that cause data lost from external hard drive. As the same, we can also ask data recovery program for help in this case.

3. Power outage. We may meet such problem that computer closed abruptly when the external hard drive inserted to it because of power failure. As a result, we may not be able to view files saved on the portable hard drive previously because they are not saved on the external hard drive any more. So we may lose data due to power outage. Data recovery tool is also helpful at that time.

4. Other different logical data loss situations to external hard drive.

Common brands of external hard drive

We may use the external hard drive which is not from Silicon Power but from other brands, such as WD, Seagate, Toshiba, HGST, SAMSUNG, Intel, Micron, OCZ, Kingston, ADATA, and so on. Actually, they are also the common brands of portable hard drive in the market. By the way, we can retrieve lost information from them after reformatting them with data recovery tool, too.

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