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Reformatted Sony external hard disk drive
Do you intend to get lost data back from the Sony external hard disk drive after format or reformat? It is not that difficult for us to recover lost files from the external hard disk drive after reformatting it if we need to. Do you have any idea? As a matter of fact, we can retrieve files which have been lost with the help of data recovery tool. But one thing we should keep it in mind is that not to save any new data on the reformatted external hard disk drive until all needed have been retrieved.
Case of Sony external hard disk drive being reformatted
My Sony external hard disk drive needed to be recovered files. I formatted it twice the other day by error and as a result, I could not view any files which stored on the external hard disk drive originally. The external hard disk drive has not the function to unformat after accidental formatting. So I need to think of other way to restore those lost contents. I do not know what should be done to recover them from days ago till now. Is there any flexible way for me to get them back? -Lu from New York
How to get lost information back from reformatted Sony external hard disk drive
Data recovery software can help us get lost files back from the reformatted Sony external hard disk drive, because those contents which are not visible are still stored on the external hard disk drive. But there is risk for them to be overwritten. We can recover them as long as they have not been overwritten with the help of data recovery tool. Here are the steps below:
Recover data from Sony external hard disk
Preparation: Plug the Sony external hard disk to your PC. Then, download and install the data recovery software. Finally, you can launch the software and select a recovery module.
Various data loss problems when use Sony external hard disk drive
We may a lot of data loss problems when use the Sony external hard disk drive, such as it is reformatted accidentally or intentionally like example above. It is terrible to meet such problem when those lost files are important but we have no idea how to get them back. Actually, there are some other data loss cases we also may meet when use the external hard disk drive, and they are annoying, too. Fortunately, we can recover the lost data with the help of data recovery software. Here are some data loss cases that can be solved to restore lost data as follows;
1. Virus attacks. As we all know, it is terrible that the external hard disk drive is infected by virus and worms. We human beings will be sick if be infected by virus, and the external hard disk drive will be damaged if is attacked by data virus, too. There are two serious consequences: the external hard disk drive can not be used any more, or all or parts of files saved on it get lost. What should we do at that time is to ask data recovery tool for help.
2. Sony external hard disk drive shows raw file system. Raw is a kind of system error and once the external hard disk drive become raw file system, we can not use it as normal. We need to format the external hard disk if we intend to keep using it. Here the data loss problem comes, that is all information has been erased after the formatting. We can also ask data recovery program for help.
3. Files on Sony external hard disk drive are deleted. It is a simple action to delete files stored on external hard disk drive and they will be lost after that. If we find those deleted contents are still useful or valuable, we can get them back under the help of data recovery tool.
4. Power outage. It is possible for us to lose data on Sony external hard disk drive when the computer closed due to power outage when the external hard disk drive is connected t it. If those lost files are vital, we can restore them with data recovery software.
5. Other logical data loss cases we may meet when sue Sony external hard disk drive.
Popular brands of external hard disk drive
Have you ever heard about Seagate external hard disk drive? Actually, there are many other brands of external hard disk drive besides Sony, just like Seagate. Here are some of them: WD, Seagate, Toshiba, HGST, SAMSUNG, Intel, Micron, OCZ, Kingston, ADATA, and so forth. Data recovery software is available for them, too.
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