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Reformatted External Hard Disk Drive Data Recovery
Don't worry if you reformat the USB external hard disk drive accidentally, as we can get the lost information back. We can ask the data recovery tool for help if format the external hard disk drive again. It can help us restore what have been lost due to the formatting and reformatting events form the USB external hard disk drive. But we should not format the external hard disk drive at the second time, because it may damage the disk drive again.
Example of reformatting the USB external hard disk drive
My friend told me to format the USB external hard disk drive again to see whether the lost data could be got back after formatting it once. I did what he said and there was no change at all. There was still nothing on the external hard disk drive after being reformatted. What I have done was to retrieve those lost files which are very important and valuable for me. But I was failed. Is there any possible way for me to get the lost contents back form the reformatted external hard disk drive? -Teresa from New York
How to retrieve data form the reformatted USB external hard disk drive with data recovery software
Though we should not format the USB external hard disk drive at the second time, there is still possibility to restore lost data back form the external hard disk drive after reformatting it. Data recovery tool is our assistant if we want to get what needed back. Here are the steps as follows to show us how to perform the recovery:
Recover data from reformatted USB external hard disk
Preparation: Download and install data recovery software on your computer. Then, connect the USB external hard disk drive to the computer and run the software. Finally, you can select a proper recovery module.
Correct usage to the USB external hard disk drive
As a matter of fact, we can avoid many data loss problems if we use the USB external hard disk drive correctly. The reason is that a lot of data loss troubles due to the improper usage to external hard disk drive. For example, we format the external hard disk drive accidentally, which belongs to the improper action to the external drive. Here are some of correct usages to external hard disk drive below:
1. Plug the USB external hard disk drive into or out of computer safely. Let us talk about plug the external hard disk drive into the computer. We should connect it to the computer which has been opened completely. In other words, it is not allowed to insert the external hard disk drive to computer when it is closed or during the process of start. As for the unplugging, we should plug it out of computer safely. The sign is that computer system will show us information that now you can remove the portable devices from the computer safely. We should remove the external hard disk drive from computer at that time.
2. Avoid the physical damage to the USB external hard disk drive. All of us know that what the physical damage to the external drive is. For example, the external hard disk drive will be hurt physically if we bend or divide it. Files saved on it are hard to be retrieved if the external hard disk drive is damaged physically.
3. Do not use the USB external hard disk drive in the low power supply. Data loss problem may happen to the external hard disk drive due to the power failure. If the computer closed abruptly during the process of external hard disk drive read and write, data saved on that external hard disk drive may be lost unfortunately.
4. Other related proper usage to external hard disk drive.
Where those original files are after the USB external hard disk drive being reformatted
The reason that we can get the lost files back is those contents are still saved on the USB external hard disk drive after being reformatted. When we format or reformat the external hard disk drive, files stored on it have not been erased from it truly. They are still saved on it but we can not see them, and the space where they saved can be occupied by other new data. It means that new information may overwrite the original lost data. We should not store new files on it before the needed files have been retrieved.
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