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Reformatted WD External HD
Have you ever used WD external hard disk? Maybe you have format it or reformat it if you have used the external hard disk. Do you have any idea how to restore lost files form the reformatted external hard disk? It is true that we can restore data no matter which kind of file types they are form the external hard disk after format it at the second time. But we should pay attention to that do not save new information on that drive until all needed have been restored.
Case of reformatting the WD external hard disk
I formatted my friend's WD external hard disk twice yesterday. I borrowed it form one of my friend to store files when go to travel days ago. But I formatted it by mistake when I view files saved on it last night. More unfortunately, I formatted it again accidentally. Is there any way for me to retrieve files form the reformatted WD external hard disk? I would like to get what I have lost back no matter how difficult it is. Anyone could kindly help me? -Lewis from Washington
How to get lost information back form the reformatted WD external hard disk with data recovery software
Do not perform any operation on the WD external hard disk if we reformatted it and want to retrieve files form it. What we should do firstly is to restore what we want with the help of data recovery software. The following steps will show us how to recover data form the reformatted external hard disk:
Recover data from reformatted wd external hard disk
Preparation: Download and install data recovery software on your computer. Then, connect WD the external hard disk drive to the computer and run the software. Finally, you can select a proper recovery module.
Situation that we may format the WD external hard disk
It is known to all of us that data saved on the WD external hard disk will be lost if we format it. It is not an expected or pleasant thing to meet though we can get the lost files and folders back form the formatted or reformatted external hard disk with the help of data recovery program. Unfortunately, it seems that we can not avoid the formatting action when use the external hard disk in daily life. Here are some situations that we may format the WD external hard disk below:
1. The WD external hard disk is raw. When the external hard disk shows raw problem, there is no other way for us but to format it if we want to use it. So most of us will format the problematic external hard disk at that time. Consequently, data saved on it would be lost. But if there are files useful and precious on the external hard disk we should get them back at first and then format it.
2. The WD external hard disk is in not formatted error. We may see information that you have to format the disk drive before you can use it when plug the external hard disk into the computer. It shows that the external hard disk needs to be formatted if we want to keep using it. Like external hard disk raw problem, we should restore needed files at first if we can not lose them with the help of data recovery tool.
3. The WD external hard disk is infected by virus. It is necessary to format the external hard disk if it is infected by virus and worms, or it will damage that disk drive more seriously. We still can use the data recovery program to restore lost information at that case.
4. The WD external hard disk is formatted accidentally. If we format the external hard disk by accident, we can restore those losses with data recovery tool, too.
5. Other external hard disk being formatted situations.
Kind of storage devices are supported by data recovery tool after being reformatted
In this day and age, we are using various kinds of storage devices to satisfy our needs to save more information. If we happen to format other storage devices like external hard disk, we can also ask the data recovery software for help if we want to get back those losses. It can help us retrieve what we want form the reformatted devices, such as pen drive, memory stick, SD card, MMC card, XD picture card, mini SD card, micro SD card, CF card and so forth.
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