Though we can get lost files back after formatting the WD portable external USB again, it does not mean that we should ignore data loss sign when use the portable external USB. On the contrary, we should come up with ways to protect data saved on the portable external USB from being lost. What should we do then? Do you have any idea how to protect them? If it confuses you, the following suggestions may help you, to some extent. Here are some protections below:

1. The most basic one tip is to back up data. We should develop the habit to back up files which are important or useful regularly in daily life. But it is common for us to forget to back up them some times. We should always keep it in mind. The advantage of backup is that we can get what we have lost quickly and easily once they get lost. By the way, it is known to all that we should back up them on other storage devices but not the portable external USB on which they stored originally.

2. Use the WD portable external USB properly. It is one of the biggest reason of data loss that not to use the portable external USB correctly. For example, we plug the portable external USB out of computer directly and abruptly when we are writing files saved on it at the previous time, or bend the portable external USB and divide it into more than one parts, or other actions which are harmful to the portable external USB. Operations above should be avoided.

3. Download and install anti-virus software. We can not ensure that the WD portable external USB which we use will not be infected by virus and worms forever in the future, but we can guarantee it if we launch a tool which can against virus and other harmful matters, that is anti-virus software. It is not pleasant to lose data due to virus attacks and we can avoid it thanks to anti-virus software. So it is necessary to mount one.

4. Other similar or distinct protections to files on the WD portable external USB.

File types can be restored after reformatting WD portable external USB

Do you have question that which kind of files can be restored by data recovery tool after reformatting the WD portable external USB? It is normal to have such problem, but we have no need to worry about it at all. Nearly all types of files saved on portable external USB, such as movies, TVs, pictures, various kinds of documents, videos, audio files, and so forth, can be retrieved from the reformatted portable external USB with the help of data recovery program.

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