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Unformat ADATA external hard drive
Do you have any idea what to do when the ADATA external hard drive shows unformat error? The external hard drive is not usable when it is in not formatted trouble. Some of us are concerned about the normal usage of the portable hard disk drive, and some of us care about files saved on the unformatted external hard drive at the previous time. Actually, we can solve them both. We can perform data recovery on the external hard drive with data recovery tool and the format it.
Example of ADATA external hard drive not formatted error
I have an external hard drive which was bought from ADATA. I have back up a lot of files on it, but now I can not use it any more. System prompts me that it is not formatted and need to be formatted before I can use it. What should I do to solve the portable hard drive unformat problem? How can I use it normally again and view contents stored on it at the original time? Is there any way? Those files on the unformatted external hard drive are important and some of them are the one and only now. Please help. –Linda from Washington
How to retrieve information from the unformatted ADATA external hard drive with data recovery software
We can try to get files from the unformatted ADATA external hard drive with the help of data recovery software if there are contents needed on the portable hard disk drive. It is not difficult or time-cost to retrieve information from the external hard drive with unformat error. Here are the steps as follows to show us how to start:
Recover data from external hard disk
Preparation: Download and install the data recovery software to your computer. Then, you need to plug the external hard disk to the computer. Finally, launch the software and select a recovery module.
Problems related to format case when use ADATA external hard drive
We have known that what we can do to use the external hard drive normally and access information stored on it at the original time when it is in unformat trouble. And the way is to recover those previous files with data recovery software and then format the unformatted portable hard disk drive. What if other problems related format events we meet when use the ADATA external hard disk drive? As a matter of fact, there are more than one problems we may encounter related to format case. Here are some of them as follows:
1. The ADATA external hard drive is formatted by error or by intention. We would lose all files and folders saved on the external hard drive if it is formatted accidentally or intentionally. For example, we may format the portable hard drive by clicking on the format or format all button by mistake, or we may format the external hard drive in order to delete all contents on it quickly, or other formatted external hard drive cases. We can ask data recovery program for help no matter which kind of situation is.
2. The ADATA external hard drive is in not formatted error. We have discussed the topic that external hard drive is unformat. And we can perform data recovery on the unformatted to get original files back under the help of data recovery tool and then format it if we need to use it normally again. But we should follow the right steps that recover data at first and then format the problematic external hard drive.
3. The SDATA external hard drive can not be formatted completely. We may see such information that the windows can not complete the format when formatting the external hard drive. It may because of the system error, or because there is something goes wrong on the portable hard disk drive itself, or due to some other reasons. Data recovery tool is helpful if files saved on the questionable external hard drive are useful.
4. Other format-related problems we may encounter when use the ADATA external hard drive.
Storage devices may show unformat problem
Besides ADATA external hard drive, we may also met unformat error when use other kind of storage devices, such as USB stick, hard disk drive, SD card, MMC card, CF card, XD picture card, TF card, memory stick and other memory devices. Fortunately, we can ask data recovery program for help in those cases, too.
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