Data Recovery --> Data Recovery Howto --> Unformat Maxtor External HDD
Unformat Maxtor External HDD
What a terrible thing is to meet an external hard disk drive not formatted, because there is nothing can be done to it. System keeps reminding you to format the external hard disk drive before you can use it tirelessly. Either you format the external hard disk drive or not format it information saved on it is not accessible. All the information seems to be lost to some extent. Good news is those inaccessible data could be restored with data recovery software.
Case of Maxtor external hard disk drive not being formatted
I took a lot of pictures in my trip to Las Vegas last weekend with my camera, and I removed those photos to my Maxtor external hard disk drive in order to release the space of my camera memory card. But when I double click the external hard disk drive to check my pictures, system prompts me to format the v external hard disk drive before I can use it. What's wrong? I can open it normally yesterday. How can I retrieve those images form the unformatted external hard disk? -Ben from Utah
How to get back files from the unformatted external hard disk drive with data recovery software
The unformatted external hard disk drive could be opened after you formatting it, but there is nothing saved on it on that way. So the best way is to get back those files with the data recovery program before formatting the external hard disk drive which is not formatted. Steps as follows will show you how to retrieve information from unformatted external hard disk with data recovery tool:
Recover data from formatted Maxtor external hdd
Preparation: Download and install data recovery software on your computer. Then, plug the Maxtor external hard disk to the computer and run the software. Finally, you can select a proper recovery module.
Notice should be took of during recovering lost information
There are some knacks of retrieving the inaccessible files and folders from the unformatted external hard disk drive successfully with data recovery tool. Some people have restored all needed information from the external hard disk drive not formatted by data recovery software, but some people are not able to. What is the reason? Actually, they may do something wrong after knowing the external hard disk drive is not formatted. Here is the guidance to a successful recovery below:
1. Do not choose to format the unformatted external hard disk drive immediately after being asked. There are two options when asked to format the external hard disk before it is usable, format and cancel. It is better to click on the cancel button and get back lost information with the help of data recovery software. You can format the problematic external hard disk drive after all needed files have been retrieved. Though data recovery program also could restore information from the formatted external hard disk, there is a risk that not all wanted could be retrieved.
2. Do not save the data recovery tool on the external hard disk drive not be formatted. You will choose the location to store the data retrieval program when mount it after downloading. You are suggested to save it on one of the computer hard disks.
3. Do not store the files to be retrieved on the unformatted external hard disk drive. It is not proper to save the restored information on the unformatted external hard disk drive immediately. Like data recovery tool, it should be stored on one of the computer hard disk drives firstly, too.
4. Have a check whether all wanted files have been recovered successfully. You can remove the retrieved files to the external hard disk drive after formatting it. Other new data also could be stored on the usable external hard disk after the lost information has been restored fully. But do not save any new data or the restored information on the external hard disk drive before all needed files have been got back.
Brand of external hard disk drive are supported by data recovery program
Data recovery software could retrieve files and folders from the Maxtor unformatted external hard disk drive. Maxtor is one of the brands of external hard disk drive, so what about other manufactures of external hard disk? Do they are supported by data recovery program? As a matter of fact, nearly all brands of external hard disk drive are compatible of data restoration tool. Here are some of them as follows: WD (western digital), Seagate, Toshiba, HGST, SAMSUNG, Intel, Micron, OCZ, Kingston, ADATA
Sources and Citations
Recommended for You
- Recover formatted data
- Recover Raw drive data