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Unformat NTFS Partition by Mistake
What would you do if the NTFS partition shows unformat problem? It can not be opened to view its files and folders before being formatted. Some people may think it is easy to deal with the NTFS partition not format. The way is to format the unformatted NTFS partition. The unformatted NTFS partition could be opened after formatting, but the question is that all files saved on it originally have been lost. So it is not that simple. But there is still a way to solve that unformat problem.
Example of meeting the NTFS partition not formatted
The NTFS partition on my computer hard disk needed to be formatted before I can use it the other day. I did not know why could that happen and thought it will turn to normal automatically after a few days. But to my disappointment, the unformat problem is still exist to the NTFS partition now. I have to use files saved on that partition urgently but it still can not be opened. Is there any possible way for me to open the unformatted NTFS partition to view its data? -Alma from New York
How to get back information from the unformatted NTFS partition with data recovery software
The way to solve the unformat NTFS partition problem is to get back those files on it with some tool and then format the hard disk partition to let it usable again. Those inaccessible files could be retrieved by data recovery software from the unformatted NTFS partition within a short time. The following steps will show you how to restore the lost files after formatting with the data recovery tool:
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Preparation: Download and install data recovery software on your computer. Then run the data recovery software and you can select a proper recovery module.
Various data loss problems that could be solved by data recovery tool
Data recovery program could retrieve lost files and folders from the unformatted NTFS partition successfully. So some people may wonder what about other data loss situations? How to get back lost information from other questionable partition or storage devices? You do not need to worry, as data recovery tool could solve various data loss problems, such as deleted one, formatting one and so forth. Here are some common situations as follows:
1. Accidental deletion and formatting. It can not be avoided that we may delete files or format the disk or flash memory by mistake sometimes. And then those files would be lost and it is really a disaster if that data is important and can not be retrieved. Unfortunately, data recovery tool could get back all of them as long as they have not been overwritten.
2. Intentional deletion and formatting. As a matter of fact, no matter we delete or format the disk drive accidentally or intentionally, data saved on it previously would be lost. And as same as the data loss result, all those lost files could be restored by data recovery tool.
3. Virus attacks. Files may be infected by virus and worms which hidden in other files when they are saved on the same place and cause severe consequences, such as some of contents are lost, some of them become messy codes, or other similar data loss results. Good news is that data recovery program could retrieve that lost information.
4. Power failure. The abrupt power outage may result in data loss situation sometimes but not all the times. The opportunity to lose data is big that the computer closed or cameras closed suddenly when the flash memory in the process of read and write. Data recovery tool also could solve such problem quickly.
5. Other similar logical corruption happens to files.
Brief introduction to NTFS partition
NTFS partition is a kind of disk partition or flash memory disk properties whose fiels system is NTFS. Like raw, FAT, FAT32, NTFS is a kind of file system. Compared with FAT version, it could support the feature and function that FAT version can not. It is a advanced file system whose security, reliability, advancement are higher than FAT version.
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