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Unformat Sony External Hard Drive
Have you ever met the external hard drive unformat error, for example the Sony external hard drive? We can not open it if the portable hard disk drive is in unformat error. What’s more, we need to format it in order to use the external hard drive normally. But we would lose files saved on the portable hard disk at the previous time in that case. Can we recover those original contents? Yes, we can try data recovery to unformatted portable hard disk drive with data recovery tool.
Case of Sony external hard drive unformat error
I have no idea how to deal with the unformat Sony external hard drive. The portable hard drive could not be used when it is in not formatted situation. But I have to access information on the external hard drive as soon as possible to complete my work. Can you tell me how to solve the portable external usb unformat error? Actually, there is just one object that is to let those original files accessible, because I know the problematic external hard drive would be usable after being formatted. Anyone can help me, please? -Arthur from Washington
How to restore data from the unformatted Sony external hard drive with data recovery software
We can try to recover files needed from the unformatted Sony external hard drive with the help of data recovery program. Actually, there is a huge possibility for us to get previous information from the portable hard disk drive which shows unformat error, because data recovery tool is helpful. Here are the steps as follows:
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.
Attention should be paid when Sony external hard drive is not formatted
There is a huge chance for us to retrieve files wanted from the Sony external hard drive when it is in not formatted error, but it not means we can restore what we need with one hundred percent guarantee. We need to pay attention to some aspects so as to get more files and folders back from the unformatted portable hard disk drive, or we may lose the opportunity to recover files from the unformatted portable external usb. Here are some tips below to help us perform carefully:
1. Do not format the problematic Sony external hard drive immediately. Some of us tend to format the Sony external hard drive at once when be prompted that it is unformat and need to be formatted before we can use it. After that we may remember that there are files on the portable hard disk drive which has been formatted. As a matter of fact, the chance is reduced after formatting the unformatted external hard drive though we may still be able to restore information from it.
2. It is better to plug the unformatted Sony external hard drive out of computer. Some people tend to connect the external hard drive to the computer after finding it is unformat and then keep surfing on the internet. As a matter of fact, the proper action is to remove the unformatted portable hard disk from the computer and connect them when it occurs to us how to recover the data useful from it, because there may be other corruptions happen on the unformatted external hard drive to reduce the possibility to perform data recovery.
3. We should not perform other operations on the unformatted Sony external hard drive other than recovering information needed. We should not use the portable hard disk drive when it is in unformat trouble until files needed stored on it have been retrieved, such as chkdsk. The reason is like above.
4. Other tips to recover more files from the unformatted Sony external hard drive with data recovery program.
Popular brands of external hard drive
Have you ever heard of WD (western digital), Seagate, Toshiba, HGST, SAMSUNG, Intel, Micron, OCZ, Kingston, ADATA or other brands? Actually, all of them are popular brands of external hard disk drive, like Sony. What's more, all of them are supported by data recovery tool.
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