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Data recovery after format PWR external hard disk

What is the way to recover lost information after formatting the PWR external hard drive? Have you ever thought of it? We may want to perform data recovery after formatting the portable external usb by error if files saved on it at the previous time are valuable or vital. The good news is that we may be able to get the lost information form the formatted external hard drive successfully. What we need is data recovery program, in fact.

Example of PWR external hard drive is formatted

Do you know what should I do after formatting the PWR external hard drive by mistake? What I mean is data saved on the portable hard drive at the old time is useful so I have to get them back after formatting it. But I have no idea how to retrieve them. Do you have any idea what should I perform to restore part of the lost contents from the formatted external hard drive? Please help me if you know how to fix the portable external usb formatted error. –Lo from New York

How to recover files after formatting the PWR external hard drive with data recovery software

We may be able to recover the lost data from the formatted PWR external hard drive under the help of data recovery tool. So we can have a try after formatting the portable hard disk drive by accident. The following steps can tell us how to perform it in detail:

Recover data from formatted 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.

1Connect the formatted PWR external hard drive to the computer.
2Download and mount the data recovery software on the same computer.
3Open the data recovery program and choose one recovery model and object disk to scan.
4We may be able to preview the contents after the scan, and then pick up the information to recover.

Correct usage to PWR external hard drive in case of losing data

We should be pay attention to many aspects in case of losing files from the PWR external hard drive when use it. One of the most important events is to use the portable hard disk drive correctly. We may have known that there are a lot of data loss problems which because of improper usage of external hard drive. So we should be careful when store or read files on the portable hard drive. Here is the guidance to correct usage to external hard drive as follows:

1. Download and launch anti-virus software on the PWR external hard drive. The basic step to correct usage to portable hard disk drive is to download and install anti-virus tool on it. It can protect the external hard drive from being infected by virus and worms or other harmful matters. We may lose all contents on the portable hard drive due to the virus infection, so it is necessary to use anti-virus software.

2. Connect the PWR external hard drive to the computer properly. In order to plug the portable hard disk drive into the computer correctly, we should not connect them until the computer is fully started. If we insert the external hard drive to the computer when it is close or in the process of its opening, the external hard drive may not be able to be recognized to the computer and then we may lose files stored on it.

3. Plug the PWR portable hard drive out of computer safely. Firstly, we should close all the related programs. Secondly, we can click on the external hard drive icon to let it show safety removal information and then press it. Thirdly, we can remove the portable hard disk drive. Steps above are the proper steps to plug the external hard drive out of computer in case of losing data.

4. Other attention should be paid to when use the PWR external hard drive in case of losing information o it.

Storage devices from which we may recover data

Besides perform external hard drive formatted recovery, we can also start data recovery after formatting other storage devices, such as memory card(such as SD card, SDHC card, SDHC card, micro SD card, MMC card, CF card, memory stick and other kind of memory cards), pen drive, hard disk drive and so forth.

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