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Get Pictures Back after Formatting Disk
What if you lost pictures after formatting the disk by intention or by mistake? And do you really know what to do to get all the missing pictures back? If you just think that all things are over and you can do nothing but regretting what you have done, then you may make another mistake. For all pictures formatted by any reason can be retrieved. Data recovery software, which could help you recover all of them.
Example of needing data recovery after formatting the disk
I formatted my hard disk E, on which I saved all my pictures. I like to take photos and view them one by one when I have leisure. I love this kind of feeling which have brought me so much pleasure. But all of them have gone now. I click the format all button without careful thinking. I don't know why actually, and I think it must not me at that time. I have to retrieve them as soon as possible. Is there any way? And who kindly could help me get back all my precious photos? -Mac from Ohio
How to retrieve lost pictures from formatted disk
When suffering a sudden formatting disk, don't worry if the lost data is so important for you, because there is a simple way to retrieve it. But bow? How to restore them? There are steps using data recovery software recover lost photos as follows. The data recovery software can recover formatted external USB disk, memory card, USB flash drive, etc.
Recover data after format
Preparation: Download and install data recovery software. Launch the software and select a recovery module. Then, choose the disk and enable the software to perform a scan.
Things need your attention while recovering the lost pictures
There are some matters you should pay attention to as recovering the missing pictures, and all of them are important as equal.
1. You can not download and install the data restoration program on the formatted disk.
2. You can not save the recovered pictures on the same formatted disk.
3. You can not do any operation on the formatted disk once you formatted it by any reason.
All the above three you can not do things because of the assurance of the lost files can be retrieved fully. If you perform any one of the above things, it may overwrite the lost pictures, which result in the permanent lost and could not be found back any more. So you should be very careful.
The formatted disk scenarios
You may format your hard disk because the following reasons:
1. Format it by intention.
2. Format it by mistake.
3. Format it by the prompt of system.
4. Format it due to RAW file system
Actions protect pictures on disk from losing
Besides formatting disk will cause the lost of data, there are some other actions will bring about picture missing as well. They are as follows:
1. Deleted those pictures by accident.
2. The disk is infected by worms and virus.
3. The system is collapsed.
4. Files are corrupted.
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