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I accidentally formatted external hard drive is it possible to recover the lost data
We may format the external hard drive by mistake sometimes. And there would be no file and folder on the accidental formatted external hard disk drive. What if we need to access the original information stored on the portable hard drive? Do not worry, as we can perform the formatted external HDD recovery to get the lost files back. It is true that we may be able to restore those lost contents though we can not see them on the formatted external USB drive.
Example of formatting the external hard disk drive by error
I accidentally formatted external hard drive and is it possible to recover the lost data? I pressed the format option by error when tried to delete the chose files off the portable hard drive last night. Expect those contents which I intended to delete; other files saved on the external hard disk drive at the original time are vital and crucial for me. As a result, I have to retrieve them. But I have to idea is it flexible to perform external USB drive format recovery or how to perform. Can you kindle\y help me? -Jack from Utah
How to retrieve data from the formatted external hard drive with data recovery software
It is true that we can perform the formatted portable hard drive recovery to try to get its lost files back, and we need the help of data recovery software, a tool to get the lost data back. The following steps can help us figure it out that how to perform the files recovery when external hard drive was formatted accidentally:
Recover data external hard drive
Preparation: Plug the external hard drive to PC and download the data recovery software. Then, you can install and run the data recovery software and select a recovery module.
Attention should be paid to restore lost data successfully
Maybe all of us may think it is easy and simple to perform the formatted external hard disk drive files recovery with the help of data recovery tool according to steps above. As a matter of fact, it is simple, indeed. But some of us may say that we can not perform the formatted portable hard disk drive recovery smoothly and can not retrieve all files needed at last. Is it true? What the reason is? Actually, the failure of data recovery may be the incorrect action we performed after formatting the external hard disk drive. Here are some tips below to perform formatted recovery on external drive well:
1. Do not save new files on the formatted external hard disk drive. We may tend to store new contents on the portable hard disk after formatting it by mistake, such as the image files or the videos or other types of files. But actually, it is not correct to save new data on the formatted external hard drive, because those lost contents may be overwritten by the new information. And we can not retrieve them once they were overwritten.
2. It is better to connect one storage device on the computer. Some of us may insert more than one memory devices to the computer during the process of formatted external hard disk drive data recovery. Actually, it is better to connect one drive t the aim computer in order to perform the files recovery well.
3. Stop performing any other operation on the formatted external hard disk drive other than data recovery. It is better not to do anything on the formatted portable external USB other than the data recovery. For example, we should not check the formatted external hard drive. Those erased contents may be corrupted due to those improper actions.
4. Other similar tips to get lost information from the formatted portable hard drive favorably.
Types of files may be retrieved from the formatted portable hard drive
Generally speaking, there would be various types of files saved on the external hard disk drive, such as pictures, videos, songs, movies, work documents, and so forth. Some of us may wonder whether we can get all those files back from the formatted portable hard disk drive. And the answer is that we may be able to restore all types of files after formatting the external hard disk successfully.
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