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Quick Formatted External HDD by Error
Have you ever quick formatted your external hard disk drive by mistake? You must want to get back the lost files and folders from the quick formatted external hard disk drive if they are important for you and there is no backup. But do you have any idea what the possible way is? You may become anxious if you failed through so many trails. Actually, there is no need to be worried, because all those lost files could be restored quickly from the formatted external hard disk drive by data recovery software.
Case of quick formatting the external hard disk drive accidentally
I quick formatted my external hard disk drive by accident one hour ago. I know it is usable as the same and I can save new information on it. But what I worry about is how I can get back files and folders stored on the external hard disk drive originally before the formatting. Those files are vital and crucial for me which means I can not lose any one of them at all. The question now is there is no feasible way for me to get them back. Anyone could kindly help me? -Adam from New York
How to retrieve lost information from the formatted external hard disk drive with data recovery software
There is an easy and simple way for us to get lost files back from the quick formatted external hard disk drive. The exact way is to use data recovery software, which is a powerful tool to restore lost information and could retrieve the losses quickly and safely. Here are its guiding steps as follows to show the process:
Recover data from formatted external hard disk
Preparation: Download and install data recovery software on your computer. Then, you can connect the external hard disk to your computer and run the software and select proper recovery module.
Attention should be paid to after the external hard disk drive being quick formatted
Maybe you just get some of the needed back but not all, maybe there is nothing retrieved successfully with the help of data recovery software. Cases above could happen because of some improper actions to external hard disk drive after being quick formatted. The most reason is that files stored on the external hard disk drive previously are overwritten by new contents. Here are some tips which should be kept in mind so as to a successful retrieval:
1. Stop using the quick formatted external hard disk drive. It is not correct to keep using the external hard disk drive after being quick formatted when lost data saved on it need to be retrieved. Some people don’t understand the reason and save some new files on the formatted external hard disk drive. Consequently, they can not restore all needed information though with the help of data recovery tool. Actually, the reason is that the new data may overwrite the original information saved on it.
2. Do not reformat the external hard disk drive which has been quick formatted. Some people do not know how to get back the lost information from the formatted external hard disk drive and they try every possible ways which they think may work. Reformatting is one of their trails, so they format the external hard disk drive again. As a matter of fact, the reformatting operation is the second damage to the external hard disk drive and files on it. So do not format it one more time.
3. It is better to plug the formatted external hard disk drive out of computer after being quick formatted. Please unplug the formatted external hard disk drive from computer if you do not know how to restore lost files from it, because the original data on it may be overwritten and disturbed when using the computer.
4. Do not save the data recovery tool and files to be retrieved on the quick formatted external hard disk drive. You need to choose the location to save the data restoration tool when install it after downloading and save the information to be restored after clicking on the recover button. It is better to store both of them on one of the computer hard disks. You can remove those recovered files to the external hard disk drive when all needed files have been retrieved successfully.
Common brands of external hard disk drive
The external hard disk drive is very useful for us to store files with convenience, and there are many brands of it in the market. We should purchase it from the reliable resources to make sure the quality. Here are some popular manufactures of external hard disk drive as follows: WD (western digital), Seagate, Toshiba, HGST, SAMSUNG, Intel, Micron, OCZ, Kingston, ADATA
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