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Reformatted external SSD disk

Happen to reformat the external SSD disk? Don't worry, as we have the chance to recover data we have lost from the reformatted external SSD disk in this day and age. You may wonder what the possible way is. As a matter of fact, it is not difficult to perform to get lost data back from the reformatted external SSD disk. We just need to ask data recovery software for help. It can assist us retrieve what we need from the external hard disk drive after being formatted again quickly.

Case of reformatting the external SSD disk

I have an external SSD disk on which I have saved a lot of valuable files, but it is reformatted just now. Both two times I formatted the external SSD disk by mistake. I am upset because all files saved on it at the previous time has been erased and disappeared. What should I do? Is there any chance for me to get those lost contents back after formatting? Anyone can kindly help me get them back? By the way, I have not formatted the external SSD disk again or perform nay other operations on it. –Su from LA

How to recover data from the reformatted external SSD disk with data recovery software

We just need to click on a few buttons if we want to get lost files back from the reformatted external SSD disk under the help of data recovery too. Then we can recover them through the scan and recover of data recovery program. This data recovery software also allows you to recover data from formatted external hard disk, formated memory card and more other devices. Here are the steps as follows to show the detail information:

Recover data from reformatted external SSD disk

Preparation: Download and install data recovery software on your computer. Then, connect the external SSD disk to the computer and run the software. Finally, you can select a proper recovery module.

1Download the data recovery software and launch it on the computer.
2Connect the reformatted external SSD disk to the computer.
3Run the data restoration program on the computer and choose the recovery model and aim disk to scan.
4Preview the contents in the list after the scan and then we can pick up the wanted to recover.

Attention should be paid to so as to get all needed files back after formatting

You may feel strange that some people recover all they need from the external SSD disk after reformatting it with the help of data recovery tool, but some people just can restore part of lost contents or fail to get lost files back from the reformatted external SSD disk. It seems unreasonable. But as a matter of fact, such difference can be explained. The failure to recover needed data may because they do something wrong on the external SSD disk after reformatting it. Such as:

1. Save new information on the reformatted external SSD disk. We can save new data on the external SSD disk which has been reformatted once, but we should take notice of is that do not store any one of them until all needed and wanted files have been restored successfully from the reformatted external SSD disk with the help of data recovery tool. Otherwise those lost files may be overwritten by those new contents and can not be recovered anymore.

2. Keep formatting the reformatted external SSD disk. Some people keep formatting the external SSD disk which has been reformatted without anxiety, because they think it can not do harm to the external SSD disk or files saved on it previously. Maybe they hold that there is magic to recover their losses by reformatting the external SSD disk again and again. So they may fail to recover what they need from the reformatted external SSD disk though under the help of data recovery program. The reason is the external SSD disk and its data would be damaged again and again if we keep formatting it.

3. Choose the reformatted external SSD disk as the location to save data recovery tool and data to be retrieved. We have known that we need to select the location to save data recover tool when mount it and save files to be recovered when start to recover if we have tried steps above one by one. What’s more, we have said that we should not save any new data on the reformatted external SSD disk until all needed have been recovered. The new data include data recovery software and information to be restored, too.

4. Other improper actions should be avoided in order to get all we need from the reformatted external SSD disk.

File types can be restored from the reformatted external SSD disk

Some people may ask that which kind of files can be retrieved totally and successfully if the external SSD disk is reformatted accidentally or intentionally, because they have saved various types of files on it at the previous time. As a matter of fact, we can retrieve nearly all kinds of files from the reformatted external SSD disk with the help of data recovery tool, such as pictures, audio files, video files, word documents, PPT, movies, e-mails, and so forth.

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