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Reformatted Sony External Hard Drive by mistake

Do you know how to solve Sony external hard drive reformatted problem? Actually, we will talk about portable hard drive reformatted solution. Can we recover lost data from the external hard drive after reformatting it? Yes, we have the opportunity to restore what we need from the reformatted portable external usb drive. Certainly, we need some help. It means that we may recover lost files and folders with a tool, which is data recovery software.

Case of Sony external hard drive being reformatted

I meet a Sony external hard drive being formatted case now. My brother asks me to recover lost data from the external hard drive which was reformatted by him accidentally. He has no idea how to get the lost files back but he thinks maybe I know how to recover files he need from the reformatted portable hard drive. To tell the truth, I do not know how I can restore lost information in this case. Is there any one who has experienced the same situation can tell me how to do? -Sherry from Detroit

How to restore files from the reformatted Sony external hard drive with data recovery software

It is true that we may be able to recover files needed from the reformatted external hard drive with the help of data recovery tool. By the way, it is easy and simple for us to perform data recovery after reformatting portable hard drive with that tool. Here are the steps as follows to guide us how to perform in detail:

Recover data from reformatted external hard disk

Preparation: You can download and install the data recovery software on your computer after connecting the external hard disk. Then, you need to run the software and choose a recovery module.

1 Download and install data recovery software on the computer.
2Insert the reformatted external hard drive to the computer.
3Double click the data restoration program and choose the recovery model and object disk to scan.
4Wait a while to the end of scan and then preview the contents and pick up the wanted to recover.

Related Sony external hard drive formatting problem

Do you know what is format? We can get information from example above that we will lose files and folders entirely after formatting the Sony external hard drive, and what's more, we can not get them back after reformatting it. So we can say that format is one of the reasons that lead us to lose original files on the portable hard disk drive. Is there only external hard drive formatted or formatted case that cause data loss problem? Actually, there are more than one data loss situations related to format. Here are some of them below:

1. The external hard drive is formatted or reformatted. We have known that it is one of the data loss situations when use the external hard drive in daily life. No matter we format the portable once, twice or more times, files and folders saved on it at the previous time would be erased and could not be got back in that format way. But we can try data recovery tool to restore them if want.

2. The external hard drive is in not formatted error. Like external hard drive formatted or reformatted case, we would lose files on the portable hard disk drive originally when it is in not formatted error. The reason is that we can not open the external hard drive to view it s files before format it and the information would be erased after formatting the portable drive, so we lose the original data in that case.

3. The external hard drive is in raw file system. Like external hard drive not formatted error, we can not use the portable hard disk drive which is in raw file system before formatting it. in other words, one of the reason of external hard drive turn to raw file system is the portable hard drive is not formatted.

4. Other format related problem to external hard drive. For example, we may lose files stored on the external hard drive if windows or other system can not format the portable hard disk drive.

File types that be supported by data recovery tool

Are you wonder which kind of files can be recovered by data recovery tool from the reformatted external hard drive? We may save pictures, audio files, songs, video files, movies, word documents, excel documents, or other files on the portable hard disk drive in daily life. Which of them can be restored successfully? Actually, we may be able to recover all of them with the help of data recovery tool as long as they have not been overwritten or corrupted.

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