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Unformat Software to Recover Deleted Data after Format

Have you ever formatted your pen drive, memory card or other storage devices on which important or useful files saved? You may format it by mistake, and you also may format on purpose. What if you want to unformat it no matter what reason is? Do you know how to retrieve lost files from the formatted storage devices? You don't need to doubt whether there is such a way to complete it. Actually, you could restore the lost data with the help of data recovery software.

Example of losing information saved on the memory card after formatting

I deleted all my files saved on the memory card by formatting the memory card due to mistake. So I lose all information both useless and important. I just want to save some new movies on it so I chose the quickest way to delete the original data. But a few minutes later did I realize that some files saved on it are still useful and I have no backup. I want to know whether I could unformat it. Is there any way I can get back my losses? Please help me as you can. –Elisa from Maine

How to get back data from the formatted storage devices with data recovery software

You don't need to worry about how to find back the lost information saved on any storage devices after it was formatted, because data recovery software could help you retrieve it as long as it has not been overwritten. Here is a simple tutorial below of how to use it:

Recover data after format

Preparation: Download and install data recovery software on your computer. Then, launch the software and select a proper recovery module.

1Download and launch the data recovery software on the computer.
2Connect it to computer if the formatted storage device is external hard disk, pen drive or memory card.
3Run the data restoration program on the computer. Select the recovery model and target disk to scan.
4Preview the retrievable files after the scan and choose the needed to recover.

Other data loss situations may happen to storage devices

You will lose files saved on any storage device once you format it. Formatting storage devices is just one of the data loss situations in reality. There are some other various data loss scenarios during the process of using it. You could retrieve the lost data after those terrible things happen. Here are some common situations besides formatted storage devices as follows:

1. Storage devices need to be formatted before you can use it.

2. Data saved on the storage devices is deleted by intention or by accident.

3. Storage devices turn to raw file system.

4. Storage devices are infected by virus.

5. Power failure.

6. Other similar logical corruption happens to storage devices.

If data loss happens to the computer hard disk, there are more different situations, such as: system corruption, partition error, bad sectors in the disk, and so forth.

Brief introduction to data recovery software

You can get its function from its name. Data recovery software is one kind of software works to retrieve data after formatting. You could ask data recovery software for help once your data have been lost. It has three main features as follows:

1. It could get back files from almost any storage devices. Computer hard disk, external hard disk, pen drive, all kinds of memory card [Smart Media(SM), Compact Flash (CF), Multi Media Card (MMC), Secure Digital (SD), Memory Stick, and XD-Picture Card (XD)], for instance.

2. It could restore data lost because of most reasons. Data recovery software could help you find back them if your files is deleted, infected by virus, your storage is formatted or other similar reasons.

3. It could restore files with any types. You can reclaim your lost pictures, videos, music, audios, e-mails, etc. with the help of data recovery software.

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