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Unformat Sony External Hard Disk Drive
Have you ever used external hard disk drive? You may be familiar with the external hard disk drive unformat problem if you have use it. system will prompt you that you need to format the disk in drive X before you can use it if the external hard disk drive get in unformat trouble. The reason that the external hard disk drive can not be opened is there are needed files saved on it though it could be usable once being formatted. But good news is those inaccessible files could be restored from the unformatted external hard disk drive.
Case of Sony external hard disk drive meeting unformat problem
My friend asked me how to fix the unformat external hard disk drive problem the other day. The main purpose of him is to get how to access that data saved on the external hard disk drive which is not formatted. I have thought and tried some ways these days but failed at last. Is there really some certain way for us to retrieve fiels and folders from the unformatted external hard disk drive? Anyone could kindly help me? By the way, that external hard disk drive is from Sony. –Benson from Utah
How to get back inaccessible files from external hard disk drive not formatted with data recovery software
Problem of unformat external hard disk drive like example above could be solved, actually. Data recovery could get files and folders back from the unformatted external hard disk drive easily. Then you can format the external hard disk drive and both the lost data restored and the external hard disk drive becomes usable at last. The following steps will show you how to perform:
Recover data from sony external hard disk
Preparation: Download and install data recovery software on your computer. Then, connect the Sony external hard disk to the computer and run the software. Finally, you can select a proper recovery module.
Formatting problems that external hard disk drive may encounter which lead to data loss
We could format the external hard disk drive if it can not be used normally, such as the unformatted external hard disk drive. But there is a problem that all files and folders saved on it would be lost after the formatting action. So it seems that it is a terrible case to formatting. In fact, there are some other external hard disk drive formatting problems that may cause data loss. Here are some of them as follows:
1. The external hard disk drive shows unformat problem. There is nothing we can do to an unformatted external hard disk drive unless format it. But we lose information saved on it either format it or do not format it.
2. The external hard disk drive is formatted by accident or on purpose. No matter we format the external hard disk drive accidentally or intentionally, data saved on it would be lost. Fortunately there is a chance that it could be restored by data recovery software.
3. The external hard disk drive can not be formatted completely. Sometimes when we format the external hard disk drive the system may show us that windows can not complete the format. Though the formatting process is not finished, files saved on it also may be lost.
4. The formatting action to external hard disk drive is interrupted. The formatting action may be interrupted sometimes due to some reasons. For example, we may cancel the formatting if we format it by error. But those files on it may be lost once the formatting has been started, too.
5. Other similar external hard disk drive formatting problems.
Common brands of external hard disk drive
We can purchase a external hard disk drive easily in this day and age, because there are so many sources. In other words, there are a lot of brands and stores of external hard disk drive in the market. But what we should pay attention to is to pick up one external hard disk drive carefully, and it is better to buy one at the reliable sites. Here are some common manufactures of external hard disk drive: WD (western digital), Seagate, Toshiba, HGST, SAMSUNG, Intel, Micron, OCZ, Kingston, ADATA
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