Part 2 - Recover Files from Formatted Hard Drive 2 Situations of Drive Formatting Next, let's see how to recover from a formatted hard drive. For instance, if a hard drive has been sent to manufactures for low-level formatting, files in it will be gone for good in contrast, if the drive is performed with high-level formatting, there is still a possibility for successful data recovery (this will be discussed later in part 3).Ĭlick here if you would like to know how to recover from a formatted SD card. In fact, file recovery from formatted/damaged hard drive is not always practical. Do I have to use a data recovery program to get back my videos? Is there any one that could give me some suggestions? Thanks! - from ccm.net But, I am afraid the program may make things worse. I heard about the data recovery software which could help restore the saved data back from a formatted drive. Is there a way to recover files from formatted hard drive? I stupidly formatted the wrong hard drive when there are two external hard drives connected on my computer. Reading here, some of you may want to ask what if a drive has been formatted unintentionally. Tip: You only need to be aware of the fact that all files in the target disk drive will be cleared after formatting was actually performed to the hard drive. You should follow the steps mentioned later on this MiniTool page if you want to recover them.

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