Hello everybody!
Today we’ll be talking about recovering data that has been removed as a result of
formatting a hard disk, a USB pen drive or a memory card.
When any of them is formatted, a part of the information which tells us how data is located
on the disk gets destroyed.
Nevertheless, in most cases it is quite possible to recover data after formatting.
The chances for success depend on the file system type, the nature of data and the number
of files, and it also matters what information and how much information was written on the
disk after it was formatted.
HERE’S A VERY IMPORTANT NOTICE!!!
You mustn’t write any data or perform other operations involving a freshly formatted disk,
because it greatly reduces the chances to recover anything!
To avoid this kind of problem, always remember back up your stuff, and it will help you one
day.
Of course, we do have a special video on the topic, and I’ll put the link below.
How to recover data after formatting a hard disk
So, let’s begin.
• Suppose we have a hard disk containing some data.
• Open Disk Management, and you can see that it’s healthy and it has NTFS file system.
In fact, the file system by itself doesn’t matter.
And soon you will see why.
• Let’s go back to that disk and format it.
• Right-click on the disk - • Format.
• Have a closer look at formatting options
If you check the box next to “Quick format” it will only overwrite the file allocation
table.
The files themselves will be intact.
They will just become invisible for your operating system.
After such operations, it is possible to recover information form a hard disk even with the
means of the operating system.
Instead, “Full format” does not only make the files invisible, but also analyzes the
disk state and repairs any errors or damage that were found during the analysis.
After that, a new file allocation table is formed.
If you format the disk in this way, its data can only be recovered with a specialized software
tool.
However, there’s no guarantee that all information is going to be restored.
• Select “Full format” / OK •
Now that the disk is formatted?
what can we do?
• Run Hetman Partition Recovery.
• The first thing you’ll see is the File Recovery Wizard.
• Select the disk • Choose “Full analysis”
• Select the file system You can see that the program supports data recovery from almost
any file system.
That is why I said that the file system of the formatted disk doesn’t matter.
In various file systems, data is recovered in the same way.
• To find out what kind of file system your disk has, right-click on the disk inside the
program (or in Windows) and select “Properties.”
The information you need will be displayed in the “File system” field.
• Next.
• Click “Finish” when the analysis is over.
• As you can see, the program has found several partitions that were created on this
disk some time ago.
• Go to a partition • The program has found your files;
• And you can use the preview window to see their contents.
• To
recover the files you need, drag them to the Recovery List.
If you don’t see it, go to View / Toolbars / Recovery List;
• Specify the saving method; • Next;
• Select the folder where to save them; • And hit Recovery.
• And now the files have been recovered.
How to recover data after formatting a USB drive or a memory card, an external hard disk,
or any other media regardless of the interface used to connect to a PC
I have shown these steps with the example of the hard disk installed in my computer.
However, by following the same sequence of actions, you can recover data after formatting
a USB drive or a memory card, an external hard disk, or any other media regardless of
the interface used to connect it to a PC: It doesn’t matter if it’s a card reader,
a conventional USB port or a Type-C port.
Recovering data from SSD Talking of data recovery from SSD drives,
there are certain peculiarities about it because such disks use the TRIM command in their operation.
But I’m not going to focus on that right now, since we have a dedicated and detailed
video about recovering data from SSD on our channel, and you can find that link in the
description.
That is all for now!
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Good luck!