How to recover data after reformat?

Reformatted hard drive? Reformatted memory card? Reformatted USB flash drive? Reformatted SD card? Can we still get files back from the reformatted drive, memory card, USB flash drive, SD card, etc? Data recovery after reformat seems a tech pro's job to perform and it seems difficult for ordinary PC users. Since most of PC users have little knowledge on computer knowledge, what is the easiest way to recover files after reformat? This article will introduce why to recover data after reformat and how to recover data after reformat.

Why can we recover data after reformat?

Most people believe that they cannot recover data any more after reformat and feel despairing. Don't panic. All the formatting only made changes to the index of the files and mark the space to be available for new file storage while the old files are still there. So it is possible for you to recover data after reformat.

How to recover data after reformat?

When reformatted drive, your files are not gone just disappearing and you need a format recovery software to retrieve them. Reformatted twice? No problem. Data recovery software still gets your files back.

with an unformat freeware called Data Recovery Wizard Free Edition, which is designed to recover data after format or reformat.

Unformat tutorial: How to recover files after reformat?

Understand why to reformat the drive

PC users will encounter the following situations related with reformat.

1. Convert file system: They need to convert FAT file system to NTFS since NTFS partition can take files larger than 4GB. In the end, failed to convert file system so that the files are gone.

2. System error: Sometimes Windows fails to detect external hard drive, pen drive, USB flash drive, SD card, etc. when the boot sector (DBR) is bad. And it will pop out an error message: The drive is not formatted; do you want to format it?

3. Full format? Quick format? Reformat twice?

Don't worry. Format only made changes to the index of the files and mark the space to be available for new file storage while the old files are still there.

Well, stop what you are doing in case of files overwritten. If you already have placed some new files in the reformatted drive, most of your files are recovered except those which were overwritten by new files. So it is important to stop using the reformatted drive when you realized you lost some files after reformat.

In Windows 7, if you full format a partition, you cannot recover files from it, as Windows will erase data completely. Fortunately, the default format option in Windows 7 is quick format.

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