Undo quick format hard drive

Can someone play the magic and undo quick format and recover files from formatted hard drive? Here you come to the right place. I would like to tell you the theories of quick format the hard drive, the place where data stores and how to recover data from a quick formatted hard drive. This tutorial will walk you through the data recovery and do the magic.

Quick format VS regular format

The quick format and regular format are two common format types that have been used by computer users. You may wonder what's the different between them. In fact, the only difference between the regular format and the quick format is whether the volume will scan the bad sectors by using the chkdsk command or not. Regular format will scan the disk for bad sectors while quick format will not. That's why quick format requires less time than regular format. It is easy to grasp these two format types.

The theory of data storage and chance of data recovery after quick format

Don't lose your mind when you just formatted your hard drive and suddenly realized there are many important data you haven't copied to somewhere. In fact you can retrieve you data from the quick formatted partition.

Usually a drive is divided into five sections and the last section is for storing data. The quick format only deletes entries from the file allocation table (the second section of a drive) and the data area is still safe in its place. Thus, as long as the data area has not been overwritten, there are still great chances to recover them and get them back.

How to undo quick format and recover files from formatted drive

Step 1: Download, install and run.

Download and install notice: please do not download and install the exe file on a partition you lost files.

Step 2: Select file types.

Step 3: Select a device or partition to scan.

Step 4: Select a partition to recover lost data.

Step 5: Preview files and save data.

Caution: Don't save file(s) to the partition or drive where you are recovering data, for it may result in overwriting data and permanent data loss!

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