Unformat

Summary

Unformat is the data recovery process from a hard drive, a camera memory card, an USB flash drive, etc. that was formatted.

The step-by-step tutorial below describes the procedure to recover data when

• The drive was accidentally formatted and you want to unformat drive.
• Windows reports "RAW file system", or "the drive is not formatted".

Step 1: Get, install, and start EaseUS free data recovery software

Download and install EaseUS free data recovery software just like you do with any regular program. When you run it, EaseUS Data Recovery Wizard Free Edition displays the window like the one below. And then click "Complete Recovery".

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!

Step 6: Don't let this happen again.

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