How to recover files from formatted disk?

Why do we need to recover formatted disk files?

People may format hard disk disk by many reasons, such as operating system like slow start, virus attack, system error,bad sector and many other problems. Actually formatting is the shortcut solution for every problem. However sometime we may format the wrong disk or forget to backup important files. Or format the whole hard disk drive by mistake instead of formatting a single disk. You will lose all the important files after format, for example: documents, letters, statements, pictures, photos, favorite music or movies, etc.

If you accidently formatted the hard disk, please do not worry. Actually, the formatted files are not really lost and can be recovered by file recovery software. To start the process of formatted file recovery, a free and powerful formatted disk file recovery software is needed. EaseUS Data Recovery Wizard Free Edition is the best formatted disk file recovery tool.

Free formatted disk file recovery software - EaseUS Data Recovery Wizard Free Edition

EaseUS Data Recovery Wizard Free Edition provides formatted file recovery, deleted file recovery and partition recovery, etc. Compared to other free file recovery software, it provides easy and quick formatted disk recovery solutions. Even if you have not used file recovery software before, you are able to use the free format recovery software to restore files from formatted disk smoothly and successfully.

To recover files from formatted drives, please follow this procedure:

1. Click the "Complete Recovery" button on the main window of EaseUS Data Recovery Wizard Free Edition.

Formatted disk file recovery software

2. Select the file types you want to recover. Tick 'Search all lost files automatically' to find all lost file types. Tick 'Ignore bad sectors' to skip bad sectors when scanning.

3. A list of volumes found on the drives found in your system will be displayed. If the volume does not have a drive letter, then the volume will be listed at the hindmost and the drive letter will be instead by "*".

4. You should choose the volume that was formatted and click "NEXT" to start searching on this volume.

Formatted disk file recovery - select formatted disk

5. The Intelligent Searching module will scan on the selected volume, collect and analyze every byte on the volume, then show you a list of volumes which files are possible on.

Formatted disk file recovery - scan

Formatted disk file recovery - list volumes

6. After this scanning is finished, Data Recovery Wizard will permit you choosing 4 volumes at best to recover the data. And then, press "NEXT" button. The Data Recovery Wizard will launch the "Building directory" procedure to searching the files. You will see file/folder tree very soon.

7. Select the file or directory that you want to recover and press the "NEXT" button.

Formatted disk file recovery - select files to recover

8. Select a directory and press the "NEXT" button to save the data.

NOTE: If the hard disk has deleted volumes, hidden volumes, drives with failed operation/file system, you should use "Partition Recovery".

Why not free download this formatted disk file recovery software to recover files after format now?

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