How to unformat formatted hdd?

Accidentally formatted hdd and be anxious to unformat hdd to recover the formatted data from the hard drive/ disk if you have not previously backed it up? If so, do not give up to restore your important files as you still have chance to unformat this formatted hdd. EaseUS provides a unformat solution for computer users to recover files from the formatted hdd - Data Recovery Wizard. With its powerful search function, it will unformat hdd and recover most lost data from the formatted hdd.

Knowledge about format

To format an hdd is easy to do and also easy to do a wrong format which makes you to regret. Unhappy things often happen after you formatting your hdd. When you right-click the hdd you want to format and click "OK", you may find that you have chosen a wrong hdd. If so, you need to unformat the accidentally formatted hdd and get back the data. The following is the right way if you really want to format an hdd and be careful with each step.

Format can be done by the format tool built-in Windows Operation System or by a third party software, say, EaseUS Partition Master, etc. Following is how to format an hdd with the format tool of Windows XP.

Step 1 Right-Click on the "My Computer" icon either on your desktop or in the Start Menu and select "Manage".

Step 2 A new window title - "Computer Management" comes up. Select "Storage" from the left hand side by double-clicking, then select "Disk Management (local)" from the right side by clicking it once.

Step 3 Now in the lower part of the main frame (right side) of the window you may see a nice visual of all your hard drives. Right-click the hdd you want to format on the right map, select "Format"; (You can also select "Quick Format", which won't use the chkdsk command to scan the bad sector and remove the table while quick format just removes the table, then click "OK".

Do not worry, if you format your hdd accidentally, the following passage will help you a lot.

Solution to unformat the formatted hdd

Data Recovery Wizard, released by EaseUS, will offer users the solution to unformat hdd and get your important files back from the formatted hdd. This unformat software will help you to recover data from the formatted hdd in an easy way. It can also recover deleted files emptied from the Recycle Bin or data lost due to partition loss or damage, software crash, virus infection, boot-up problem or other unknown reasons. The data recovery software supports hardware RAID and hard drive, IPOD, SD and Memory Cards, Memory stick, USB drive, etc.

Notes: If the formatted hdd is overwritten, you will lose the chance to unformat the hard drive/disk to recover files. So, stop using the formatted hdd.

The way to unformat the formatted hdd is quick and simple. Download the software and launch it, choose the "Complete Recovery" module which is especially designed for recovering formatted hdd; choose the hdd you want to unformat and click "Next"; choosing 4 volumes at best to recover the data, and press "NEXT" button; select the file or directory that you want to recover and press the "NEXT" button; last, select a directory and press the "NEXT" button to save the data.

After these simple steps, you will successfully unformat hdd and get your important files back from the formatted hdd.

Complete Recovery for unformat hdd

With a great search capability, Data Recovery Wizard will recover almost your lost data all from the formatted hdd. EaseUS also provides a 30-day money back guarantee if you are not satisfied with its products, so be ease to use EaseUS Data Recovery Wizard to unformat the formatted hdd. You can purchase it if you accidentally formatted hdd, or lost data due to deletion, partition loss or damage or other unknown reasons.

 

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