How to unformat Raid Array?

Can you unformat Raid Array if you mis-formatted it and all your files were lost? The answer is "yes". You still have chances to unformat the Raid Array and restore your data with a Raid supported data recovery software. If you are dazzled in finding a reliable data recovery software, here you are at the right place. This article will introduce unformat software for computer users to unformat their Raid Array to get their formatted data back - EaseUS Data Recovery Wizard. It can unformat the formatted hard drive and support all hardware Raids, including Raid 0, Raid 1, and Raid 5...

Differences between "hardware" RAID and "software" RAID

To unformat the formatted Raid with Data Recovery Wizard (supporting all Hardware Raid), you need to know what kind of Raid you have, hardware or software Raid. The differences between hardware and software Raid: with a software-based RAID volume, the hard drives use a standard drive controller and a software utility provides the management of the drives in the volume. A RAID volume that relies on hardware for management will have a physical controller (commonly built into the motherboard, but it can also be a stand-alone expansion card) that provides for the reading and writing of data across the hard drives in the volume. So, if you accidently or mistakenly formatted the hard drive of your hardware Raid, you can unformat it by this magic Data Recovery Wizard.

Why Raid Array can be unformatted?

Some people may think that format will totally erase the data on the Raid Array and there is no way to get it back. In fact, the formatted data is still recoverable. Format will create what will appear to be a new "clean" drive - but the original data will still be on the disk in the "free and available" space. So, a professional data recovery software can scan the hard disk and unformat the Raid Array. However, if the hard disk is overwritten by the new content or physically damaged, no data recovery software will help you.

Tip 1: stop using the formatted hard disk immediately and get the data recovery software to recover the formatted Raid Arrays.

Tip 2: do not use low-level format. A low-level format (usually performed through an on-board RAID controller utility) will "wipe" or overwrite every single block on a drive. Unlike an O/S (or "high-level") format, a low-level format normally is slower, takes a considerable amount of time and destroys the original data.

Unformat Raid Array.

Data Recovery Wizard is a data recovery software for RAID Arrays. With a powerful search function for finding lost files, it can unformat, undelete data and recover data lost due to other reasons. Data Recovery Wizard supports all hardware Raid and hard drive, IPOD, SD and Memory Cards, Memory stick, etc. You will get an amazing result if you use it to unformat the formatted Raid Arrays. Its built-in 'Complete Recovery' module as the picture below is designed to unformat.

The other two modules on Data Recovery Wizard. "Deleted File Recovery" is for recovering deleted data; and "Partition Recovery" for recovering data from lost partition.

Before purchase, you can free download a demo of Data Recovery Wizard to scan your formatted files on the Raid Array and preview them.

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