Home > Data Recovery Questions > How to Recover Old Files from Formatted Laptop Using Software

How to Recover Old Files from Formatted Laptop Using Software

Now I have this old family laptop from 2009, and I used to draw a lot of stuff on it, making animation videos and stuff like that, but at the time, this laptop was later formatted, and all that old work was lost. It's not extremely important to work, but it had a lot of emotional value to me, and I wondered if it was still possible to recover it even after all that.

Best Answered by

Brithny· Answered on Mar 21, 2024

It is possible to recover old files from formatted laptops, SD cards, and other devices. Windows has a built-in backup and restore option; if you don't have a backup on your external hard drive, you should try to find backups in Windows File History. You can go to the System & Security menu, choose File History, and restore personal files from the sidebar. Then you can check whether your deleted files are in the backups. If you find old files, click the green 'Recover' button to perform format recovery.

If it doesn't work, EaseUS Data Recovery Wizard can help you recover lost screenshots, films, music, and emails from your formatted laptop after the formatting.

Download for Win  Recovery Rate 99.7%

Download for Mac  Trustpilot Rating 4.7

To guarantee a high data recovery chance, install EaseUS data recovery software on another disk instead of the formatted one. And follow the steps below to recover old files from your formatted laptop:

Step 1. Install EaseUS Data Recovery Wizard. Click the hard drive partition you've formatted and click the 'Scan' option.

Step 2. This formatted partition recovery software will start scanning. After that, you can click 'Filter' to filter a specific file type to find the old files you need quickly. Or click on search files or folders to select the data you want to recover.

Step 3. Preview the scanned files. Then, select the ones that you wish to recover and click 'Recover'. Select a new location to store the files and click 'OK'.

It's suggested to keep an excellent backup habit of avoiding data loss again. Follow the steps below for a system backup:

Select 'Start' and then select 'Settings'.
Click 'Update & Security'.
Click 'Backup'.
Add a drive, and choose an external or network location for your backups.

Use EaseUS Data Recovery Wizard to recover deleted or lost files easily and quickly.

Tutorials on how to recover lost, deleted, or formatted data from HDD, SSD, USB, SD card, or other storage media on Windows and Mac.

Download for PC

Download for Mac

People Also Ask

How to Recover Deleted Data from an Accidental Formatted Partition

You may still recover your data from a formatted partition that has been divided. If you don't know why you can access the formatted partition, you can first locate the cells and sectors before using the data recovery and repair program.

Jaden

Mar 25, 2024

How to Recover Data From Reformatted and Reinstalled OS Laptop Hard Drive

When your laptop cannot boot or after reinstallation Windows operating system, is there a way to restore all the data？ The answer is yes! You can recover data with professional data recovery software or with Windows built-in utility.

Dany

Mar 25, 2024

Recover Photos from Seagate Ultra Slim Portable Drive

This article introduces two methods to recover photos from external hard drives. The first uses third-party software EaseUS Data Recovery Wizard, and the second is contacting EaseUS data recovery service.

Brithny

Mar 25, 2024

How to Recover CR3 Files from a Formatted M50 SD Card

It is hard to recover files from a formatted SD card, but it is still possible. In this passage, we will introduce how to use EaseUS Data Recovery Wizard to recover CR3 files from a formatted M50 SD card.

Dany

Mar 20, 2024

How to Recover Accidentally Deleted Hard Drive While Installing the Windows

Did you accidentally delete HDD while installing Windows? Before installing Windows on your computer, you should back up your data. If you don't have a backup, you can recover data from the HDD with EaseUS Data Recovery Wizard.

Jaden

Mar 21, 2024

How to Recover Lost Data from NTFS Formatted Drives

After you format the NTFS drive on your computer, data loss is unavoidable. This NTFS disk's deleted files and folders should be recovered using a data recovery application. Thus it would be best if you stopped utilizing this drive.

Jaden

Mar 25, 2024

Browse All Questions