How to Recover Data from a Formatted Hard Drive (5 Ways)
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 Published On Sep 14, 2022

You need to watch this video to learn how to recover data from a formatted hard drive without erasing it in the process. Formatted HDD recovery tool: https://bit.ly/33KY7j8

Timestamps:
00:00 Intro
01:03 Stop using the drive
01:24 Use reliable software
01:40 Try a different drive
02:01 Create a byte-to-byte backup
02:43 Use new recovery location
03:15 Recover data from formatted external hard drive
07:09 Conclusions

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Before we begin the data recovery process, I would like to emphasize that the chances of successful data recovery depend on how accurately and precisely you follow the procedure. Your end result depends on this and it directly affects the amount of data that can be recovered from an accidentally formatted hard drive.

So here are five important rules you need to follow:

1. Does formatting a hard drive erase data? No! When the operating system deletes a file or folder, It simply marks the space occupied by the item as available for future use by the system. So stop using the hard drive otherwise you risk overwriting and losing your data.
2. Use a reliable recovery tool. It can be any data recovery tool you want but in our case, it’s Disk Drill.
3. Use a different drive to run the recovery procedure. It can be a USB stick or another hard drive. Do not download or install the software to the same drive from which you are trying to recover data as you risk overwriting it.
4. Create a byte-level backup. This will allow you to safely attempt to recover files without affecting the data on your hard drive. You can even create an entire volume copy and recover the formatted partition.
5. Recover your data to a new location. This, again, is extremely important because you may accidentally overwrite data on a formatted hard drive.

All of these tips are viable for the accidentally formatted hard drive on Windows 10 or any other version of Windows or Mac.

If you have followed all my recommendations, you are ready to start the data recovery procedure and now we can recover files from a formatted hard drive.

How to recover formatted hard drive data:

1. Download & Install Disk Drill Hard Drive Recovery Software
2. Launch the App & Select the Drive From the List
3. Select the Scan Mode & Start Scanning
4. Preview the Results & Select the Files
5. Choose the Location & Recover Your Files

That is how you recover files from a formatted hard drive.
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