mrkool123 Posted August 2, 2013 Share Posted August 2, 2013 Is it , possible to recover data after reformatting a hard drive?I backed up all of my data on an external hard drive, but the external hard drive suddenly stopped working, is there anyway i can recover the data after reformatting the disk? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unknownasphyxiated Posted August 2, 2013 Share Posted August 2, 2013 there is no possible way to tell whether you will get or not the datathe only thing you can do is trytry using test disk..better not write anything to that hdduse live cd and restore the restored file to another hddyou can search for related thread here Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rudrax Posted August 2, 2013 Share Posted August 2, 2013 (edited) Depends on what type of format you did. After simple format, you can recover almost all your data if you haven't installed something on the formatted drive yet. If you have installed something on the drive, the empty sectors will be filled by the new data erasing the recoverable one permanently. In this case, you can recover the left outs.Try HDD Mechanic. This is very good tool. Edited August 2, 2013 by rudrax Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cypher3927 Posted August 2, 2013 Share Posted August 2, 2013 It all depends on where on the hard drive your files reside and whether they have been overwritten. OnTrack EasyRecovery is what my money's on. :yes: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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