Recover Files from Formatted External Hard Drive

External hard drive is usually shown as a removable device when connected to a computer. It works as a local hard disk drive, which can be used to store data and transfer files. In the data writing or transferring process, users might easily make mistake to formatthe external hard disk drive. This article will introduce useful method to unformat external hard drive to correct the mistake which has been made by accident.

Recover Files from Formatted External Hard Drive in Windows 8

External hard drive can be formatted in many situations. After formattingan external hard drive, some user may find they lose important data due to formatting. They may want to recover data from formatted external hard drive. Is it possible to restore a formatted external hard drive?

External Hard Drive Recovery: Data Recovery after Formatting, Deleting, and Other Errors

Lose Data from External Hard Drive and Need Help!

"It seems like that my computer is infected with virus since it deleted all files from my 250GB external hard drive. My external hard drive can still be detected by my computer and I can also open the external hard drive. But the problem is that I can find nothing on the drive when I open it. So I think the virus erased all files on the external hard drive. How can I get back the lost files?"

External Hard Drive Recovery after Format Accidentally

Questions on External Hard Drive Format Recovery

Question1: I just formatted my external hard drive accidentally while I wanted to format another USB drive. I clicked the Cancel option to stop the formatting and unplugged the external hard drive when I realized that I made a mistake. However, when I reinsert the external hard drive to my computer, it keeps saying disk in drive is not formatted do you want to format it now? I am wondering if anybody can help me fix the error and get back all my files.

External Hard Drive Accidentally Reformatted – Recover Files from Formatted External & It Has Not Formatted Error

Mistakenly Reformat External Hard Drive Instead of Hard Drive

When you connect your external hard drive to your computer or laptop, it will be recognized as a removable disk drive on My Computer. Have you ever mistakenly reformatted your external hard drive when you should have attempted to format your computer hard drive? If you have ever done such a thing, there would be two results. The first result, you didn’t realize it until you finished formatting the external drive. When you realized that you formatted the wrong drive all files had been erased. The other result, you stopped formatting the external hard drive when you found you made a mistake. However, when you tried to access the external drive again, it will show you disk in drive is not formatted do you want to format it now?