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Recover Data after Formatting PC

Hard disk recovery for Windows

“Can you recover files after formatting?”
Recently, many friends asked me about this question. Now, in today’s post, I am going to show you how to complete this task easily and quickly.

 

Data Lost after Formatting

 

As we know, sometimes, we need to format our hard disk to solve some problems. For instance, if there are a lot of errors and virus problems in the system, formatting is the only option which is seen to work in these circumstances as it wipes out all the data on the computer which includes the viruses and the files that have been corrupted due to it.
recommendOur previous post “How to Format a Hard Drive with Ease?” is recommended here.

 

Although formatting can help us deal with some problems, it will delete all data. Therefore, once we mistakenly formatted a hard drive which contains massive important data, what should we do to save these missing data?

Fortunately, MiniTool Solution Ltd., a professional software development company based in Canada, release a green, simple yet free data recovery software namely MiniTool Power Data Recovery to help users recover lost data. Detailed steps are shown below.

 

How to Recover Data after Formatting PC

 

Note; once you formatted a hard disk by mistake, please stop using your PC immediately. Otherwise, the missing data will be overwritten by new data, and there is no way to recover them.

Firstly, launch MiniTool Power Data Recovery to get its main interface. To recover data from formatted drive, you are supposed to select the Damaged Partition Recovery feature.

 

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Next, full scan the formatted disk.
Finally, store all needed data.
Thus, all work has been done. Maybe, such brief introduction is not enough to make you know the details about this software. If you want to know more, please see the following video.
I used this tool to successfully recover data from formatted drive.

Recover Data from Mac Hard Drive to A PC

Hard disk recovery for Mac

A user from CNET writes:
“My iMac (model A1173) recently took a power hit and died (black screen, power button is nonfunctional…dead). She had docs etc. on it that she would prefer not to lose, and I’m sure that the hard drive is still completely operational. She has decided (due to limited $$) not to risk the price of the power supply and so is buying a replacement, either PC (again $$) or a refurbished Mac. Either way I would like to pull her old hard drive and recover the data. Is it possible to hook the drive to my PC and read it? I know Macs have different formatting, but are there programs that would allow this? I think recovery facilities are expensive, so we would greatly appreciate any suggestions for how I can retrieve her data.”

In general, if you cannot access files stored on your Mac hard drive and your Mac OS is damaged, you can connect your Mac hard drive to Windows PC, and then recover its data to Windows.
Right now, I am going to show you how to recover Mac hard drive data to Windows.

 

Recover Data from A Mac Hard Drive to A PC
Although we can recover Mac data to Windows, can we complete this task without affecting the original data? Here, MiniTool Power Data Recovery, a green, free and professional data recovery software, is recommended here. With it, you can easily and quickly recover data without affecting the original data because of its high security. Next, let’s see the details.

First, connect your Mac hard drive to PC, and then launch MiniTool Power Data Recovery. In the main interface of this professional freeware, select a suitable recovery module to recover lost data. For instance, you can click Damaged Partition Recovery, for as long as the partition exists, you can use this feature to recover lost data.

 

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Second, select the Mac hard drive and click Full Scan button.

 

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Finally, select all needed data and store them on a safe place.

 

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Thus, after all operations are finished, you have successfully recovered data from a Mac hard drive to a PC.

 

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USB Drive Not Recognized

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Symptoms

When try to transfer data on from USB hard drive to computer, I receive the following error:
“USB Device not recognized: One of the devices attached to this computer has malfunctioned and windows does not recognize it…..” (as shown below)
usb-drive-not-recognized

 

 

Cause

Here, to successfully fix this problem and access data stored on the USB drive, I Google “USB drive not recognized” to find more useful information.

google-usb-drive-not-recognized

Now, we can see the USB drive not recognized problem is a hot topic of concern to everyone. And, before fixing this problem, you should know why this happens.

In general, this issue can be caused by many reasons, including:
the USB drive is physically damaged
USB drive is not installed correctly
Virus attacked the USB drive
Your PC motherboard may need updated drivers
…..

 

 

How to Solve –USB Drive Is Not Recognized

 

USB hard drive data recovery
Here, before fixing the USB drive not recognized error, you had better transfer its data out at first. Otherwise, the original data stored on the USB drive might be lost or overwritten, and there is no way to recover them.

 

MiniTool Power Data Recovery, a piece of professional, green and free data recovery software developed by MiniTool Solution Ltd., is recommended here. With it, you can safely, quickly recover data that have been lost in a variety of ways.

 

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The above window is the main interface of this professional freeware. 5 different data recovery modules are listed here, and you can select a suitable one according to actual needs to recover lost data. For instance:
Lost Partition Recovery: recover data after partition loss or deletion.
Damaged Partition Recovery: recover data from formatted, RAW, damaged partition.
Now, you can try the 2 methods to recover data from USB drive not recognized. No matter which one you choses, you will be given detailed operating prompts. Just do as told.

 

Note: Watch following video to know more information about damaged partiiton recovery.

 

 

Fix the USB drive not recognized issue

After transferring data from not recognized USB drive, you should fix this error.
Click “Error: ‘USB Device not recognized’ when you try to access a USB external hard drive.” to know more solutions to resolve this issue.

Recover Permanently Deleted Files

Hard disk recovery for Windows

Are you worrying about permanently deleted files recovery? Now, read this post and you will find a satisfactory answer.

 

Is It Possible to Recover Permanently Deleted Files

 

Some uses like to delete files by pressing “Shift & Delete” button to release more free space, or they regularly empty their Recycle Bin to release space. However, some users may mistakenly delete some significant data by clicking “Shift & Delete”, or they suddenly realize that some important data are gone after emptying Recycle Bin. In this situation, what should they do? Is it possible to recover permanently deleted files?

 

As a matter of fact, as long as these permanently deleted files are not overwritten, MiniTool Power Data Recovery can help you recover these files. Besides, this software works with various operating systems including Window Vista/XP, Windows 7/8/10, and more. What’s more, it is a read-only tool, thus you can recover data without affecting the original data. Next, let’s see the detailed steps of permanently deleted files recovery.

 

How to Recover Permanently Deleted Files

 

Download MiniTool Power Data Recovery from its main interface, install it on computer, and then launch it to get its main interface like this:

 

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Now, we can see 5 different data recovery modules, and each of them focuses on different data loss situation. Here, to recover permanently deleted files, we can try clicking this first module “Undelete Recovery”, for this feature is specially designed to recover files deleted from Windows Recycle Bin or by using “Shift & Delete” key.
Next, scan the drive contains permanently deleted files.
Finally, save all needed files.

 

I used this tool to successfully get permanently deleted files back

 

Tips on Recovering Permanently Deleted Files

See! With MiniTool Power Data recovery, we are able to recover permanently deleted files. However, we have to notice that once we find our data are lost, we should stop using it. Otherwise, the original data could be lost forever, and there is no way to recover them.

Recover Data from Formatted Hard Drive

Hard disk recovery for Windows

Q: I accidentally formatted my hard drive, which held my hundreds of videos, photos and files. As a result, I could not find them again. Now, anyone can help me to recover files from formatted hard drive?

Right now, I am going to show you how to get lost data back after formatting.

 

Formatted Hard Drive Data Recovery

 

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As we know, disk formatting is the process of preparing a data storage device such as a hard disk drive, solid-state drive, floppy disk or USB flash drive for initial use. In some cases, the formatting operation may also create one or more new file systems.
Note: here, you might be interested in this post: How to Format a Hard Drive with Ease

In a word, formatting just eases the address tables instead of the data, thus you can recover lost data if you mistakenly format a drive.

MiniTool Power Data Recovery, a piece of green, professional, yet free data recovery software developed by famous software development company based in Canada, is recommended here. With this freeware, you can easily recover lost files from formatted hard drive. Detailed steps are shown here.

 

How to Recover Data from Formatted Hard Drive

 

Step 1: download MiniTool Power Data Recovery, install it on computer, and then launch it.
Note: never install it on the drive you are trying to recover data. Otherwise, the lost data could be overwritten and there is no way to recover them.

 

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Step 2: click “Damaged Partition Recovery”.

Step 3: select the formatted hard drive and then click “Full Scan”.

 

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Step 4: choose all needed data and then click “Save” button to store them on a safe place.

See, with a few clicks, you successfully recovered lost data from formatted hard drive.

 

TIPS: Watch this following video to know more information.

 

You Need to Format the Disk before You Can Use It

Hard disk recovery for Windows

Question: when I stored data on my Windows hard drive, I received a warning as following:
“You need to format the disk in drive F: before you can use it. Do you want to format it?”

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And then, I click Cancel button since I know formatting will erase all data on the partition. However, I received another warning, as shown below.

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At this time, what should I do? Anyone who can help me for this partition containing some significant data?

Now, in today’s post, you will learn how to fix this problem as well as recover data from this unformatted partition.

 

How to Fix: You Need to Format the Disk before You Can Use It

 

Chapter one: recover data from not formatted hard drive

As a matter of fact, to successfully deal with this error to reuse this partition, you need to recover its data at first. MiniTool Power Data Recovery, a piece of professional data recovery software, can help to recover data that have been lost in a variety of ways including mistaken formatting, accidental deletion, partition changes, computer virus invasion, etc. What’s more, it is a read-only tool, thus you can use it to recover lost data without affecting the original data.

 

damaged partition

 

The above window is the main interface of this green, professional, free data recovery software. Here, to recover data from unformatted hard drive, you can try clicking “Damaged Partition Recovery” since this feature is specially designed to recover data from damaged, formatted, RAW partition. In general, as long as the partition exists, you can click this module to recover lost data.
Then, full scan the unformatted partition.
Finally, save all needed files on a safe place.

 

Chapter two: format the unformatted partition

After recovering lost data with MiniTool Power Data Recovery, you are able to format it to rescue it. Here, formatting partition effectively and easily, you can click this post to know more details.

 

Watch how to successfully deal with this error in Youtube.

 

Bottom Line

After seeing the simple introduction, you should know how to successfully fix: You Need to Format the Disk before You Can Use It.

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Recover Data with no Backup on Mac

Hard disk recovery for Mac

According to a survey, more and more users are running computer with Mac OS X since this operating system has many excellent features like delicate interface and high reliability. Besides, Mac OS X offers Time Machine feature, which can help users backup or restore their Mac.

However, no matter how wonderful an OS is, data loss is inevitable. Fortunately, Mac users can turn to Time Machine to recover lost data easily. It is indeed an effective solution for Mac lost data recovery, but users need to backup all data with Time Machine at first.

What if there is no Time Machine backup? Can we recover data with no backup on Mac?

 

Is It Possible to Recover Data with no Backup on Mac

 

In general, if there is no Time Machine backup, you can try turning to data recovery companies or Mac data recovery software to recover lost data from Mac OS X. MiniTool Mac Data Recovery, a green, simple yet professional Mac data recovery software is recommended here. Besides, this all-in-one data recovery tool can keep data safe all the time, thus users can recover data without damaging the original data.

Note; if you don’t care money, you can turn to a professional data recovery company to complete this task.

 

How to Recover Data with no Backup on Mac

 

First, launch MiniTool Mac Data Recovery to get its main interface.

 

main interface

 

Second, select a suitable recovery module in this window. Here, for instance, you can chose Digital Media Recovery feature to easily recover photos, music and video files.
After that, scan the target drive containing lost data and then save all needed data in a safe place.
Note: if you are recovering photos with this recovery tool, you are able to preview pictures before saving, as follows.

mac pictures recovery

 

I used this tool to successfully recover deleted pictures on Mac without backup

Conclusion
MiniTool Mac Data Recovery is a good choice for Mac data recovery, isn’t it?

SSD Data Recovery

Hard disk recovery for Windows

Although SSDs are more expensive than hard drives in terms of dollar per gigabyte, many users like using SSDs instead of HDDS since SSDs have many good features. For instance: an SSD has no moving parts, so it is more likely to keep your data safe in the event that you drop your laptop bag or your system is shaken about by an earthquake while it’s operating. Here, please click this post to know more information about the 2 different drives.

See! SSD has many advantages than HDD. However, we cannot ensure data stored on SSD are safe all the time. According to a survey, SSD data loss happens more and more frequently in the world. Therefore, SSD data recovery has become a hot topic of concern to everyone.

 

SSD Data Recovery

 

In general, when it comes to recovering SSD lost data, you have two choices: turning to data recovery companies or data recovery software.

Considering data recovery companies need high recovery fees, we recommend using MiniTool Power Data Recovery, a piece of free, simple yet professional data recovery software. This professional freeware offers several different data recovery modules to help to recover data that have been lost in a variety of ways like accidental deletion, mistaken formatting, partition loss, virus invasion, and more. What’s more, it is a read-only tool which can recover data without affecting the original data.

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Next, let’s see the detailed steps.

 

Guide to Recover SSD Data

 

To carry out SSD data recovery, you need to download this freeware from its official website at first, and then install it on computer. After that, launch it to enter its main interface as follows.

pdr main interface

At this time, you can see 5 recovery modules, and then you can choose a suitable one according to actual need to recover lost data from SSD. To be specific,
You can tap “Undelete Recovery” to recover mistakenly deleted data; or click “Lost Partition Recovery” to get data back after partition loss or deletion; or choose “Damaged Partition Recovery” to recover data from formatted, RAW, and damaged partition, etc.

After selecting a suitable one, you are able to save lost files in a safe place according to prompts.

 

Bottom line

 

SSD data recovery can be easily and effectively solved as long as you turn to MiniTool Power Data Recovery. Should you have any question or suggestion, please feel free to send your email to support@minitool.com. Much appreciated.

3 Data Recovery Solutions for Mac OS X

Hard disk recovery for Mac

Do you know how to recover Mac hard drive data? If not, you can read this post, and 3 solutions are displayed here.

 

Solution 1: Recover Data from Time Machine Backup

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Time Machine, built-in backup feature of OS X, backs up all of your files to an external hard drive so that you can restore them later or see how they looked in the past. Detailed steps are here:
1: Click Time Machine in the Dock
2: Find the files to restore
3: Click Restore to restore the selected file, or Control-click the file for other options.
Note; click Use Time Machine to back up or restore your Mac to know more information.

In a word, although Time Machine can help us to recover lost data, we have to backup all needed data on it in advance. What if there is no Time Machine backup? In this situation, move onto the following method.

Solution 2: Turn to Professional Mac Data Recovery Companies

Here, if there is no Time Machine backup, you can try restoring to professional data recovery companies for help.
Note: although data recovery companies can help to recover data, it has two big disadvantages. File recovery fees are so high that common users cannot afford it; and they my leak customer’s privacy.

At this time, can we find a more reliable data recovery solution to get Mac data back without affecting the original data?

Want to know the best way?

 

Solution 3: Ask MiniTool Mac Data Recovery for Help

Here, if you want to recover data without damaging the original data, you can try MiniTool Mac Data Recovery. With this tool, you can easily and quickly recover data without needing the Time Machine backup. Want to know more information about this tool.

 
main interface

 

High security: it is a read-only tool, so users can recover data without damaging the original data.
Powerful functions: 4 different data recovery modules are listed here to masterly cope with data loss situations.
Easy-to-use: this tool not only offers wizard-based operation but also simple interface. Thus, even you have little knowledge about computer or this tool, you can easily recover Mac data with it.
…..

Conclusion
3 solutions for Mac hard drive data recovery are listed here, and you can select a suitable one according to actual needs to recover lost data.

RAID Recovery Software

Hard disk recovery for Windows

RAID (originally redundant array of inexpensive disks, now commonly redundant array of independent disks), a data storage virtualization technology, combines multiple physical disk drive components into a single logical unit for the purposes of data redundancy, performance improvement, or both.

 

See, RAID provides high performance to computer users, but, sometimes, it can also bring you much trouble. Let’s see a true example:
raid recovery“My Qnap, a TS EC1279U RP with 12 disk of 3tb and Raid 5 showed that drive number 5 was working abnormally, I changed it, but when the rebuild began it was not able to complete, and skipped the process. I tried to back up the files, but there were more than 20 TB, and I did not copy everything, because it stocked. Then it did not mount the raid, the drive number 11 failed. Does someone know any tool to recover the raid or some files?”

 

In general, if we Google “RAID recovery”, we will notice there are lots of users are talking about this issue, and some of them has solved this problem with a professional raid recovery software.

 

Professional RAID Recovery Software

 

When it comes to talking about RAID recovery, it is recommended to try using MiniTool Power Data Recovery, for this tool offers 3 powerful features including Undelete Recovery, Damaged Partition Recovery, and Lost Partition Recovery to help you effectively and quickly recover RAID data. (Note: this tool also contains another 2 features as Digital Media Recovery as well as CD/DVD Recovery.) In addition, this tool offers wizard-based operation and concise interface, thus everyone can easily handle it to recover RAID data. What’s more, MiniTool data recovery software supports RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 0+1, RAID 5 and more.

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This post The Method For RAID Recovery You Wish You Know Before will tell you more information about RAID recovery.

 

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