Hard Disk Recovery

I have a hard drive containing all my favorite files such as music files and pictures. Yesterday I unintentionally formatted a partition when I was managing drive data with my laptop. Then, I found that the partition became empty and all files in it have gone. However, there is no backup available. Thus, I wonder how to perform hard drive recovery for a laptop.
 

Formatting and Data Recovery

How much do you know about formatting? Generally, there are two modes namely low-level format and high-level format, and the latter is commonly used. In theory, advanced format will not erase data from partition. Instead, the header part of disk sector where data resided is embedded in a special deletion tag notifying the system the space is available for reuse. As long as the data are not overwritten by new ones, there are chances of getting them back.
 
MiniTool Power Data Recovery is a piece of formatted drive data recovery software enabling users to recover files from logically damaged partitions. Moreover, data lost due to other soft errors such as mistaken deleting or virus infection can be recovered by the software. The software supports various files types including pictures, videos, audio files, documents, etc. Here, the example of formatted partition recovery for laptop is explained to users.
 

Get Formatted Drive Data Back with MiniTool

Before using the hard disk recovery software to recover data, users need to download the software and then install it to a proper location.
Tips: DO NOT install the downloaded software to partition where data loss happens.
 
Step 1. Connect the problem device to computer and make sure that the device can be detected by computer. After that, launch MiniTool Power Data Recovery to open its main interface:
 

 
Step 2. In the main interface of the software, choose the most suitable module. Since users want to recover data from formatted drive partition with the software, they need to choose and click “Damaged Partition Recovery” module.
 

 
Step 3. Choose the partition to be recovered and click “Full Scan” button to completely scan it.
 

 
Step 4. When scanning operation is done, all possible damaged partitions will be listed out. Here, choose the partition which is suggested most and click “Show Files” button to open it.
 

 
Step 5. Check all desired data and click “Save Files” button to choose a secure location to store them.
 
After finishing all those operations, the work to recover external hard drive data on laptop is completely done. If users also need to recover data lost due to logical faults such as deleting, formatting, partitioning or virus infection, please feel free to use the powerful hard disk recovery software – MiniTool Power Data Recovery.