Hard Disk Recovery

I perform formatting by accident when I was using my Windows computer. After that, I found that all significant data stored in the formatted partition have gone. I wonder if there is any way to recover Windows files after format. If there is, what are the specific operations to realize file unformat on?
 

Overview of Formatting

As a matter of fact, formatting doest not wipe files unless the files are overwritten by other new files. To be specific, after a hard drive is formatted, the file system is replaced with a new empty file system. At this time, all files in the drive are inaccessible, for the entries of all files and directories stored on the drive are emptied. Nevertheless, the disk keeps an index files notifying the system the location where certain file is stored. After formatting operation, links between file and corresponding index are disrupted. As long as the files in the drive are not overwritten by new files, users can recover them.
 

Commonly Adopted Data Recovery Solutions

1. Data restoration: it applies to the situation where users have back up files. In such cases, users just need to use the valid backup files to perform data restoration.
2. Data recovery: to realize data recovery, users can ask professionals for help and use hard disk recovery software. The former is not that cost-effective and some what risky, so users are supposed to adopt data recovery software to get formatted drive data back. Here, professional recovery tool named MiniTool Power Data Recovery is highly recommended.
 

Recover Data from Formatted Drive

Before users use the recommended hard disk recovery software to recover data, they need to firstly download and install the software. After that, follow those steps:
 
Step 1: Launch MiniTool Power Data Recovery to open its main interface:
 

 
Step 2: In the main interface of hard disk recovery software, choose and click “Damaged Partition Recovery” to open the following interface:
 

 
Step 3: In this interface, select the partition to recover, and click “Full Scan” button to thoroughly scan it. When scan is done, all possible damaged partitions will be listed out.
 

 
Step 4: Choose the partition with the highest “Suggested” value and click “Show Files” to open it.
 

 
Step 5: Check all needed file data and click “Save Files” button to store them to a secure location.
 
For more detailed information about format recovery and MiniTool Power Data Recovery, please reference the official website of the software.