How to Recover Formatted Partition?

Updated on December 29, 2020

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The computer could be formatted for various reasons such as to improve its performance, removing the virus, no operating system found etc. But, no matter what the reason is, there can be data loss while formatting.

However formatted partitions recovery is possible, even if there was no data backup taken. To recover the formatted partition there are certain steps to be followed which are discussed in the coming sections.

What are the reasons for formatting partition?

• Reinstalling the operating system: There can be instances when the user starts the computer but the computer does not start because the operating system is missing. Formatting the hard drive has to be done to install the operating system and run the computer. Also, in some cases formatting is done to update from an old to new operating system.

• Formatting the partition with a new file system: The rewriting of the file system is done to change the file system from FAT to NTFS or when the drive is RAW. Recovery of RAW partition becomes cannot be easily done. In some files, the system might be corrupted due to the improper shutting down of the computer or system crash. Hence, the computer needs to be formatted

• Virus attack: A computer virus can make the computer go slow or even make the computer completely inaccessible. Formatting the computer will remove all the unwanted malware along with data in the computer making it functional again however data loss is unavoidable.

At times, you may encounter the pop up message stating- your volume doen't have the file system, means your hard drive's file system is corrupted and cannot access the files. To get rid of such errors, you will have to format the complete disk.

Can data be recovered after formatting a partition?

After Formatting the drive, all the sectors in the hard drive will be marked as writeable. Therefore the data will be present in drive until the it is overwritten with a new data. Hence the data could be recovered even after formatting provided you don’t use the hard drive any further. However, data can be recovered if you have created an image of the drive. In case you haven't created a backup, use a partition recovery tool to recover the data.

SFWare Partition recovery software is the most recommended tool to recover data from the formatted drives. The scans engine of the software is designed to recover data going through sector by sector. The tool supports recovcery of more thyan 300 file types including audio, video and other file formats. Download the software now and get back the lost data.

How to recover data after formatting partition?

To recover the partition after formatting download and install the SFWare partition recovery software and follow the below steps

• Launch the application after installing

• You will be able to find two options on the main  "Partition recovery'; and "Formatted/Reformatted recovery';

• If you have selected "partition recovery';, in the next screen select the disk from which you want to recover the partition.

• If you have select "Formatted/Reformatted recovery", select the partition to be recovered.

• You will be shown the option to select the file format of the file that you want to recover, select the appropriate and click next.

• Once the scan is complete, all the recovered files will be shown click on the file, to preview the recovered and then save the file.

Key Features of SFWare partition recovery

• After you tried fixing damaged partitions the tool helps in retrieving data

• Data can be retrieved even if there are errors such as MBR corruption, file system corruption, etc.

• A separate image of the hard drive can be done before retrieving the data so that the original data will be compromised in any way

• The retrieved data can be previewed before saving

• Retrieved files can be organized according to their name, size, type, and date of creation

• Recovers file from corrupt hard drive

Conclusion

Formatting a partition will help in managing the disk space better at the same time any data that is present will be erased. The data recovery can be difficult once the partition is formatted. As a safety measure always create a back up before formatting. But in case you haven't created a back up before formatting uses the SFWare partition recovery software to recover formatted partition.