To format a drive means to make a hard drive’s file system compatible with your operating system. This process deletes all of the data on the hard drive and sets up a new file system there.
After this data is deleted due to the formatting, that missing data can be recovered depending on which type of format you have used. There are two basic formatting options: quick formatting and low-level formatting.
Quick formatting makes the data invisible to only you by erasing its details, but it is still stored within the memory. This means that data recovery with this form of formatting is possible because the data is still there, but is only visible by the computer.
Low-level formatting is a different story. With this form of formatting, data recovery is not possible because instead of rewriting the data, the entire drive is rewritten, including its memory. Since the memory is emptied, there is no way the previous data can be recovered or recreated on the drive.
The second thing to keep in mind is whether or not you have used the drive since the format. Quick formatted drives will use new data to replace the old, so when all of the old data has been replaced, recovery of your old files is no longer possible. The old data has been deleted from its memory and replaced with new data, so before you use your quick formatted drive make sure your lost data has been recovered.
Our first piece of advice we can give you is, before you format your drive, backup your data onto an external hard drive. This way, after the format has been done, you will just be able to upload the old data from your external hard drive to the new drive with ease.
In the case that you have performed a quick format and your data has been lost, we recommend you contact a hard drive data recovery service. They will be able to diagnose the problem, as well as determine whether or not data recovery is possible. When you have lost your data and need to recover it, don’t risk losing it permanently, call a specialist.
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