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Restore Unsaved Files after Reformat

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Turn off your computer and shut it down, unplug the HDD install Windows use a linux live USB with data recovery software, boot into that plug in old drive and scan for deleted files.

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So there was a folder of stuff I had forgotten to backup before reformatting my PC. I'm sure its possible to recover these files, but how much of a hassle is it to do it? Does anyone know how?

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4 minutes ago, beztoken said:

So there was a folder of stuff I had forgotten to backup before reformatting my PC. I'm sure its possible to recover these files, but how much of a hassle is it to do it? Does anyone know how?

Depends. Did you quick format? If so, it may be recoverable if you send it off to a data recovery service.

 

If you LLF/Low Level Format/Not-Quick-Formatted your drive, you're basically screwed.

 

If you formatted via Windows 7/8/10, the answer is you did quick format.

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8 minutes ago, beztoken said:

So there was a folder of stuff I had forgotten to backup before reformatting my PC. I'm sure its possible to recover these files, but how much of a hassle is it to do it? Does anyone know how?

if you do plan to do it either power it off and send it to a file recovery place or you can make a full image of your hdd then try stuff like recurva on it or other recover apps 

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3 minutes ago, SenpaiKaplan said:

If you formatted via Windows 7/8/10, the answer is you did quick format.

This is what I did.

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Turn off your computer and shut it down, unplug the HDD install Windows use a linux live USB with data recovery software, boot into that plug in old drive and scan for deleted files.

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