How To Recover Files After Formatting Your PC?

Updated on June 21, 2022

“I have a 40GB Lap Top Hard Drive (Toshiba MK-4019 GAXB) which was corrupted and all partitions disappeared. It occurred as a result of installation of Win XP Service Pack 2 since I swapped another known to be in good order hard drive and all partitions disappeared. I have no idea but formatted the hard drive and reinstalled Win XP Service Pack 1.Somebody recommended that I should try to recover the data after OS reinstallation. I have formatted my drives and only installed new OS without other programs. Is there any way that I can try to recover the data? If it is there then which method or program is efficient in doing so? I used to download some recovery programs but most of them could not recover large files or cost too much. Please help me! I urgently need the files on my PC to carry out the work. Thanks in advance!”

The main precaution that needs to be taken before formatting a PC is data backup. Entire set of files and folders present in the hard drive should be saved in an external storage media, so that after formatting, it can be used effectively. If data backup is not maintained and you have ended up in formatting the PC accidentally, relax, there is nothing much to worry about as files are not permanently lost and the best way to get back data after formatting PC is to make use of efficient third party drive recovery software. As per our knowledge Yodot Hard Drive Recovery program suits all your needs to rescue the information saved in the formatted PC.

How To Recover Data From A Formatted PC?

Yodot Hard Drive Recovery program is the application when it comes to extracting data from hard drive that has been formatted as a result of various scenarios. All that needs to be done is to install the program and follow the simple steps that are provided within the utility. Make use of the specific list of options that have been carefully place in the program so that even a novice user doesn’t get stuck at any point of time during the recovery process. This product can recover data from partitions/drives formatted with file systems such as FAT16, FAT32, NTFS5, NTFS and exFAT. This utility can be easily used to get back deleted or lost files on systems working with Windows 10,11 and previous versions.

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Follow Simple Steps To Recover Files After Formatting PC

  • Download and install Yodot Hard Drive Recovery tool on Windows system.
  • Launch the application and follow simple instructions that are provided on main screen of tool
  • Click on Formatted Recovery/Re-formatted Recovery and then proceed to next window.
  • Software now displays all drives that are present in the computer.
  • Select the drive which has been formatted and then carry on to next screen.
  • From the next window select the file types that have to be recovered and simply click Skip button to select all the files by default.
  • Now wait for the scanning process to get completed, upon completion, the tool displays all the recoverable data from the respective drive.
  • Choose the files which you want to get back and Preview media files which can be saved to relevant destination location by pressing Save button.

Tips to Avoid Losing Your Important Files While Formatting A PC:

  • Maintain important data back on separate external hard drives.
  • Install best antivirus protection to prevent virus attack.
  • Avoid saving restored data on same destination location from where it was rescued.

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