Retrieve Data after HP Computer Hard Drive Formatting

Generally speaking, when we reinstall the computer system or there are too many junk files on the hard disk or the hard disk has bad sectors, we will format the hard disk to improve the performance of the hard disk. It should be noted that formatting the hard disk will clear all data on the corresponding disk. Therefore, before formatting the hard disk, you need to back up important data on the previous disk. If there is no backup in advance, the data in the hard disk will be lost. When I formatted the hard drive of my HP computer before, I forgot to back up the data, resulting in the loss of all the data. The loss was huge, so everyone must remember to back up the data before formatting.

What is a computer hard drive?

Hard drives generally refer to computer hard drives and mobile hard drives, which are very important data storage devices. With the continuous development of science and technology, in order to meet the needs of contemporary people, you will find that the capacity of hard drives is getting larger and larger, and the reading and writing speeds are also increasing. It's getting faster. Whether it is a computer hard drive or a mobile hard drive, a lot of data will be stored, such as documents, software, photos, audio, etc. These data are very important to us. If the data is lost, the loss will be quite large, so many people encounter hard drive data. When lost, we will try our best to find it.

Situations of HP computer hard drive data lost.

Generally, hard drive data is lost due to various circumstances. The data will not be lost inexplicably. There must be some reason. Since everyone uses the hard drive differently and encounters different situations, there are many ways to lose it. , then let me tell you about several common data loss situations:

1. Accidental deletion: The data stored on the hard disk is accidentally deleted, the recycle bin is emptied, shift+delete is deleted, etc. The deleted files are not backed up.

2. Hard drive/partition formatting: Accidentally formatting a certain partition on the hard drive or quickly formatting the entire hard drive, resulting in data loss.

3. The partition cannot be opened: The partition becomes RAW format, the partition cannot be opened, prompts are formatted, the partition cannot be read, etc., and the data in the partition cannot be accessed.

4. Hard drive repartition: Accidentally repartition the hard drive, causing the original partition to be lost.

5. Reset the computer: Restore the computer to factory settings, resulting in the loss of all data on the hard drive.

6. Bad sectors: The hard disk has bad sectors and normal read and write operations cannot be performed.

7. Virus damage: A computer infected with a virus destroys key data on the hard disk, making the data inaccessible.

8. Hard drive physical failure: The hard drive has physical failure, such as the computer cannot detect the hard drive, the magnetic head is damaged, etc.

Several methods to format a hard drive

Method 1: The most common method is to find the hard drive directly in the computer, then right-click and select "Format", then click "Start" to confirm to start formatting the corresponding disk.

Method 2: Format the hard drive using commands

To format a hard disk using commands, you can enter the command in the DOS interface, or you can directly execute the format hard disk command in the CMD command box in the system.

Method 3: Use system tools/software to format the disk

There are many hard disk tools at present. You only need to search "hard disk tools" on Baidu to find many of them. Basically, they all have the function of formatting the hard disk. Friends who are interested may wish to search for them.

Recover Data on HP Computer Hard Drive Formatting

For data lost after formatting the hard drive, you can restore it through backup. If there is no backup, you can also use iBekit Computer Data Recovery to recover data from the formatted hard drive. Let me briefly introduce the steps of iBekit Computer Data Recovery.

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Step 1: Download and install iBekit Computer Data Recovery on your HP computer.

Step 2: Select the partition to be formatted and click Scan.

Note that before reinstalling the system, please scan the C drive for desktop files.

Step 3: Wait for the scan to end.

Step 4: After scanning, find the scan results, check the files that need to be recovered.

If the required files are not scanned, please use "Deep Scan" mode to scan again.

You can use the following methods to determine whether it is the data you need.

1. Photos and documents support preview, please click on the scanned file to view.

2. Judge based on the creation and modification time of the data.

3. Search according to the type of file. For example, if you are recovering word, select Document in the type, and then click Search.

Step 5: Select a disk to store the files that need to be recovered, and then click Recover.

Note:

1. Recover data from an external mobile hard drive

2. If there is no mobile hard disk, you can insert a memory card or USB flash drive to store the recovered data. You can click to return to the previous step and reselect the files that need to be recovered. Select important files to recover first (such as documents and photos) and restore them to the USB flash drive or memory card first.

3. Data lost on USB flash drives, memory cards, and mobile hard drives can be directly restored to the computer hard drive.

After following the above steps, the recovered data will be stored in the disk selected for storage.

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Conclusion

The above is about the data recovery method of HP computer hard drive formatting, and it also introduces and analyzes the relevant knowledge about HP computer hard drive formatting in detail. I hope to be helpful.