How to Recover Lost Folders from Formatted Hard Drive?

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Peter

updated on 2018-04-20 to Data Recovery

If you are the owner of a hard drive, you will know that one of the most commons things that can happen is formatting it. Formatting a hard drive means that all the information it has is completely deleted, so if you had a file or folder inside your hard drive, you will lose it. If it is necessary to format the hard drive but you do not want to lose your information, we bring the solution to that annoying problem.

Recover lost folders from formatted hard drive with freeware

If there is any reason why you should format your hard drive without being able to backup all the data, do not worry, we can help you. In Magoshare we know the multiple failures that a hard disk can present, from a virus to incompatibility drive. These failures can force you to format your hard drive without being able to backup anything. That's where the data recovery programs come in. These programs are responsible for recovering information that has been deleted or formatted from a hard disk, being a powerful tool when recovering files and folders. Free download Magoshare Data Recovery here:

Magoshare Data Recovery can help you easily and quickly recover lost folders from formatted hard drive on PC or Mac. It also can help you export folders from virus-infected or inaccessible hard drive. But, please don’t put new data to the formatted hard drive before you recover your folders, in case that the disk space of the lost folders would be overwritten by new data.

Using Magoshare Data Recovery to recover lost folders from formatted hard drive

Magoshare Data Recovery is the fastest data-restoring software. You can download it for Windows and Mac, and the installation process is quick and clean. If you want to know how to use it to recover lost folders from formatted hard drive, read the guide below:

Step 1: Select the formatted hard drive to scan.

Open your Magoshare Data Recovery software. Once opened, you will see all your drives and storage devices connected to your PC or Mac. Select the formatted disk where you want to recover your lost folders. Then click on “Scan” button to scan the formatted hard drive to find lost folders.

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Step 2: Recover lost folders from formatted hard drive.

When the scan is complete you will see a preview of files and folders available to recover. It also shows the condition of the file. In this window, select all the folders and files that you want to recover and click Recover Now. We recommend you to restore your folders and files in another disk or partition, never in the same disk that you are recovering, to maximize the rate of success of Magoshare Data Recovery.

recover lost folders from formatted hard drive

After you restore the folders from the formatted hard drive, you can check the folders. You will find all your documents are still in the folders. Magoshare Data Recovery offers deep scan mode to help you recover every lost folder from formatted hard drive, just try this data recovery freeware.