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I was trying to format a flash drive and mistakenly clicked on my external hard drive. It is now formatted and all my files and data are gone. Is there a way to recover that data?

Saikat Basu
2010-06-09 14:43:00
We have covered the possible solutions before. If you haven't written anything on it after the format, there's a chance to recover some of the data.Try it...what do you have to lose.
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2010-06-09 00:07:00
You can try a Deep Scan with Recuva or also try PC File Inspector. I've recovered deleted files with both of them. You probably won't find anything if you performed a full format, but a quick format still has hope.