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ColoradoSky
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Dec 17, 2024
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How to recover formatted external hard drive using cmd?

A few days ago, I mistakenly formatted my external hard drive (Seagate 1TB) while trying to clean up the disk on my Windows 10 PC. Unfortunately, I realized shortly after the formatting that I had im...
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    Phillip
    Dec 18, 2024

    I’ve been in that situation before — once you’ve formatted the drive, stop using it right away to avoid overwriting data. You can try this data recovery software, it’s super easy and works great for recovering formatted drives:

    Check this tutorial: https://www.ulitewin.com/recover-files-from-formatted-hard-drive

    I actually used this tool to recover my important project files — got so lucky!

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Phillip
Bronze Contributor
Dec 18, 2024

I’ve been in that situation before — once you’ve formatted the drive, stop using it right away to avoid overwriting data. You can try this data recovery software, it’s super easy and works great for recovering formatted drives:

Check this tutorial: https://www.ulitewin.com/recover-files-from-formatted-hard-drive

I actually used this tool to recover my important project files — got so lucky!

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