What
is format?
From the definition of
computer format, format a hard drive means that it initialized the
partition by deleting all the files to prepare it used by operating
system so that is is available for data storage. There are two kind of
format:quick format and full format. If you perform a full format, your files
will be erased from the partition and become unrecoverable. While if you
perform a quick format, your files will not be erased, you can use a data
recovery software to recover them. Sometimes, the system will prompt you to
format the disk before you can use it. If you want to use this device, you may
tend to choose format it. But once you format this disk, unfortunately, you
will lost your files on the disk.
Low-level
format and high-level format
Low-level format(full
format) is a kind of physical format, it should be performed with caution.
Before you perform a low-level format, you should make sure that you have
select the right partition or storage device. Back up all your data on the
partition which you plan to format. You’d better do not take this kind of format
for it may have negative impact on the service of your hard drive and it will
erase your data.
When
you need to perform a low-level format?
If your hard drive is
corrupted and the operating system cannot recover them, this will help you to
fix the hard drive problems.
If your hard drive
partition get virus or corrupted, you can adopt this way to get rid of the
virus.
If you want to fix the
bad sectors.
High-level format is a
kind of logical format, it will remove data from the hard drive.
When
you need to perform a low-level format?
If you use a new hard
drive, you need to format it before use it.
If your hard drive got
virus, formatting the hard drive is better than using a antivirus software to
scan it.
If you want to change
the files system of hard drive, you need to format the hard drive.
If the hard drive is
corrupted or inaccessible.
No matter you adopt
what kind of format, you should be careful. Back up your files on the hard
drive before you format it. Even though the hard drive recovery software can
recover files after the drive has formatted, but there is not always a full
recovery for you.
There are many way for
you to format the hard drive. You can format it with a third-party software,
and format it in Windows tools like diskpart, Windows Explorer, Disk
Management. If you want to format
partition C, you need to format it from outside the Windows.
How to recover files from a formatted
drive with data recovery software?
Hdata recovery software
provides a recovery mode for the formatted hard drive: Formatted hard drive
accidentally. If you accidentally format your hard drive and want to restore
your files from the hard drive, you should take this recovery method to
retrieve them immediately. But I’d like to remind you that no data recovery software can assure you
that you can 100% get all your files back. Think twice and backup your data
before format, and do not casually format your hard drive.
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