Delete WD external hard drive mistakenly
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Arielsnowy6
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Oct 13, 2014 at 06:58 AM
Oct 13, 2014 at 06:58 AM
Hi there,
Are you sure that the external drive is empty? Check its available free space, because sometimes files and folders are hidden and the storage may appear empty. If you confirm that the data has been deleted and the drive is empty, with 100% free space, I am afraid you have just a few options: trying to recover your data with some software or contact a Data Recovery Company. Just have in mind that using some tools which do not result useful may make the data even less readable.
https://www.tomshardware.com/ - check this topic for some suggestions
https://support-en.wd.com/app/datarecovery - WD Data Recovery Partners
Hope this helps
Are you sure that the external drive is empty? Check its available free space, because sometimes files and folders are hidden and the storage may appear empty. If you confirm that the data has been deleted and the drive is empty, with 100% free space, I am afraid you have just a few options: trying to recover your data with some software or contact a Data Recovery Company. Just have in mind that using some tools which do not result useful may make the data even less readable.
https://www.tomshardware.com/ - check this topic for some suggestions
https://support-en.wd.com/app/datarecovery - WD Data Recovery Partners
Hope this helps
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Oct 13, 2014 at 10:15 PM
Oct 13, 2014 at 10:15 PM
That's why you should firstly prepare drive data backups before doing any change to partition or drive data. So, next time, always make data backups in advance.
And, now, as to your lost images, videos and files, instead of gathering them one by one again, you can try some third-party data recovery software to see whether your drive stuffs are still recoverable.
Simply select one over the internet and run it to scan your drive to rescue all possible files back.
Here, read more data recovery information:
https://www.ucfix.com/data-recovery/external-hard-disk-drive-format-recovery.html
And, now, as to your lost images, videos and files, instead of gathering them one by one again, you can try some third-party data recovery software to see whether your drive stuffs are still recoverable.
Simply select one over the internet and run it to scan your drive to rescue all possible files back.
Here, read more data recovery information:
https://www.ucfix.com/data-recovery/external-hard-disk-drive-format-recovery.html
