When looking into doing a data recovery after format is important to make sure you do not cause further data loss by making mistakes. In this article I’ll show you what some of the key dangers or when doing a data retrieval from formatted hard drives.

Formatting a disk is usually a last resort option when trying to resolve severe OS issues or helping to make a system startup faster. The problem arises when this is completed and you realize files were not backed up. Data recovery tools may help in this scenario.

The process itself is relatively straightforward. You install the application, launch the program, select the formatted disk for analysis and then run a scan. All of this can take a few minutes to complete depending on the size of the hard disk capacity.

Data recovery after format may experience problems however if you inadvertently overwrite the files. This can happen if you install the data recovery tool onto the formatted disk (the installation files overwriting original data). In addition, when cloning the files it is important to use a second disk instead of cloning the data back onto the formatted drive. This ensures you do not overwrite data in the middle of copying process.

The chances of finding all your files can also be affected by how recently you formatted the drive. Data recovery after format stands a good chance of finding a large amount of files straight after the disk was formatted. It is only once the disk is reused and applications recovery files are stored on the hard drive memory that data will begin to be overwritten.

Finally, any formatting tools which also use an evidence cleansing sweep as part of the process will effectively clear away all of the data clusters on your hard drive memory. No data recovery application will be able to find even fragments of your files in this case.

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