Depends on the command and process used

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Mar 25, 2025
7:14:41pm

NanoFab Coug All-American

Depends on the command and process used

Most format operations these days don’t lose the data and it’s trivial to undo.

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How do I recover a disk that I accidentally reformatted?

WhyaskY?

Mar 25, 7:06pm

RE: How do I recover a disk that I accidentally reformatted?

TerpCoug

Mar 25, 7:08pm

RE: How do I recover a disk that I accidentally reformatted?

WhyaskY?

Mar 25, 7:09pm

Reformatting completely wipes the drive. Sorry man, it’s toast.

scootsy

Mar 25, 7:13pm

Depends on the command and process used

Mar 25, 7:14pm

This is not true. It just deletes the pointer to the data. There is software

fredy

Mar 25, 7:19pm

Testdisk

Mar 25, 7:13pm

Recuva is a program that works with deleted files, and sometimes formatting, it’s worth a try

keithcoug

Mar 25, 7:15pm

Testdisk is a program that might be able to help

CougPrime

Mar 25, 7:15pm

Ask the Chinese for the copy of it they have

ovalY

Mar 25, 8:18pm

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