Formatted your external hard drive without preparing data backups on another drives or locations? If you do have drive data backups, simply copy all your desired files back from your backups.
But, if there is no any data backup on other places, you'd better keep this formatted drive away from anything else and download drive data recovery software to get everything back, like iCare Data Recovery Free, Recuva, EaseUS Data Recovery, etc.
Firstly, stop using this formatted hard drive and leave it alone temporarily.
Secondly, Plunge it to computer and download formatted drive data recovery software (like: freeware-fix.blogspot.com/2013/02/external-hard-disk-format-recovery.html) to scan this drive and find all possible files back.
Thirdly, save all restored drive files on a different storage device in case of farther data loss.
You should remember that:
Never save new stuffs on this formatted drive before rescuing everything back.
Never save restored stuffs on the same formatted drive in case of data recovery failures.
Never forget to make drive data backups before formatting or deletion in the future.
Farther detailed data recovery information could be found here:
ucfix.com/data-recovery/external-hard-disk-drive-format-recovery.html
blog4mark.blogspot.com/2012/10/how-to-deal-with-raw-drive.html
It is possible with recovery software.Get this programs and install them on another hard drive with windows and then attach your formatted hard drive and try to recover your data.
One product for removing a virus from an external hard drive is Malwarebytes Antimalware. Once the virus is removed, the files should reappear.
You can try to recover a deleted file with special software that uses unique modern algorithms to recover files that other software either recovers incorrectly or is unable to detect. You can use software that can recover deleted, formatted files from PC, external hard drive, USB flash drive etc. Moreover, a program may be able to also recover lost files due to virus attack. A program may also be equipped with four critical modules:"delete recovery", "format recovery", "partition recovery" and "raw recovery" which will meet your different demands.
Simply plug your external drive into your Mac using a supported port, drag-and-drop files from your Mac onto the external disk. Note that for drives formatted using FAT32, you won't be able to transfer files larger than 4GB. You also won't be able to use drives formatted using NTFS unless you have the appropriate third-party drivers installed.
yes and no but yes if you want to have that data but you will have that virus on your computer
To recover files from an inaccessible WD My Passport external hard drive, first try connecting it to a different USB port or computer to rule out connection issues. If it's still inaccessible, use data recovery software like Recuva or EaseUS Data Recovery Wizard to scan the drive for lost files. If the drive is physically damaged, consider seeking professional data recovery services. Always ensure your important data is backed up regularly to prevent such situations.
If your files were on that C: drive, then they are pretty much gone. There are programs that will attempt recovery of formatted drives but if anything at all has been written to the drive you can forget about it. If the files were on a different physical drive and you really only formatted C: then the files should still be present and available for access.
Actually you have chance. As long as those deleted files aren't OVERWRITTEN, you can recover them with so-called file recovery tools.But the first thing you should do is stop using the WD drive as soon as possible. DO NOT save, edit or write more data on it.
Recover my files is a good file recovery program (Note: there are free programs) try searching for "File recovery"
Open the folder that has the downloaded files. To transfer drag the files from LimeWire onto your external hard drive
It is possible with recovery software.Get this programs and install them on another hard drive with windows and then attach your formatted hard drive and try to recover your data. http://uploading.com/files/a87ae6f2/Power%2BData%2BRecovery%2B4.1.1%2BFull.rar/ http://uploading.com/files/ad3657eb/GetDataBack%2BFAT%2BNTFS%2B4.0.0.msi/ http://uploading.com/files/ad3657eb/GetDataBack%2BFAT%2BNTFS%2B4.0.0.msi/ http://uploading.com/files/c4736e4a/EASEUS.Data.Recovery.Wizard.Professional.v4.0.1.retail-FOSI.rar/
You have almost much chances to recover lost files from USB flash as long as the user do the right things. By relying on a USB flash drive recovery program (see related link) users can retrieve USB files deleted, formatted or lost due to any reasons provided that the data contained in the files are not overwritten (by new data) which means you'd better immediately stop using the flash drive in case you may ruin the chances of USB flash recovery.