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Not much happens to the data on a hard drive at all when the hard drive is formatted other than making it harder to find and unprotected from being written over. Data that existed prior to reformatting will not be visible in the Windows Browser after formatting the hard drive, but it is still there and will remain until written over. It can be recovered by anyone unless you performed a wipe of the data which involves writing over it one or more times.
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How do you i get data off my PS3 hard drive if i dont have a PS3?
you can delete it by transferring it to an extrenal hard drive, I believe.
What is universal serial bus port?
The Universal Serial Bus (USB) port is an input/output port that allows the transfer of data from the computer's hard drive to the portable hard drive (e.g. flash drive). The port serves as the communication mechanism between the two hard drives.
What does the hard drive do?
The hard drive is the main memory where most documents and multimedia files are stored, for example music, images and video's. Not only are these files stored on the Hard Drive but also the Operating System is kept on the Hard Drive. A computer can have more than one Hard Drive and these can either be Internal or External. Disk drives (HDD) come in many different sizes in memory; ranging from Kilo-Bite as the smallest and Terabyte as the largest.
How do you make space on the HDD on the PS3?
Obviously, if your PlayStation won't start, the amount of free space on the hard drive is the least of your problems. To make free space on the hard drive, you will need to get the PlayStation running.
How much is in a 40gb hard drive?
Only as fast as its CPU. Doesn't matter the size of the hard drive - the hard drive does not determine processor speed.
How do you rescue data from a hard drive?
Hard drive data can be lost due to hard drive crash, formatting, or unintentional deletion. There are many recovery software which can bring back all the deleted or formatted data.When your hard drive get crashed or formatted and you decide to recover it then at the first action is not to write any data in your hard drive-just install a recovery software and recover it by simply by selecting the drive from where you want to recover all the data.
If you erased your hard drive can you recover any of the files?
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.
How do you recover files from formatted external hard drive?
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.htmlblog4mark.blogspot.com/2012/10/how-to-deal-with-raw-drive.html
Can the Vista Premium 64bit OS open a Windows NT formatted hard drive to recover data?
Yes, it can.
Can you load an operating system in a hard drive that has not been formatted?
No. Operating systems need the system to be formatted / partitioned in order to properly arrange and store their data on the disk.
What is the need of formatting hard drive?
Formatting a hard drive is basically making it brand new. When it is formatted, all of the data is cleared. Compare it to your phone. When you got it, you had no pictures, music, or other data on it. After a while, like a hard drive, your phone gains new data and it's not in the same state as it originally was brand new. When it's formatted, it's reset back to default as a hard drive would be and cleared out so that you can reuse it. Formatting is good once in a while.
Can you recover your formatted data from hard disk any software help you power data recovery software?
Yes, you can recover your formatted data from your hard disk by using the Recuva recovery software.
Is Hard disk must be formatted before you can store the data?
Yes, it must partitioned and formatted.
Can you download stuff on to a hard drive from a mac?
Yes, as long the hard disk drive is not NTFS formatted.
How do you format a mac external hard drive to be compatible with windows7 without erasing the disk and without a mac?
If it's not formatted FAT32 already, you will have to format it to FAT32 which erases the data on the drive.
Can you retrieve data from an external hard drive connected with a USB if you were running Ubuntu?
Yes, you can. If the external hard drive is formatted using the FAT32 or NTFS file system then you can read it in any windows computer. If you have it formatted as one of the Linux file systems (EXT2, EXT3, JFS, etc.) then just pop in an Ubuntu Live CD into the computer that you want to retrieve the data with and copy it off.
When a computer is turned off what happens to the data on a Hard Drive?
The entire point of a hard disk is that nothing happens to your data when it's turned off. Data is stored by magnetizing tiny areas of the surface of the disk. They don't need electricity to stay magnetized.
