How do I restore files on an external hard drive that were erroneously deleted?

lpettyjo

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I mistakenly clicked on my external HD folder instead of a USB folder when formatting for a download. Now all files on my external HD are gone ... any way I can retrieve them?
 
Hi

There are a number of programs which can undelete a hdd internal or external

Providing you have not written anything to the external hdd since the problem most files will be recovered

You have to recover to a different hdd than the one they came from
I would try Piriform recuva and sgsecurity photorec(overy)

Other programs by http://www.easeus.com/


See which does a better job of recovering folder & file names
Once you have ensurred you have a full recovery of your files you can copy files back to the external hdd

(If very valuable data consider professional data recovery service)

Regards
Mike Barnes