Recover Quick Format SSD

pure64

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Last night I accidentally ran a Quick Format on Windows 10 Home on my Crucial BX100 512 (instead of another drive..yey :pfff:).

The drive was essentially a backup drive (oh the irony), but also contained files that I would really prefer to get back. Nothing was done with the drive after the format.

I ran the following, however very few results are found (eg /$Extend/ and /$RECYCLE.BIN/):

  • - M3 Data Recovery
    - Disk Digger
    - RUndelete
    - Pandora Disk Drill
    - EaseUS
From what I understand, a Quick Format shouldn't have such good results at eradicating data. So the question is, what am I doing wrong?

Thanks!
 
You're using the wrong type of recovery software, that's why it's not finding much.

After accidental formatting/partition deletion you need to use "Partition Recovery" software, not file-recovery software.

File-recovery software is for when you've accidentally deleted files but the partition is intact.
 

pure64

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At first what you said seemed to make clear sense to me, however some of the applications I used claim to recover files after a quick format (https://www.m3datarecovery.com/format-recovery/quick-format-recovery.html)

I have attempted partition recovery software however no partitions were found