Windows 10: How do I unformat a hard drive?

Discus and support How do I unformat a hard drive? in Windows 10 Installation and Upgrade to solve the problem; My PC has two operating systems on a C and E drive. I formatted my E drive by mistake when I was trying to format a flash drive. A friend told me... Discussion in 'Windows 10 Installation and Upgrade' started by richardryals, Aug 4, 2020.

  1. How do I unformat a hard drive?


    My PC has two operating systems on a C and E drive. I formatted my E drive by mistake when I was trying to format a flash drive. A friend told me there's a way to unformat it. How do I do it? Both drives have Windows 10 Pro.

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    richardryals, Aug 4, 2020
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  2. Unformat a hard drive?

    I was reinstalling windows and accidentally "quick format" the wrong hard drive which contained all my music. is there anyway i can unformat it and retreive some of that music? what program do i use?
     
    karolpl2004, Aug 4, 2020
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  3. Lazzer408 Win User
    Unformat NTFS help!!

    Help.

    How do I unformat a "quick format" of an NTFS volume?

    Blame it on the beer!! *Toast :toast:
     
    Lazzer408, Aug 4, 2020
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  4. How do I unformat a hard drive?

    Unformat a hard drive?

    unformat? hm.

    theres no way to completely "unformat" a drive. there are, however, ways to recover lost data.

    Firstly, make sure you don't access the drive you formatted. don't put any data on it or anything. Then, try using a freeware data recovery program on it. that may help.

    if it doesn't, then you're most likely screwed...sorry......
     
    randomperson21, Aug 4, 2020
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