Windows 10: How to recover data since I was tricked into cleaning my hard drive

Before I had no choice but to reinstall windows, my laptop went into blue death screen error, I tried everything that would fix the issue like an restore point, but for some reason I was unable to click the restore point so I went on yt found some command to allow me to use restore point. The restore point became available but at the end of the loading it didn't work, So I went on YouTube found this video which tricked me into cleaning my drive in the command prompt. I had to reinstall windows, when I did i logged in and saw only 2 of my downloaded games even though I had more apps and games

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recovering data possible dead hard drive

Hello, @victorm294!

Well, I'm really sorry to hear about your accident with the WD HDD.
I'd still advise to try that WD drive on another PC just in case, and see if it will get detected there, or if it even spins up. You also mentioned you checked all connections, but did you try connecting the WD drive with a different SATA cable?

If none of these worked, then recovering your data might be a lot more difficult. *Frown
I'd suggest to turn to a professional data recovery, it also won't hurt to try what @RCoon suggested. However I'm not sure it's going to work, if the drive doesn't even spin up.
Data recovery companies are costly indeed, but if your files are that important, I'm not sure you have any other choice.
If the drive doesn't even spin up, we are most probably facing a physical damage from the power surge. This means you won't be able to fix it yourself. HDD physical repairs require a clean environment and technical knowledge of the HDD's structure and components.

My suggestion would be to get in touch with such a company and explain your situation, hopefully the repair will be affordable. Here's a list of all our data recovery partners worldwide: http://goo.gl/kkn4Vs

Just a tip: This is exactly why we recommend keeping backups offsite as well, power surges/system failures can result in such unpleasant situations. :/

I hope this helps you!
And if you need further assistance or more information,
I'd suggest to contact our tech support:
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Good luck, @victorm294!

P.S. Thank you for notifying me, @RCoon! *Smile

 

How to recover data since I was tricked into cleaning my hard drive

Hi, I am Dave, I will help you with this.

Sadly, if you cleaned the drive using command prompt and re-installed Windows, honestly there is no way to recover the data on the drive, you could try a 3rd party recovery tool to see if that can recover any of your data, but any software will need to be downloaded and re-installed.

 

How to recover data since I was tricked into cleaning my hard drive

Before I had no choice but to reinstall windows, my laptop went into blue death screen error, I tried everything that would fix the issue like an restore point, but for some reason I was unable to click the restore point so I went on yt found some command to allow me to use restore point. The restore point became available but at the end of the loading it didn't work, So I went on YouTube found this video which tricked me into cleaning my drive in the command prompt. I had to reinstall windows, when I did i logged in and saw only 2 of my downloaded games even though I had more apps and games those were the only 2 I saw. Unfortunately I don't physically have my original hard drive, because I lost it. I'm not sure if there's anything I can do to recover my lost data