How to Recover Data from a Wiped/Erased Hard Drive

Chapters:
00:00 Intro
01:06 Common hard drive erasure cases
02:10 How to recover wiped hard drive
05:11 Conclusion

So what does exactly wiping the hard drive mean? We can distinguish the three most common data loss scenarios that can lead to an accidentally wiped hard drive.

1. You manually deleted all files from your hard drive.
While this is somewhat rare, there's definitely the best chance of recovery here and there's really not a whole lot to worry about in a case like that.

2. Accidental formatting.
And this usually arises from rushing through a process. You'd think you format an SD card when in reality you format your hard drive with a thousand baby photos on it. However, even still the chances of recovery in a case like this are high, but it is predicated upon a quick format being performed. If a full format was initiated on the drive, the chances of recovery go down drastically.

3. Formatting using 3rd party tools.
And with this, there's a lot of ambiguity because it will depend upon the software and the technicality of it all, making wiped hard drive recovery either highly probable or almost impossible. So that one is a little bit up to interpretation as well.

However, regardless of what happened to your files or how you managed to wipe your hard drive, I'm gonna be giving you the best chance of file recovery today by using one of the best pieces of file recovery software in the industry. And this software is Disk Drill. It delivers real raw power in a simple and easy-to-use package. This tool is available for both Mac and Windows PC. It allows you to recover data from accidentally erased external and internal hard drive disks. Supports FAT16/FAT32/exFAT, NTFS, HFS, HFS+, APFS, EXT2/EXT3/EXT4 file systems aswell as RAW drives.

📌 To recover an erased hard drive:
1. Download and install Disk Drill.
2. Select the drive or partition that was erased or wiped.
3. Click the Search for lost data button to initiate scanning.
4. Once the scan is finished, select the files (photos, music files, videos, documents, etc.) you wish to restore and click Recover.
5. Choose a recovery location. Make sure that your recovery location is not your wiped drive or partition.
6. Click next to recover data from an erased hard drive.

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[gunit]

IMPORTANT NOTE: NOT free to recover all files. There's a 500MB cap. You have to upgrade to get more than that. Unfortunate to find out after taking 6 hours to scan a 4Tb drive.

[SYNDRONE]

The promotion is hard in this video. Really unnecessary if you're in trouble and then find out it's just a promotion going on here. gg bro.

[goranatanasov]

You are a genius .... Thank you very much Friend. You saved my files that were precious to me....Greetings from Macedonia Europe

[Its_Me_see]

Fingers crossed Andrew im gonna try it thanks!!

[dariak]

Thank you for guide. Is it possible to preview the videos that had been on my hard drive?

[Evangelionism]

My case is simple: Windows Media Creation Tool wiped out my external HDD, and since I have not written to it, my chances of recovering its data should be good, right?

[souviksamanta]

for me its not creating the under folders.

[johnmcclung]

I just used Disk Drill via SetApp to recover files from an external drive I accidentally erased with Disk Utility on Mac. I instantly realized my error, and ran DD, but the files recovered are in a zillion folders, the original folder names and heirarchy didn't come back. Can DD be set to recover so the files and folders look the way they did on the original drive?

[varshnaytiwari]

Um I need help my Seagate external hard drive is not accessible when I try to recover it using chkdsk command it says that the drive is raw so should I format the disk and then I can recover it by this method for free or should I look for any other solutions pls tell me I have many important photos and files in that hard drive.. hope someone replies.

[Funfax]

So when the files are overwritten so can you not get the files back again, unless they are not overwritten but only deleted

[izrailmoiseevic]

Unfortunately, it didn't help me because I was storing sensitive data on the system disk (this leads to writing and erasing data), so my deleted data was overwritten with other system data.
But again, this app has a very user-friendly design and is easy to use.

[David_Cepin]

I deleted mine on purpose but I just wanted to confirm that I can still use it after wiping it

[spite_beeekilled]

I did a factory reset and does disk drill only detect that are available in my hard drives or can it detect lost data like it shows all my program files that I have in my hardrives but I have to go manually look for them?

[hongwezh]

I reinstalled windows 11 due to os malfunction. However the d partition is gone. All spaces become C drive. No data left. Can this case be recovered?

[Aki_]

can u make video about who to restore deleted files with disk drill 2?

[hussainalaqeedi]

Hello
I recovered the data but the issue is faceung the type of files can’t open

[bradleydawson]

Thanks for the detailed instructions, I just accidentally erased my external SSD instead of the flash drive. Can this solution help in my situation?

[latifaaydinli]

It really works ! I cant thank enough! Really really thank

[cadam]

Hi Andrew, I have a WD external drive that appears to be corrupt. When I plug it in to my laptop all I get is a clicking sound. The drive doesn’t show on my pc. I have a huge amount of photos that I spent 1000’s hrs photoshopping. Would disk drill help get these files back

[abhisharma]

hey bro i accidently use data wipe in boot menu and i don't know how it works and i loss my whole data on next boot and now i want to recover my data please help me to recover my data because in my hard drive so many important files are present and i lost whole of them so please help me to recover it