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  • Don't format the hard drive partition again.
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How to Unformat hard drive Windows 8 to recover files ?

Windows 8 uses the same file systems as the previous Windows operating systems, EXFAT or NTFS or FAT32. And 99% computer users use NTFS for their hard drive after format the disk. And the feature of NTFS is to cut a single files into pieces, 16KB maybe a piece, and Windows 8 will save these pieces into different sectors on hard drive. And record the location and order of these sectors.

1. Select the "Unformat" button .

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2. Select the drive, then click the "NEXT" button.

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3. Set the format recovery properties .

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4. click the file to preview.

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5. Select the want to recover files .

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6. Recover successful

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