If you have formatted your hard drive without making a backup of your valuable files don’t worry about the lost data. You can still recover files from hard drive by using any restore program.

Follow the given steps after format:

• Immediately stop using the hard disk drive after formatting.
• Do not store any new data or files on the formatted drive.
• Do not install any utility to the partitions or hard drive from where you have lost or deleted the data. This could lead to overwrite your lost/deleted data.

How to choose good recovery application?

Search for good data restore application in the internet and read articles and blogs about the product. Select a product which is compatible to your Operating system if you are using windows select windows recovery software or Mac users select Mac recover software. Before choosing a program ensure whether the software can restore data from damaged partitions, re-partitioned and re-formatted hard drive. Select a utility that is capable of restoring data from different file types and from various data loss circumstances. Authenticate whether the software allows you to preview the restored files before saving. Preview option helps to make file recovery easy and faster. To ensure the product is efficient, always download the trial version of the utility and evaluate the capability of the application in restoring lost or deleted data before buying it. Follow the steps given below to recover files form hard drive

• Connect the formatted hard drive to a functioning system as a secondary hard drive.
• Install the application to the well functioning system
• Run the application to restore deleted/lost files from hard drive.
• Follow the instructions and according to that restore data form formatted hard drive.