I have formatted a HDD with 2 partitions.

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  Diagnosis

The front part (first sector) of the HDD contains the boot loader and the file information regarding the partition of the HDD.
The front part (first sector) of the partition also contains the information about each partitions.
If an HDD has multiple divided partitions and the whole HDD is formatted, than the partition information located in the front part (first sector) will be initialized. This is why partitions from before formatting cannot be found in the future. However, the partition information of each partition still exists, which is what make recovery possible.

How to Recovery

The recovery procedure for recovering the lost data would be to first recover the original partition (drive) and then to scan for the deleted data within this partition.

1. Please connect the system in which FINALDATA is installed and connect the formatted HDD as a slave.



2. After running FINALDATA, please select the [File]-.[Open] menu.



3. After selecting the physical drive tab, please select the HDD in which
the desired deleted drive exists. Then select [Find Format].



4. FINALDATA will scan your HDD and find the previous drive.  If the
right drive is found, please continue

by selecting [Select Format].




5. FINALDATA will start the Directory Scan.  After the Directory Scan is
completed, you will be asked to perform a Cluster Scan, please start the Cluster
Scan by selecting [OK].





6. After the Scan is completed, please refer to the [Lost Directory/Lost
Files] folder, located under the [Deleted Directory/Deleted Files] folder and
search for the deleted file you are looking for.  Files can be found easily by
selecting the [File]-[Find] option.





7. After searching the deleted file, you can save it by selecting the
[File]-[Recover] option.