“When I connected the device to my computer it prompted me to format the drive. I did. Have I lost my data? Any way to reverse it?”

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• if its an ssd unlikely as TRIM deletes all data marked for deletion as in a format almost immediately unlike a HDD which keeps files marked for deletion until overwritten...

  Answered by zalazin 2 years ago

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• Formatting will erase all data permanently.

  Answered by William 5 years ago

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• Depends - did you do a quick format or a complete format? if you did a quick format, you might be able to rebuild the MBR. If you can't you still might be able to recover files using undelete as long as the drive was originally in NTFS

  Answered by drbob2112 5 years ago

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• Don't use it for anything until you can run a data retrieval program and try to get back everything. Unless you are experienced with doing that, I'd take it to a computer place to get back your data. As long as you don't write over it or use the drive in any way, you'll probably be able to get your data back.

  Answered by Ocarina 5 years ago

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