Can You Recover Data From Formatted SSD?

Is it possible to recover data from formatted SSD?

Solid State Drives (SSD) represent significant advancements in technological development. Solid-state drives (SSDs) can read data faster than traditional hard drives, making them very popular in the market. Therefore, users tend to store many important data, documents, ZIP files, movies, music and other things on SSD, or even migrate OS to SSD from HDD.

However, sometimes to ensure compatibility of different devices, unnecessary files and fragments are cleared to increase storage space. For efficiency, and other reasons, you might format your SSD but forget to back it up. After the SSD is fully formatted, where did the formatted SSD data go? Formatting a hard drive erases all existing files and other data stored on the disk, but does not completely overwrite or delete this files. Instead, it simply reorganizes the location of this data into a state that can be read by most data recovery tools.

In fact, recovering deleted data remains a viable option in various scenarios like SSD data loss, including SSD failure, formatted SSD, and SSD partition loss. If you find yourself face above situations, you can use professional data recovery software to initiate the SSD data recovery process.

To recover data from an SSD, make sure TRIM is turned off. If TRIM was on when you lost data or your SSD failed, you’ll likely need to hire professional data recovery services to get your data back.

How to recover data from SSD after format?

This part will guide you to recover data from formatted SSD. According to your situations, you can choose to use a data recovery tool or run Windows File Recovery. 

Method 1. Recover data from formatted SSD with  AOMEI FastRecovery

Whether you format your disk or accidentally delete data from your SSD, the file is not physically deleted from the drive immediately. Instead, it is marked as potentially overwritten. If the data is not overwritten, there is still time for data recovery. However, the risk of data being overwritten increases with time. Data recovery software such as AOMEI FastRecovery can greatly simplify the complex procedure of getting back lost data.

AOMEI FastRecovery is an all-inclusive solution that can be used to recover over 1000 file types. It can recover SSD data that is corrupted, deleted, or formatted. If you have a solid-state drive and are using Windows Server and Windows 11, 10, 8, or 7, this data recovery software can help you get your data back. To recover files from formatted SSD, you can follow the steps below.

Step 1. Install and launch AOMEI FastRecovery. Choose the exact partition or disk where your data lost and click Scan.

Step 2. Then, the recovery tool start to scan and search. lt will execute the “Quickly Scan" first for finding your deleted data fast, and then execute the “Deep Scan" for searching other lost data.

Step 3. Once the scan is completed, all deleted files, recycle bins and other missing files will be displayed. Please select the file you would like to recover and then click "Recover".

Step 4. Then, select a folder path to save your recovered files.

Step 5. Wait patiently for this process of recovering ends.

Method 2. Run Windows File Recovery

Windows File Recovery provides a solution to retrieve deleted data from the Recycle Bin, even if the Recycle Bin has been emptied. The tool is compatible with Windows 10 versions from 2014 onwards, and to use it effectively requires a thorough understanding of its recovery modes and command options. However, it is easy to encounter “Windows File Recovery failed to create destination folder” error at times, you can click to get solutions.

✍ Overview of recovery mode corresponding to scenarios and file system:

File system	Scenarios	Mode
NTFS	Deleted recently	Regular
NTFS	Deleted for a while	Extensive
NTFS	Formatted disk	Extensive
NTFS	Corrupted disk	Extensive
FAT and exFAT	Any	Extensive

✍ Overview of switches to narrow your scanning range:

Switches	Meaning	Supported mode(s)
/n	Filter the scan range: scans for a specific file with its file name/path/type, etc.	All
/y:	Recover specific extension groups.	Signature
/k	Recovers system files.	NTFS Segment​​​​​
/u	Recovers undeleted files, for example, from the Recycle Bin.	NTFS Segment

✍ Steps to check file system of your drive:

Press Win+E to open This PC > right-click on the drive where you have deleted files from> click Properties.

On PCs that use the NTFS File System, both Regular Mode and Extensive Mode are available.If you don't want to use the NTFS file system, you can use WINFR's Extensive Mode.

Step 1. Go to Microsoft Store to Get Windows File Recovery.

Step 2. Run Windows File Recovery as administrator, then input the command line based on syntax: 

winfr source-drive: destination-drive: [/mode] [/switches]

For example, if you need to recover zip files from the Recycle Bin under C: drive to E drive, you need to input commands like:

winfr C: E: /extensive /n \C:\Recycler\*.zip

Step 3. Wait for the recovery to complete. Then a folder named "Recovery_(date and time)" will be generated automatically in the destination.

Conclusion

To recover data from formatted SSD easily and effecitively, the data recovery tool AOMEI FastRecovery will be a good assistant. You can avoid complex command lines without worrying about mistakes. This powerful software also supports recovering data after system crashes, virus attacks, permanently emptying Recycle Bin, and so on.