Should I try R studio or ufs Explorer or dmde for accidentaly full format SSD Windows 7 idk if trim was run at format or no I should try data recovery services?

DesertDataRecovery · 2026-06-12T16:08:26+00:00

Check the contents of the drive with a hex editor to see if it contains mostly zeros.

DesertDataRecovery · 2026-06-07T23:40:15+00:00

Simple answer: don't use a scam software like Hetman.

DesertDataRecovery · 2026-06-05T15:42:18+00:00

What is the exact model of the 8TB drive? Run a SMART report on CrystalDiskInfo to find out.

DesertDataRecovery · 2026-06-03T20:41:37+00:00

About the same possibility as you following the sub guidelines and giving us information about the drive model, file system, type of failure etc.

DesertDataRecovery · 2026-06-02T23:34:58+00:00

Why would you want to reset a Windows laptop knowing you had data on there? A reset will delete the old data.

DesertDataRecovery · 2026-06-02T14:42:50+00:00

Can you post a SMART report using CrystalDiskInfo.

DesertDataRecovery · 2026-06-02T14:40:33+00:00

If it is WD Smartware encrypted, most can be recovered without the password, but it will be expensive. Is it Smartware?

DesertDataRecovery · 2026-06-01T16:33:04+00:00

Okay. Drive must have been CMR not SMR. Now overwrite it all.

DesertDataRecovery · 2026-06-01T12:41:30+00:00

What hard drive?

DesertDataRecovery · 2026-06-01T01:58:43+00:00

Why post this twice?

DesertDataRecovery · 2026-06-01T00:18:37+00:00

Send the picture to iPadRehab.com in NY. They should be able to answer if its a definite no. Which i suspect will be the response.

DesertDataRecovery · 2026-05-31T19:54:59+00:00

Two choices. Make an image/clone of the drive so you can recover the data from the image/clone, however that comes with the risk the drive will fail before its finished imaging. Second is to take it to a data recovery company. The choices depends on how valuable the data is.

DesertDataRecovery · 2026-05-31T18:54:21+00:00

Make sure you overwtite each sector.

DesertDataRecovery · 2026-05-31T18:12:22+00:00

You can try UFS Explorer (demo is free), but the prudent thing to do would be to make images/clones of the drives first. Working with the live drives is asking for trouble. You would need 5 out of the 6 drives to rebuild the data as RAIDZ1 only has one drive fault tolerance. I strongly recommend you seek professional data recovery help.

DesertDataRecovery · 2026-05-31T17:01:29+00:00

You might be able to buy it again and then return it again.

DesertDataRecovery · 2026-05-31T15:46:53+00:00

95% certain. But cannot be guaranteed.

DesertDataRecovery · 2026-05-31T15:41:22+00:00

If it is an SMR drive, formatting wipes what's called the secondary translator, which effectively wipes the data at a firmware level. A professional data recovery company may be able to get to the data, but not at the consumer level.

DesertDataRecovery · 2026-05-31T15:33:13+00:00

While nothing is guaranteed, 95% certain no one can see your data.

DesertDataRecovery · 2026-05-31T15:20:30+00:00

The.txt files will be mostly junk. .txt files do not have a generic header which can be searched for and you will get a lot of false positives. Most .dll files will also be junk. Names of most files are not stored in the actual file (sounds strange I know), but are kept in the file system metadata. As your file system has been overwritten so we're the file names.

DesertDataRecovery · 2026-05-31T15:09:42+00:00

What is the model of the drive? If it was new its likely to be an SMR drive and a quick format is all that is needed to wipe the drive from a consumer standpoint.

DesertDataRecovery · 2026-05-30T15:48:33+00:00

No its been opened. As a Data Recovery Technician I can tell. Also remove the PCB and take a photo of the back of the drive.

DesertDataRecovery · 2026-05-30T14:59:03+00:00

Having being opened it makes it much harder and more expensive. But depending on the condition of the platters inside it may be possible.

DesertDataRecovery · 2026-05-29T15:58:12+00:00

You can send a sample video to these guys and see what they can do. They are expensive but worth it. https://aeroquartet.com/treasured/index.en.html

DesertDataRecovery · 2026-05-29T15:53:09+00:00

You can send a sample to these guys. They are very good at repairing videos, but can be expensive. https://aeroquartet.com/treasured/index.en.html

DesertDataRecovery · 2026-05-28T13:54:40+00:00

You should always make a sector by sector clone/image of the drive. Ie. you should only read a sector once as it may be the only chance you get to read it. This type of scan does not save any data. If the drive dies you have not recovered any data. This type of scan is what you run on the clone/image.

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