Unformatting SSD

Mrs Seabiscuit

Mrs Seabiscuit

Mrs Seabiscuit

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Hello Guys,
Sorry wasn't sure of which forum, so thought i`d post here but mods do feel free to move :)
Basically, i need a free unformat tool, is there any people have used. I have never had the need to use it so unsure of known ones.
Thank you :)
 
I've never heard of the term "unformat" used with storage before.

What is it you're trying to do? Wipe all the data from the drive?
 
I believe that recovery from SSD drives is far harder than normal hard drive as their controllers work in the background to wipe areas marked as unused to a usable state again. I would imagine that in some drives this occurs within minutes, so you have a very slim chance on a drive that has been used for a month. Even with a hard drive you would be hard pushed to recover files after being used for a month, but I have seen it done.
 
Armageus said:
https://www.easeus.com/resource/unformat.htm

Pretty sure I've used this before with good results


Recuva is a waste of time in my experience, other than for deleted files, it doesn't seem to cope with any filesystem damage.
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Ill try this now, thank you. :) Yep tried that recuva and it didnt really seem to do anything.

If not it oh well lesson learned. :)
 
GetDataBack successfuly restored an entire drive for me, however, that was a mechanical drive.

Worth a go.
 
Mrs Seabiscuit said:
Hello Guys,
Sorry wasn't sure of which forum, so thought i`d post here but mods do feel free to move :)
Basically, i need a free unformat tool, is there any people have used. I have never had the need to use it so unsure of known ones.
Thank you :)
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What do you mean "unformat"?
Why don't you just "wipe" the SSD using KillDisk, WipeDisk or something similar?
 
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