WD HDD External Data Recovery after Format – How to Recover Data from Formatted Western Digital External Hard Drive

Question: I have a 1TB Western Digital external hard disk drive, which stored lots of important files. This morning when I plugged it to my computer, I mistakenly pressed the wrong button and format the WD HDD external. I am wondering if it is possible to restore the lost files after formatting.

Answer: You should stop writing new files to the formatted WD external hard disk drive, and you are able to recover all lost files with a third-party data recovery program.