after format no files found on disk?

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Tommy19r
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after format no files found on disk?

#1 Post by Tommy19r »

Hello:

I did a Format and then a quick format. mostly jpg and mp4. Now I tried test disk and photoreq but no files found at all . nothing? did i miss something?

thank you

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Re: after format no files found on disk?

#2 Post by cgrenier »

Run PhotoRec. In Options, enable the expert mode, start the recovery, when asked, choose a blocksize of 512, use the default values otherwise.
Please tell us if you recover your data this way.

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#3 Post by Tommy19r »

yes i was able to follow your instructions and .....after 10 minutes I stopped. Nothing. no files.

Thank you.

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#4 Post by cgrenier »

Is it an SSD with TRIM enabled ? If it's the case, it can explain why no files have been recovered.

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#5 Post by Tommy19r »

yes it is external SSD and Trim was enabled. recovery options possible?

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#6 Post by cgrenier »

None unfortunately.

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