Data and Folder Structure Recovery

[Viktor425]

Hello, everybody!
What is the best software or way to recover the entire data and folders’ structure from an accidentally formatted USB drive? I have searched a lot, but there are so many programs that it’s really confusing. BTW, I used Testdisk and it could not find any partitions. However, I recovered the data using Photorec. What I really want is to recover it in a way I do not have to go searching through all the files and rename them and create the folders again.

 

[DR_Luke]

Assuming that the file system was FAT32/exFAT, you will probably want to use a data recovery program that can scan and reconstruct the file system from the lost FAT entries. My preference is R-Studio, but you may also have luck with GetDataBack.

 

[John7128]

Hello,
Get data back or R-studio are definitely great. I'll add 2 more to this list. Winhex which is also a shareware and Diskdrill. They all 4 are equivalent for me.
For R-studio there is a trick that can help you do the recovery quickly or at least check the file structure quickly before purchasing the software.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lCj3ZsQTsbI

 

[Viktor425]

Assuming that the file system was FAT32/exFAT, you will probably want to use a data recovery program that can scan and reconstruct the file system from the lost FAT entries. My preference is R-Studio, but you may also have luck with GetDataBack.

Hello,
Get data back or R-studio are definitely great. I'll add 2 more to this list. Winhex which is also a shareware and Diskdrill. They all 4 are equivalent for me.
For R-studio there is a trick that can help you do the recovery quickly or at least check the file structure quickly before purchasing the software.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lCj3ZsQTsbI

Hello, DR_LUKE and John7128! Thank you so much for your help and for sharing your knowledge. I kept on looking around (before I had a chance to read your answers) and found a software called iCare Data Recovery and it did it for me. After that, I read your answers and actually also tried Get Data Back and R-Studio (just to experiment, given the data was already recovered), and both actually Worked Better (Faster) that iCare Data Recovery.
So, in other words, the one that I found worked, but your recommendations actually are much better.
Thank you so much for helping me!

 

[Viktor425]

Hello,
Get data back or R-studio are definitely great. I'll add 2 more to this list. Winhex which is also a shareware and Diskdrill. They all 4 are equivalent for me.
For R-studio there is a trick that can help you do the recovery quickly or at least check the file structure quickly before purchasing the software.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lCj3ZsQTsbI

Hello, DR_LUKE and John7128! Thank you so much for your help and for sharing your knowledge. I kept on looking around (before I had a chance to read your answers) and found a software called iCare Data Recovery and it did it for me. After that, I read your answers and actually also tried Get Data Back and R-Studio (just to experiment, given the data was already recovered), and both actually Worked Better (Faster) that iCare Data Recovery.
So, in other words, the one that I found worked, but your recommendations actually are much better.
Thank you so much for helping me!

 

[John7128]

Glad you figured it out on your own. Always great and glad we were accurate too....

Assuming that the file system was FAT32/exFAT, you will probably want to use a data recovery program that can scan and reconstruct the file system from the lost FAT entries. My preference is R-Studio, but you may also have luck with GetDataBack.

Hello,
Get data back or R-studio are definitely great. I'll add 2 more to this list. Winhex which is also a shareware and Diskdrill. They all 4 are equivalent for me.
For R-studio there is a trick that can help you do the recovery quickly or at least check the file structure quickly before purchasing the software.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lCj3ZsQTsbI

Hello, DR_LUKE and John7128! Thank you so much for your help and for sharing your knowledge. I kept on looking around (before I had a chance to read your answers) and found a software called iCare Data Recovery and it did it for me. After that, I read your answers and actually also tried Get Data Back and R-Studio (just to experiment, given the data was already recovered), and both actually Worked Better (Faster) that iCare Data Recovery.
So, in other words, the one that I found worked, but your recommendations actually are much better.
Thank you so much for helping me!