Loss Data On WD Elements SE 500 GB

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I using a WD Elements SE 500GB, It is loss data, and required Format HDD, i am very sad, because it have many important Data, i dont know why 

Anybody can help me ?

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The Most Important thing to do is DO NOT copy any files to this Formatted Disk !  

This will increase the chance of recovering your files using Data Recovery Software

eg. Recuva   http://www.piriform.com/recuva

GetDataBack for NTFS  https://www.runtime.org/data-recovery-software.htm

I personally have recovered 90% of data from a Formatted Hard Drive (using GetDataBack for NTFS)

But, you must recover the data to a second blank 500GB hard drive (ie. don’t recover the data to the same hdd)

(it will take a while as well, maybe 4 to 5 Hours)

P.S. if you’re not comfortable doing Data Recovery … your local PC Repair Shop can do it (find out how much it will cost 1st)