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Updated on July 9, 2025
Paul
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July 9, 2025 at 8:07 am
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Lost my precious photos

I’m in utter panic – my WD My Passport drive was accidentally formatted, and it held years of precious memories, especially videos and photos of my grandmother. I haven’t used the drive at all since the format happened.

Is there any way to get back data after something like this? I’m not sure where to start or what’s even possible. Would really appreciate some guidance or recommendations from anyone who’s been through something similar.

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Kai Vortex
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July 23, 2025 at 11:16 am

There’s a good chance your files can be recovered since you haven’t used the drive. Try a photo recovery tool like Stellar or Photorec; they’re pretty user-friendly. Just don’t save anything new to that drive. If that doesn’t work, a data recovery service can still help.

Isla Voss
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July 23, 2025 at 10:22 am

Don’t use Recuva. I also had the same issue and my photos became corrupt. I am literally crying RN.
90% of the recovered photos are corrupt.

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