Recover Lost Data from DiskPart Clean & DiskPart Format

Diskpart is a Windows built-in command-line partitioning utility. It allows you to manage storage devices, partitions, and volumes. You can create, delete, resize or combine partitions, as well as assign or change drive letters.

To start the diskpart.exe, click on the Start button and choose “Run”. Type “cmd” and press “OK”. Type “diskpart” and press “Enter”. When “DISKPART>” appears in the window, you need to type “list disk” and then press “Enter”, then all the connected disks will be listed out in order.

There are 38 DiskPart commands. DiskPart format formats the volume or partition. FS=<FS> specifies the type of file system. If no file system is given, the default file system displayed by the FILESYSTEMS command is used. REVISION = <X.XX> specifies the file system revision (if applicable). If Quick is specified, it will perform a quick format. For example, format FS=NTFS LABEL=”LOCAL DISK’ QUICK will quick format the chosen hard drive to NTFS filesystem with the label “LOCAL DISK”.

DiskPart clean removes any and all partition or volume formatting from the disk with focus. On master boot record (MBR) disks, only the MBR partitioning information and hidden sector information are overwritten. On GUID partition table (GPT) disks, the GPT partitioning information, including the Protective MBR, is overwritten; there is no hidden sector information.

If you’re not so sure about using DISKPART commands, we don’t suggest you experiment with it because any improper handling with the partitions or drives will cause serious data loss. However, if you do have data loss problems due to DiskPart clean or format, you can try to rescue these data by using professional data recovery software.

How to Recover Lost Data Using H Data Recovery Software

H Data hard drive recovery software is what we recommend to help recover lost data caused by DISKPART format and clean command. H Data Recovery Software provides proficient data recovery solutions for various data loss scenarios. What’s more, you can free download and trial the software to preview the recoverable data and evaluate the chances of data recovery.

Step 1. Install and Launch H Data Recovery Software and select “Formatted Hard Drive Accidentally”. If you cleaned the partition, you need to perform the partition recovery by seleting the Partition Recovery module.

Step 2. Select the partition where your files used to be before they get deleted. Click Next to start the scan process. For partition lost cases, select the physical drive to recover from lost partitions show as below.

Step 3. When scanning is done, you will be able to see all the files that can be recovered. Check the files you wish to recover and click next to start the recovering process. You can choose a safe directory to save the newly recovered files. It is advised that you don’t save them to the drive or partition where the data loss occurred to avoid potential overwriting.