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Hi , I connected an old 4tb external hdd This HDD is a Western Digital Black 4tb drive (standard spinning disc not ssd or nvme), The entire drive was encrypted with Veracrypt, – it is data storage (files and folders only) not the Windows drive. I do have the correct Veracrypt passwords for both the hard drive and the hidden partition. I accidentally clicked 'quick format' on the 4gb external hdd which has all of my backup files on it. I immediately disconnected the hdd as soon as I did this, about half a second after. I need to either un-format it back to it's encrypted state, or try and access the files. Will they be recoverable? I have downloaded R-Studio and Recuva but have no experience with either, and want to know if I need to actually create an image of the disc or if it can just be fixed as-is considering it is not a Windows hdd? The main hdd password when I enter it nothing is recognised I get standard error box. The hidden partition password and pim when I enter those I get this below warning. Can I recover the main partition? And if I go ahead with the header recovery for the hidden partition, then would that further set back my chances of recovering the rest of the hdd/being able to 'unformat' the disk? submitted by /u/Existing-Excuse7281 |
