Data recovery FAQ: answers to your questions
Find answers from our specialists to the most frequently asked questions about data recovery: hard drive failures, SSD, RAID, USB drives, pricing, turnaround times and process. SOS Data Recovery (Tesweb SA), Swiss specialist since 2006 with over 10,000 cases handled, answers your questions.
Why consult our data recovery FAQ?
Our technicians answer the most frequently asked questions about hard drive, SSD, RAID, NAS, USB drive and memory card failures. Each answer is based on over 10,000 cases handled since 2006 and regularly updated. If you cannot find the answer to your question, contact us — free diagnosis within 3 hours.
Is it possible to recover data after formatting?
Yes, formatting does not immediately erase data — it deletes the file allocation table. As long as the sectors have not been overwritten by new data, recovery is possible. Essential condition: do not write anything more to the media and entrust it to a specialist. On SSDs, the TRIM function can complicate recovery if it has been executed after formatting.