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Unformat

	Summary
	Unformat is the process of data recovery from a storage device (which can be a hard drive, a camera memory card, an USB pen drive) that was formatted. The step-by-step tutorial below describes the procedure to recover data when the drive was accidentally formatted and you want to unformat the drive Windows reports "raw filesystem", or the drive is "not formatted"

	Step 1 - Get, install, and start ZAR data recovery software
	Download and install ZAR data recovery software just like you do with any regular program. When you run it, ZAR displays the window like the one below: Click "Data Recovery for Windows and Linux"

	Step 2 - Select a device or a partition to recover
	Select an appropriate device, or a partition on a device to unformat Click "Next >>" to start the recovery

	Step 3 - Recovery run
	This part takes about three hours and requires absolutely no intervention.

	Step 4 - Select files to recover
	Mark files to recover by clicking their corresponding checkboxes Click "Next >>"

	Step 5 - Copy files
	Enter the name of the folder for the recovered files. Click "Start copying the selected files" to start file retrieval.