All storage devices have info on them even after they have been deleted. Deleting only removes the pointers to the information making that space available for reuse. Formatting the hd may work for most people's data however a triple pass rewrite of the entire hard drive has been the go to for total erasure.
Purchase of an adapter cable from usb to the bar drive will allow you to see files based on its available methods. Most files allow you to "hide" files. While used and apparently effective it will not hide it from those who know.
There are methods that can.be used to recover lost data in particular when it says.disk cannot be read.
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