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RAW SanDisk Extreme SDHC / Data Recovery from RAW Unformatted SanDisk Extreme SDHC
What an annoying thing to find the SDHC card turn to raw. It seems that there is no way for us to access files saved on it originally. The SDHC card can not be opened before being formatted, not to mention to view its data. We can open the SDHC card after format it, but all contents would be erased. So we still can not view them. But the truth is that we can restore what we need from the SDHC card not formatted. And w can ask the data recovery tool for help at that time.
Example of SanDisk extreme SDHC card becoming to raw
I need your guys help to solve my SanDisk extreme SDHC card raw problem. I can not open it or view its data or store new files on it. What I want is to use the problematic SDHC card normally without losing any data. Those files saved on the SDHC card are precious and valuable in my life, so I do not want to lose them at all. Or I will format the raw SDHC card when find its problem. What should I do actually? Should I format the raw SDHC card at first? -Mira from New York
How to get information back from the raw SDHC card with the help of data recovery software
We should not format raw SDHC card if there is useful information needs to be retrieved on it. Actually, we should restore those vital and crucial contents form the SDHC card not formatted with the help of data recovery tool. And then we can format it after all needed have been retrieved. Here are the steps below to show how to perform:
Recover data from raw SDHC card
Preparation: Download and install data recovery software on your computer. Then, connect the SDHC card to the computer and run the software. Finally, you can select a proper recovery module.
Other SDHC card formatting problems
The raw SDHC card needs to be formatted before we can use it. In other words, the SDHC card raw problem is as same as the SDHC card not formatted error. Both of them need to be formatted before normal using. But we should get what needed back before formatting the problematic SDHC card. Apart from case above, there also are other formatting troubles that will cause data loss problems. Here are some of them as follows:
1. Windows can not format the SDHC card. We may meet the system prompts that windows can not format the memory card sometimes when format the memory card due to some reasons. What’s going on? It may because the SDHC card is damaged somehow. And we need the formatter tool to fix it at that time. But if there are useful files saved on it, we still should retrieve the needed at first.
2. Windows can not complete the format. System can start to format the SDHC card but fail to complete it. Later we may find all files saved on it have been lost or the SDHC card can not be opened or other terrible results. Like windows can not format the SDHC card case, we need a formatter tool at that time, too. And we still should get what we need back form the problematic SDHC card and then format it.
3. The SDHC card is formatted successfully. We may format the SDHC card completely by mistake or on purpose and then all files and folders saved on it previously will be lost. If those lost contents are still useful, we can get them back under the help of data recovery tool. But we should not save any new data on ti on that cases before the needed data have been restored.
4. Other similar SDHC card data loss problems due to formatting.
Popular brands of SDHC memory card
SDHC card in the example above comes from SanDisk, a popular brand of SDHC memory card. Except from this, there are other manufactures of SDHC memory card in the market. What we should pay attention to is to buy it on a reliable source and pick up carefully. Here are some common brands of SDHC memory card below: Kingston, Samsung, SanDisk, Toshiba, Sony, Transcend Information, Maxell, LEXAR, Yisheng, Kingmax.
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