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I accidentally formatted the micro SD card in my phone

We may save a lot of files and folders on the micro SD card which inserted to our phone. What if the micro secure digital memory card was formatted by mistake? Have you ever thought of that question? As we all have known that the original contents saved on the phone micro SD card would be erased completely after the accidental format. We can not see them on the memory card no matter how important they are. Actually, we can see them again after the formatted memory card recovery.

Example of formatting the phone micro SD card by accident

I accidentally formatted the micro SD card in my phone the other day. As a result, there was nothing stored on the memory card yet. But I need to unformat the phone micro SD card because those contents stored on the memory card at the previous time are useful and vital partly. Is there any way to get those original files back from the formatted micro SD card? Please help me if you have encountered the similar data loss problem and have solved it successfully. –Betty from New York

How to retrieve data from the formatted phone micro SD card with data recovery software

It is possible for us to perform formatted phone micro SD card recovery to get the previous files back, and then we can access those contents again after the files recovery. What we need is data recovery software during the process of formatted memory card data recovery. Here are the steps as follows to show us how to perform:

Recover data from micro sd card

Preparation: Connect the micro SD card to your computer and download the data recovery software. Then, you can install and run the data recovery software and select a recovery module.

1Download and install the data recovery software on the computer.
2Connect the formatted phone micro SD card to the computer.
3Open the data restoration tool and choose the recovery model and aim disk to recover.
4Preview the contents in the list if available after the scan and then pick up the data useful to recover.

Correct way to use the phone micro SD card in case of losing files

Most of us may make such mistake that format the phone micro SD card by clicking on the format button by accident. So we should be careful when use store new contents on the memory card or access the original files saved on the micro secure digital memory card in case of losing those contents mistakenly. What's more, files and folders may be erased off the phone micro SD card due to our incorrect usage to the memory card. Here are some proper ways to use it below:

1. Do not save files suspicious on the phone micro SD card. We should be careful to pick up files or folders which are to be saved on the phone micro secure digital memory card, no matter where those contents come from. The reason is that those contents may be harmful to the phone or its micro SD card. For example, the phone or its memory card may be infected by virus and worms due to that case. So files or folders which seem suspicious should not be stored on the micro SD card.

2. Do not access information on the phone micro SD card in the low power. It is better not to use the phone micro SD card when the power supply of it is low. For example, we should not view files saved on the micro secure digital memory card at the previous time or save new contents on it when the power supply of the phone is not enough. Or we may lose all or some files off the phone micro SD card.

3. Do not remove the micro SD card from the phone abruptly. We need to close the phone at first if we want to plug the micro secure digital memory card out of it. Some of us tend to unplug the micro SD card from the phone directly and suddenly, which is not correct. We may not be able to access the data saved on the micro SD card at the original time if we perform in that way.

4. Other ways proper to use the phone micro SD card in order to avoid the data loss trouble.

Storage devices can be performed formatted recovery

External hard disk drive, computer hard disk drive, USB flash drive, all kinds of memory card including SD card, micro SD card, mini SD card, MMC card, CF card, and so on may be formatted by error when we use it. But we can perform data recovery on all the storage devices after formatting them.

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