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I formatted my 32 GB SD card by accident

Have you ever formatted the SD card memory card by error? We can get that all files and folders would be erased off the secure digital memory card after the format if we experienced it. Then what if some files saved on the SD card at the original time were useful or important, and what if we need to access them again? Actually, there is a way for us to view those previous contents after formatting the SD card, and that exact way is to perform data recovery on the formatted memory card.

Case of formatting the 32 GB SD card by mistake

I formatted my 32 GB SD card by accident the other day. But I need to unformat the secure digital memory card now, because I have to access some contents stored on the SD memory card at the previous time. Is there any way to unformat the formatted SD card? Or can I get the lost information back form the formatted secure digital memory card? I need to view those original files urgently at present. Can you kindly help me retrieve them? Thanks in advance. –Jane from New York

How to restore files from the formatted secure digital memory card with data recovery software

We need to ask the data restoration tool for help to perform the formatted SD card data recovery, and we may be able to get files needed or wanted quickly and easily with the help of it. The following steps can guide us perform the files recovery after format SD card in error with data recovery software:

Recover data from SD card

Preparation: Connect the 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 launch the data recovery software on the computer.
2Plug the formatted secure digital memory card into the computer by connect it to a card reader firstly.
3Operate the data restoration program on the computer and choose the recovery model and object disk to scan.
4Preview the contents in the list after the scan and then pick up the files vital to recover.

Situations in which the SD memory card is formatted

We can format the secure digital memory card in many cases, and the reasons may be different that we format out own SD card. But we should keep it in mind that we can try to perform secure digital memory card format recovery after formatting the SD card if we need to read or write files saved on it at the previous time. We may retrieve all contents needed from the formatted SD card with data recovery tool as long as they have not been overwritten or corrupted. Here are some cases that the SD memory card is formatted below:

1. The SD memory card is formatted in error. Sometimes we may click on the format button by accident and then format the SD card on itself or on the computer. All contents would be deleted off the secure digital memory card after the accidental format. We can try to retrieve the lost data from the formatted SD card with data recovery program in this case.

2. The SD card is formatted in order to convert it to fat32 or other file system. We can not use the secure digital memory card normally if it was raw file system and we need to convert the raw SD card to fat32 or other file system normal to open it to store new contents on it. We have to formant the SD memory card to convert it to fat32, actually. But we can perform raw file system recovery before format it if information on it previously was useful.

3. The secure digital memory card is formatted to against virus infection. One of the cases that we format the SD card is to against the virus attacks. As we all know that we can not use the secure digital memory card normally if it was infected by virus. And then we would format the problematic SD card. We can try to restore the original files from the formatted SD card in that case, too.

4. Other situations in which the secure digital memory card is formatted.

Types of SD card can be formatted data recovery after format

There are various kinds of SD card we can see in the market, such as normal SD card, micro SD card, mini SD card, SDHC card, SDXC card, micro SDHC card, and so on. What we need to know is that we can perform data recovery to retrieve lost files no matter which type of SD card was formatted accidentally.

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