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Quick Formatted Micro SD TF Card on Cellphone

What would you do if you quick formatted the micro SD card(TF card) on cell phone accidentally? Maybe you want to retrieve the lost files from the quick formatted micro SD card if those files are important or valuable for you. Do you have any idea what the flexible way is? You don't need to doubt whether the lost data on micro SD card after being quick formatted could be restored. The answer is certainly yes. The exact way is to ask data recovery software for help.

Example of quick formatting the micro SD card on cell phone

I quick formatted my micro SD card on cell phone minutes ago. What make things more terrible is that there are massive vital files and folders saved on it and I have no backup at all. Both my parents and friends have no idea how to get my losses back, and then they suggest me to ask the professional data expert for help. I refuse such advice because that way will cost too much and I can not afford. Is there ant other way for me to restore my lost files after formatting? -Lisa from LA

How to get back lost data from the quick formatted micro SD card by data recovery software

Asking data recovery software for help is the best way to get back lost files and folders from the quick formatted micro SD card. It can help you restore data from all kinds of memory card after formatting. The way to use it is simple. Here are its guiding steps as follows to retrieve lost information:

Recover data from formatted micro sd card

Preparation: Download and install data recovery software on your computer. Then, you can connect micro SD card to your computer and run the software and select proper recovery module.

1Download the data recovery software and launch it on the computer.
2Connect formatted micro SD card to the computer on which data recovery tool saved.
3Operate the data restoration program and choose the recovery model, the select the object disk to scan.
4Preview the recoverable files in the list after scanning and choose the needed to recover.

Other data loss cases may happen to micro SD card

Files saved on the micro SD card will be lost if the micro SD card was quick formatted as case above, and information stored on the micro SD card also may be lost due to other actions, such as deletion. How many data loss situations may be happen to micro SD card? As a matter of fact, there are a lot of different data loss scenarios we may meet in daily life. Here are some common data losses situations except formatting case may happen to micro SD card as follows:

1. Accidental or intentional deletion. Files saved on the micro SD card are deleted may because of some different reasons and there is no recycle bin on the cell phone like computer, so it may be difficult for you to get back deleted information on the phone. They also can not be recovered from the recycle bin even though they were deleted on the computer. But data recovery software could retrieve them easily and quickly.

2. Virus attacks. It is one of the most annoying data loss situations, because it seems that we lose our files saved on the micro SD card without consciousness. In fact, some operation we perform may lead to the micro SD card be infected by virus and worms. For example, we accept all files from others, no matter how suspicious it is. Or download apps from the unofficial sites, and so on.

3. Return to factory settings. We may restore factory default settings in order to make the cell phone usable again when we can not play it normally. Such action may result in losing data saved on the micro SD card on the cell phone, so you should plug the micro SD card out of cell phone when return to factory settings. What’s more, reinstall the system also may cause data loss case happen to micro SD card.

4. Improper unplug from the computer. It is important for us to plug the micro SD card out of the computer correctly when they are contacted. Usually, there will be a micro SD card icon at the right corner on the computer. Double click it and click on the safely unplug the storage devices when intend to plug it out of computer. What’s more, you should close related programs before those clicking.

5. Other similar data loss cases happen to micro SD card commonly.

Kind of memory card

Both micro SD card and TF card are one kind of memory card. Actually, micro SD card and TF card is the same kind of memory card, it just has two names. Here are the common kinds of memory card below: Smart Media(SM), Compact Flash (CF), Multi Media Card (MMC), Secure Digital (SD), mini SD card, micro SD card, Memory Stick, and XD-Picture Card (XD).

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