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Quick Formatted SD Card by Mistake

Have your SD card ever been quick formatted by accident? For example, you just intend to copy some or all files saved on it but mistakenly click on the format or format all option. You may want to get back the lost contents due to the accidental formatting to the SD card. Do you have any idea how to restore your losses from the formatted SD card? As a matter of fact, it is not a time cost question at all. You can retrieve all your losses with the help of data recovery software.

Example of SD card being formatted by error

What am I supposed to do? I quick formatted my SD card by error. As a result, all useful and precious files saved on it have been lost after the SD card being formatted. Those lost contents are really mean a lot to me which means that I can not lose any of them. But I do not know what should do can I get back my losses. To tell the truth, is there any flexible way for me to restore lost files form the formatted SD card? What is it if I can retrieve them? -Tennyson from Australia

Way to get back information from the quick formatted SD card with data recovery software

You will get how powerful the data recovery software is after you have got back all your needed information from the quick formatted SD card quickly yet successfully with the help of it. This data recovery software enables you to recover data from all types of SD card including mini SD card, micro SD card after formatting.

Recover data from formatted sd card

Preparation: Download and install data recovery software on your computer. Connect the SD card to your computer and launch the software. Then, select a proper recovery module.

1Download and launch the data recovery software on the computer.
2Insert the quick formatted SD card to the card reader and plug them into the same computer.
3Operate the data retrieval tool. Then choose the recovery mode and aim disk to scan.
4Preview the retrievable information after the scan and select the needed to recover.

How to use SD card properly in case of losing files accidentally

It is just one case among the SD card mistakes that we may make when we use the SD card that quick format it by accident. It shows that there are many other improper usages to SD card to result in data loss problems. So it is necessary for all of us to develop the habit to use the SD card correctly. Here are some of them as follows:

1. Backup the important data saved on the SD card regularly. It is the most crucial precaution to avoid data loss happening.

2. Think twice before both delete files saved on the SD card and format the SD card itself. You should not perform deletion or formatting operation impetuously. You should take these things into consideration when you decide to format the SD card or delete files on it. Firstly, think whether there is any backup. Secondly, ask yourself that are those files useless? And other similar inspects also should be thought.

3. Be careful when you operate the options on the SD card. Start your mouse click until you make sure it is the action you want. Such as rename some information, reset the files, reorder those contents, and so forth.

4. Do not download and mount the harmful software and files on the SD card. Harmful software and files may contain virus and worms, which will infect the information saved on the SD card or damage the SD card itself. Then you will lose your files.

Types of files that could be retrieved by data recovery software after being lost

There are many kinds of files that could be saved on the SD card in order to view it on the phone or other digital devices and exchange them from the computer. So there is a question that whether all types of files could be retrieved by data recovery software from the formatted SD card or other problematic SD card. As a matter of fact, nearly all kinds of data could be got back with the assistant of data recovery tool after being lost. Here are some common data types below: Word documents, excel, PPT, videos, pictures, audio files, texts, e-mails, phone numbers, and so on.

Other kind of memory card besides SD card

Except from SD card, there are some other kinds of memory card on which data saved on it could be restored after being formatted. They are Smart Media(SM), Compact Flash (CF), Multi Media Card (MMC), Memory Stick, XD-Picture Card (XD), mini SD card and micro SD card.

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