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RAW Micro SD Card SanDisk Toshiba HP Kingston
What would you do if happen to meet a raw micro SD card? You can not open the micro SD card not formatted, not to mention view data on it or save new files on it. Some people may choose to format the raw micro SD card in order to save new information. But some people do not want to format it because there are some files useful saved on the micro SD card. At that case, we should retrieve the needed data at first with data recovery tool and then format the problematic micro SD card.
Example of Toshiba micro SD card turning to raw
My Toshiba micro SD card shows raw error when I check its disk properties. Both the used space and free space is 0 byte, and the file system is raw. What I worry about now is how to access information saved on it previously. I need to send pictures on it to my parents but have no idea what should be done. I know I will lose them totally if format the micro SD card, so I have not performed any operation on it. Is there any possible way for me to get the files back? -Ash from New York
How to retrieve information from the unformatted micro SD card with data recovery software
We can retrieve the lost files and folders from the micro SD card when it has RAW file system with the help of data recovery software. It could restore various types of files, such as photos, videos, and so forth. What we should pay attention is to make sure those files are not overwritten by any new data and there is no other corruption problems appear. Here are its steps below:
Recover data from micro SD card
Preparation: Download and install data recovery software on your computer. Then, connect the micro SD card to the computer and run the software. Finally, you can select a proper recovery module.
Related problems to the raw micro SD card
It is very annoying to meet the micro SD card raw problem, to which we can not do anything on it. For example, we can not open the micro SD card, can not view data on it, and can not save any new information on it. The only thing we can do is to format the raw micro SD card, and then we can use it again but the other problem comes, all files saved on it have been lost due to the formatting action. We can restore them thanks to the data recovery tool. Here are some other related problems to the unformatted micro SD card as follows:
1. We can not convert the raw micro SD card. Raw is one kind of file system, like NTFS, FAT series. We can convert the one file system to another system, such as convert FAT32 to NTFS, and others. So some people wonder we can covert the raw micro SD card to the NTFS one or other file system to solve the raw problem. But the truth is that such conversion is unavailable. We can not convert it until being formatted.
2. Checkdisk is can not be perform. Some people may intend to perform chkdsk to find out where the problem is and solve the raw micro SD card error. But later to their surprise they will find they can not start to chkdsk. So the chkdsk is not available for the raw micro SD card.
3. We need to format the micro SD card before we can use it if it turns to raw. You need to format the disk in drive R before you can use it, do you want to format it now? Or the disk is not formatted; do you want to format it now? Messages above are common prompts of raw micro SD card when connected to the computer try to open it. The correct way is to get the needed files back at first and then format the memory card.
4. Other related problems to raw micro SD card. For example, both the free space and used space are 0 byte.
Introduction to micro SD card and mini SD card
Micro SD card is also named as TF card (Trans flash card), is one kind of SD card. Both mini and micro mean small, so the micro SD card and micro SD card are kind of SD cards which own the smaller size then the normal SD card. The function of mini SD card and micro SD card is different in some aspects.
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