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RAW Mini SD Card / Mini SD Card Unformatted Error

What would you do if your mini SD card met raw error? You may format it or not at that time. You can not open the problematic mini SD card if do not format it and can not view information saved on it. You can open the raw mini SD card after formatting it but can not access its files, yet. Compared with those two options, most people will choose top format the mini SD card to use it again. But what they do not know is that that lost data could be retrieved form the unformatted mini SD card.

Example of encountering a raw mini SD card

I want to get files and folders from the raw mini SD card urgently. I have no idea why my mini SD card turns to raw file system after being saved a file which my friend send to me. I can not open the mini SD card before format it. But I can not format it, because there are a lot of files saved on it previously. Those files are very vital and crucial for me. I will lose them if I choose to format the raw mini SD card. is there any possible way for me to recover the useful information from the raw mini SD card? -Ann form Utah

How to retrieve files from the raw mini SD card under the help of data recovery software

Those inaccessible files and folders could be retrieved from the raw mini SD card without formatting the card certainly. We can ask the data recovery tool for help at that time. It could get the needed data back within a few minutes. The following steps will show you how to restore the wanted files back with the help of data restoration program:

Recover data from raw mini sd card

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

1Download and launch the data recovery software on the computer.
2Plug the unformatted mini SD card into the exact computer by a card reader.
3Operate the data restoration tool and then choose the recovery model and aim disk to scan.
4Preview the recoverable files after the scan, and select the needed to recover.

Correct usage to mini SD card

Most of us know how to use the mini SD card to expand the digital devices' internal memory to store more files on them. But some people do not how to use the mini SD card correctly to protect it and files and folders saved on it. as a result, there are a lot of data loss cases happen to the mini SD card. There are some guiding tips as follows to tell you how to use the mini SD card properly in case of losing its information and using the mini SD card not normally:

1. Format the mini SD card on the digital devices to which it mainly used. There are some conditions we may format the mini SD card, such us when use the mini SD card at the first time. We can format it on the related digital devices on most occasions. But some people tend to format it on the computer, which is not correct actually. Files saved on it may not be able to be viewed on the related devices if the mini SD card was formatted on the computer because of the incompatibility.

2. Plug the mini SD card out of computer and other digital devices safely. The correct way to remove the mini SD card from the used digital devices is to close them at first and then plug the mini SD card out of them. The proper way to unplug the mini SD card from the computer is to close all the related programs and click the mini SD card icon to let the now you can remove the portable storage device safely information appear, and plug it out of the computer at last.

3. Connect the mini SD card to one or two certain card reader when needed. We need the card reader help when need to connect the mini SD card to the computer. Some people like to insert the mini SD card to many different card readers every different time. But such behavior is not proper; data saved on the mini SD card may be lost after several times.

4. Other related correct usages to mini SD card in order to protect those files and the mini SD card.

Devices that mini SD card could be used to

The size of mini SD card is smaller than the normal SD card in the market, and it could save about 60 percent space than the normal SD card. what's more, it could help the digital devices save almost 40 percent space than one use the normal SD card, so the appearance of mini SD card give the possibility to produce more smaller devices. The mini SD card could be used to phone, CD player, and other storage devices. It could be used as normal SD card by an adapter card.

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