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RAW PNG 64GB SDXC / Data Recovery When PNG 64GB SDXC Card Is Not Formatted

Do you like to store picture files on the SDXC card? What if they get lost? For example, the PNG SDXC card turns to raw. Do you have any idea how to access files such as photos saved on the SDXC card when it is raw file system? It can not be used before being formatted at that time. Files would be erased after the formatting. So we have to find out other way to view those original documents. There is a way for us to access them, and that is to restore them at first.

Case of PNG 64GB SDXC card showing raw error

My PNG 64GB SDXC card get in raw trouble at present. I can not view any files saved on it before because the SDXC card can not be opened at all whether by left clicking or right clicking. Anyone could kindly tell me what I should do? Should I format the raw SDXC card or not format it? Those files are mean a lot to me, so I can not lose them. I do not dare to try any way, because I am affair to damage it again. Help me, please. Any suggestion would be appreciated. –Locus from New York

How to get files back from the raw SDXC card with the help of data recovery software

In order to solve the SDXC card raw problem, we should restore the needed files from it and then format the memory card. The reason to retrieve losses at first is to avoid overwriting. Then w can use the data recovery software to get what we need back from the SDXC card not formatted. The following steps will show us the detail information:

Recover data from raw SDXC card

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

1Download and mount the data recovery software on the computer.
2Connect the SDXC card not formatted to the computer by plugging it into a card reader at first.
3Operate the data retrieval program and then choose the recovery model and object disk to scan.
4Preview the results of the scan and pick up the needed to recover.

Way to protect data saved on the SDXC card from being lost

Though we get that data recovery tool can get back lost data from the SDXC card when there is problem on it, such as the SDXC card turns to raw, we still need to know how to protect files saved on the secure digital extended capacity card form being lost. We should be careful when use it in daily life. Here are some precaution and protection as follows:

1. Backup. It is the basic precaution to protect data saved on the SDXC card from being lost. It does not mean that we can make sure that information will not be lost from the memory card. What it means is that we can get the losses back quickly and easily if they happen to be lost accidentally, such as being deleted, formatted, virus infected, and so forth.

2. Download and install the anti-virus software on the SDXC card. it is another precaution to protect files saved on the SDXC card from being lost that launch anti-virus tool on the memory card. The harmful files which contain virus and worms would be refused to save on the memory card if there is anti-virus software. By the way, the consequence of virus infection is serious.

3. Put the SDXC card in a safe place when do not use it. When we do not need the SDXC card temporally, we should put it in a place away from heat, corrosive liquid which may damage the memory card and cause the files lost form it. The common situation is that the flash chips of SDXC card would be hurt due to heat, corrosive liquid or other harmful matters.

4. Other protections. For example, use the SDXC card correctly.

Image file formats when stored

PNG is one of the image formats, whose appearance is in order to replace the GIF and TIFF format, and it owns features that GIF does not own. The whole name of PNG is portable network graphic format. Apart from the PNG format, there are some other formats to store pictures, which have different functions and features. For example, we can also save the images as BMP, TIFF, GIF, JPEG, PDF, PNG and so forth.

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