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RAW SDXC Card Kingston SanDisk HP Toshiba / Recover Data from RAW SDXC Card

If your SDXC card such as Kingston or hp turns to raw, do you have any idea to access files saved on it? We can not open the SDXC card when it is in not formatted error, so we are not able to view files and folders saved on it. Fortunately, there is still a way for us to access data on the raw SDXC card. We can retrieve them and then view them. What we should take notice of is that do not format the SDXC card before we get files useful and important back.

Example of hp SDXC card becoming raw

My hp SDXC card could not be used normally and I supposed there must be something goes wrong on it. One of my friends suggested me to check its disk properties to find out the problem. And I got what the problem at last. I could open the SDXC card because it is in raw error. What's more, it needs to be formatted before I can use it. Now what I am concerned about is that data saved on the raw SDXC card previously. How can I access them? -Rue from New York

How to retrieve information from the raw SDXC card with data recovery software

We have the ability to restore files and folders from the SDXC card when it turns to raw file system. Though we need to format the problematic SDXC card before we can use it, we should retrieve what we need at first and then format the raw drive. Here are the steps as follows to guide us how to perform the data recovery:

Recover data from raw sdxc card

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

1Download the data recovery software and mount it on the computer.
2Insert the SDXC card which is not formatted to a card reader and then connect it to the exact computer.
3Run the data restoration program on the computer and then choose the recovery model and aim disk to scan.
4Preview the contents in the list after the scan. Select the needed to recover.

Attention should be paid to after SDXC card turning to raw

We can restore what we need form the SDXC card which is in not formatted error with data recovery tool to view those files normally, and then we can format that SDXC card to let it work. At last the SDXC card raw problem is solved. But it does not mean that we can get needed files back with one hundred percent guarantee. There are conditions, actually. Here are some things we should keep in mind in order to get data back successfully:

1. Do not format the memory card when it turns to raw. System will prompt that you need to format the disk in drive R before you can use it. Do you want to format it now information when the SDXC card is in raw problem once connected to the computer. As a result, some people tend to format the problematic SDXC card immediately without caring data saved on it at the previous time. The truth is that the chance to restore files need form the SDXC card is reduced if it is formatted at first.

2. Do not try to convert the raw to NTFS FAT32 and other normal file system directly. It is impossible for us to change the raw SDXC card to other file system which is normal to use, such as FAT32, NTFS, and so forth. But some people want to have a try. There is risk to try to convert the raw SDXC card to other normal file system and lead to the failure to retrieve files important form the problematic drive, because they may get corrupted during the trail process.

3. Do not process chkdsk action. Like file system conversion, the chkdsk to the raw SDXC card is not available, too. On the contrary, such action that try to operate checking disk may hurt the SDXC card at the second time and cause no information could be restored form that SDXC card.

4. Other similar and related attentions.

Popular brands of SDXC card in the market

The SDXC card is the most popular choice for people to use to expand the digital devices; internal memory, because it has the advanced feature and function compared with normal SD card, SDHC card, and other types of memory card. So where should us buy the SDXC card? Actually, there are massive brands of SDXC card in the market, such as Kingston, SanDisk, hp, Toshiba, and so forth. We can buy one in a reliable source.

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