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Reformatted SanDisk extreme SDHC
Format the SanDisk extreme SDHC card at the second time in order to get lost files back? Maybe some of us have done such things ever. But later we would find that we are wrong and there is nothing can be restored from the formatted SDHC card by reformatting it. What should we do if we still want to restore those lost files? Is there any way for us to retrieve needed information from the reformatted SDHC card? There is a way, actually. We need data recovery tool.
Case of SanDisk extreme SDHC card being reformatted
I just formatted my SanDisk extreme SDHC card by clicking on the wrong button. What makes things worse is that I formatted it again accidentally. As a result, it is a reformatted SDHC card now. I am here is to ask your guys for help, because I want to get lost files back from the reformatted SDHC card but have no idea at all. Do you have any idea how to retrieve what I need from the SDHC card after being formatted again? Any suggestion would be appreciated. –Lupton from New York
How to retrieve information from the reformatted SanDisk extreme SDHC card with data recovery software
We can recover lost files and folders by asking data recovery software for help from the reformatted SanDisk extreme SDHC card. Just within a few minutes or less, we can get what we need from the SDHC card after being formatted twice. It is easy to possess. Here are the steps as follows to show us how to start:
Recover data from reformatted SanDisk Extreme SDHC card
Preparation: Download and install data recovery software on your computer. Then, connect the SanDisk Extreme SDHC card to the computer and run the software. Finally, you can select a proper recovery module.
Condition on which we may lose data from SanDisk extreme SDHC card
Now we get that we can not get lost files back from the formatted SanDisk extreme SDHC card but to lose them again. Do you know how many conditions on which we may lose data from the SDHC card are there? It is good for us if we get what they are. For example, some data loss cases come from wrong operation, if we know what they are; we can try to avoid those incorrect actions. We can recover them with data recovery tool if we can not avoid them, though. Here are some of them below:
1. Delete files saved on the SDHC card. If we choose files and click on eth delete or delete all button, those contents would be erased from the SDHC card immediately. It is terrible if we delete them by error or remember they are still useful after formatting them. But we still do not need to worry, because we can get those deleted contents back from the SDHC card under the help of data recovery tool.
2. Format the SDHC card. Format, and reformat the SDHC card can result in data loss disaster. No matter we format it by mistake or by intention, all files and folders saved on it would be erased after the formatting, just once. What’s more, those lost files would not be got back if we format the SDHC card again. We have no other choice but to ask data recovery program for help if we have to restore them.
3. Virus attacks the SDHC card. If there are harmful matters contained in the files which stored on the SDHC card, the SDHC card may be infected by virus and worms quickly or slowly. Once the SDHC card is formatted by virus and worms, we may not be able to avoid to lose files stored on it at eth previous time. The good news is that data recovery software is helpful, too if we need to restore our losses.
4. Other conditions on which we may lose data saved on the SDHC card.
Why lost files can be recovered after being reformatted
We can not view any data on the SanDisk extreme SDHC card after formatting it, nor can we see them after reformatting it. But do you know those original contents are may still saved on the SDHC card after being formatted or reformatted? Yes, there is a possibility that they still stored on the formatted or reformatted and become not viewable. Data recovery tool can scan them and then recover them as long as they are not overwritten.
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