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Reformatted SDHC Memory Card / Recover Data after Formatting SDHC Card

SDHC memory card can allow us store a lot of files useful on it. But the bad news is that those contents may get lost due to some actions, such as the reformatting one. Actually, those previous files would be lost after being formatted at the first time. The reformatting action can not restore the lost data form the formatted SDHC memory card at all. Can we get lost files back after reformatting the SDHC memory card? The truth is we can restore them with data recovery program.

Example of SDHC memory card being reformatted

Please help me. My friends' SDHC memory card was formatted twice by my little sister last afternoon. The point is there are a lot of important and valuable files which are meaningful to my friends saved on the SDHC memory card at the previous time. I have to get them back. But one night has been past; I still can not restore them till now. What should I do if I need to recover data form the reformatted SDHC memory card? Is there any suggestion? It would be much appreciated. –Larne from LA

How to retrieve data from the reformatted SDHC memory card with data recovery software

There is a chance to retrieve the information lost due to the reformatting action, because it may not really be erased after the SDHC memory card is formatted again. So we can ask the data recovery tool for help at that moment to recover the needed data. The following steps will guide us get more detail information:

Recover data from reformatted SDHC card

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

1Download the data recovery software and launch it on the computer.
2Connect the reformatted SDHC memory card to the computer.
3Operate the data restoration tool. Then select the recovery model and target disk to scan.
4Preview the contents in the list after the scan and pick up the needed to recover.

Problems related to the SDHC memory card reformatted case

When the SDHC memory card is reformatted, we can not access any information saved on it at the previous time. There is nothing remained on the SDHC memory card at all. It is a huge loss for us if those lost contents are vital and crucial. But we have known that we can get the losses back thanks to the data recovery tool. Here are some problems we may meet we reformatting the SDHC memory card accidentally or intentionally below:

1. All files and folders are disappeared. There is nothing still saved on the SDHC memory card either being formatted once or twice. But as a matter of fact, they have not been truly erased at that time, and we can get those files which seems lost back under the help of data recovery program. What we should pay attention to is that do not save any new data on the reformatted SDHC memory card before what we need have been restored completely. That is in case of overwriting.

2. There may appear incompatibility situation. If the SDHC memory card is formatted or reformatted on the computer, the incompatibility problem may occur. The detail trouble is that when save files on the SDHC memory card on computer, such as the retrieved contents, they can not be detected by the phone or other digital devices when insert the SDHC memory card to them. That is how the incompatibility problem behaves. So we should format it on the related devices or convert the file system to the suitable devices one.

3. Files saved on it previously may not be able to be restored totally. The reformatting action will damage the SDHC memory card at the second time and influence the result of data recovery.

4. Other related or similar problem after reformatting the SDHC memory card.

File types on SDHC memory card could be supported by data recovery tool

SDHC memory card, which means high capacity SD card, we can store a lot of files and folders on it. For example, movies, pictures, TVs, word documents, PPT, excel documents, texts, e-mails, phone numbers, and other types of files. Which of them could be restored after the SDHC memory card is reformatted. The answer is almost all of them have the chance to be retrieved by data recovery tool.

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