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SanDisk SDHC Is Asking for Reformat

Have you met any problem when use your SanDisk SDHC card? Such as your SanDisk SDHC is asking for reformat. Do you have any idea how to solve such a problem? How to get back information such as pictures, videos, texts, and so forth saved on it, especially when those files are very valuable or precious. As a matter of fact, you could retrieve the lost data with data recovery software so do not format the SDHC card as been told.

Example of SanDisk SDHC is asking for reformat

I got my SanDisk SDHC many years ago and it is the first time I meet such a problem. I am prompted that I need to format the SDHC card before I could use it. I format it but system asks me to format it again when I try to open it. My son tells me that it needs to retire after so many years working and promise to buy me a new one. But what I care about is that how to restore data saved on it lost because of the first formatting. Anyone could kindly help me? -Janna from Denver

How to restore data saved on the SDHC when it needs to be reformatted

It is not a big deal for data recovery software to get back lost data from an unformatted or formatted SDHC. It could help you retrieve your losses within a short time. You could view information below if you don't make it clear that how to use it:

Recover data from sdhc card

Preparation: Download and install data recovery software on your computer. Connect the SanDisk SDHC card to your computer and launch the software. Then, select a proper recovery module.

1Download and launch the data recovery software on the computer.
2Insert the questionable memory card to the computer by plug it into a card reader.
3Open the data recovery program and choose the recovery model. Then select the aim disk to scan.
4You could preview the restorable files in the list after scanning and choose files you need to recover.

Common information loss scenarios happen to SDHC

SDHC could help us to save a lot of files and folders with quickness and convenient, so it is a useful tool in our life. But data stored on it may be lost due to various reasons. Here are some common files losses scenarios as follows may happen to SDHC:

1. Accidental deletion or formatting the memory card. It is the most common data loss situation. Files were deleted or formatted just by clicking one or two buttons without our consciousness.

2. Intentional deletion or formatting. We may delete information or format SDHC because those files are not useful, but need them later.

3. Virus infection. Data saved on the memory card could lose easily if we download malware or harmful information on it.

4. SDHC works at a low power. Information on it may lose because the unstable power environment.

How to protect files saved on SDHC from losing

Data loss situation is not the expected thing for us though it is not so terrible thanks to the data recovery software. So it is important for us to get ideas of how to protect files saved on SDHC from losing. Here are some precautions as follows:

1. Do not insert the same SDHC to many different card readers when it needs to be connected to computer or PC.

2. Put it away from heat, corrosive liquid in case of physical corruption.

3. Refuse to use harmful software which contains virus and suspicious files.

4.  Do not plug the SDHC out of cameras or other digital devices when it is still working.

Brief introduction to SanDisk

SanDisk is an American multinational company that design and sell flash card. It was created by Eli Harira Sanjay Mehrotra, a technologist of non-volatile memory in 1988, and it was on the market in 1995 at NASDAQ. It produces massive different kind of flash memory, including many memory card and series of flash drive. Now products belong SanDisk mostly are: CF card, SD card, TF card, pen drive, memory stick, card reader, SSD solid disk and mp3.

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