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Unformat Samsung Galaxy Micro SD TF Card
Are you a Samsung Galaxy phone user? Have you ever encountered the micro SD card problem if you are one of its users, such as the TF card turn to RAW file system and it is unformat? Micro SD card is previously called TF card, so have you ever met an unformatted micro SD card? This article would give you a lot of help if you are suffering or have been suffered by an unformatted TF card. You will get that the information saved on the micro SD card which is not formatted could be restored by data recovery software.
Case of micro SD/TF card showing unformat problem
What a terrible thing I have met. My micro SD card used to my Samsung Galaxy phone become unformat just now when I insert it to the computer. System shows me that I need to format the micro SD card before I can use it. I don't intend to lose files saved on the TF card, so I choose not to format it right now. I remember that someone told me those inaccessible contents could be got back with some help. I can not figure it out that what the way is. Anyone could kindly tell me what should I do to retrieve my losses? -Merlin from Utah
How to restore lost information from the TF card which is not formatted with data recovery software
It is not that difficult to get back the inaccessible files from the unformatted micro SD card as long as we use the correct way. The best way is to ask the data recovery software for help. It could assist you get back all your losses quickly and safely as long as they have not been overwritten. Here are its steps as follows:
Recover data from samsung galaxy micro sd card
Preparation: Download and install data recovery software on your computer. Then, connect the micro sd card to the computer and run the software. Finally, you can select a proper recovery module.
Different data loss situations may happen to micro SD card
We can not access data saved on the micro SD card which is unformatted before they are retrieved. Consequently, we could say we lose those contents saved on the unformatted micro SD card. Actually, there are some other situations that we may also lose the information. For example, the data is deleted or virus infected. Here are some common data losses situations may happen to micro SD card as follows:
1. Those files stored on the micro SD card are deleted by accident or on purpose. It could be regarded as the simplest way to lose information. We may delete the data directly both on phone and on computer or delete it by shift delete operation. it is easy fro data recovery tool to get back the deleted information from the micro SD card as long as it has not been overwritten.
2. The micro SD card is formatted accidentally or intentionally. The micro SD card may be formatted because of antivirus or files deletion. No matter what reason we format it; all files saved on the micro SD card will be disappeared immediately after formatting. We can retrieve them thanks to the data recovery program.
3. The micro SD card is infected by virus. Virus and worms may infect the micro SD card quickly once it contact to the TF card. So we should not download and install harmful and suspicious apps and files on the micro SD card when use it both on the computer or phone, like Samsung Galaxy. Such as malware, adware and other files and links.
4. The micro SD card turns to raw. Like an unformat micro SD card, the raw micro SD card is another problematic micro SD card we may met when use it. Both the free space and the used space is 0 byte of a raw TF card. the reason that micro SD card becomes raw are various, virus attacks is one of them. We should try to protect it from turning to raw.
5. Other similar data loss situations happen to micro SD card. Such as power failure, system error, and so forth.
File types that could be saved on the TF card
TF card and micro SD card are two names of one same kind of memory card, and it could be inserted to a phone, like Samsung Galaxy to widen its memory capacity. You may wonder which file types could be supported by the micro SD card, don't worry, as it could store nearly every kind of file types that could be saved by the phone itself. For example, word documents, e-mails, texts, pictures, audio files, videos, music, excel documents, and so on.
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