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Unformat SD Card Windows

Have you encountered unformat SD card problem? You just thought that there are files important saved on it when you formatted your SD card. It is one of SD card problem examples. How to handle it usually if you have faced such trouble? Do you have any idea? Some of you may wonder that whether you could format the SD card one more time to get back the lost information. The last thing you should do is to reformat the SD card in reality. You should restore your losses with data recovery software.

Case of losing data by formatting the SD card

I formatted my SD card even I do not know why last afternoon. Now I want to unformat it, because there still are a lot of vital and valuable files saved on it. Question is I have no idea about what to do. I have never experienced such problem before and neither do my friends nor my colleges. So I need your guys help. Is there any way can I get back my losses? Should I format the SD card again? Anyone could kindly assist me, please? -Andy from Seattle

How to get back files from the formatted SD card with data recovery software

You should never format your SD card one more time if you want to retrieve data from it once you formatted it. The opportunity of data recovery will be cut down due to reformatting. The correct thing is to get back the lost data with data recovery software. Here is the simple tutorial as follows:

Recover data from formatted SD card

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

1Down the data recovery software for windows and mount it on the computer.
2Connect the formatted SD card to the computer by insert it to a card reader first.
3Operate the software on the computer. Choose the recovery model and aim disk to scan.
4Preview the restorable files in the list after the scan and select data need to be restored to recover.

Good habits of using SD card in case of data being lost from it

Data loss happens more than often when we use the SD card to save our information. So it is important to develop the good habit of using SD card in daily life though you can get back the lost information with data recovery program. Here are some good habits as follows:

1. Backup the important or precious files usually.

2. Insert the SD card to a particular card reader or two, not so many.

3. Plug the SD card out of the computer after the safe information prompts when you connect it to the computer.

4. Put it in a safe place when do not use the SD card.

Different kinds of SD card

SD card is one of the memory cards to help people save data. There are three kinds of SD card so far, and they are SD card, mini SD card, and micro SD card. Mini SD card and micro SD card are the derivative products of SD card. Both of them have a smaller size compared with SD card. Consequently, they apply to the smaller digital devices.

Versions of data recovery software

There are two versions of data recovery software for you to choose, and they are data recovery software for windows and data recovery software for Mac. Windows and Mac are your computers' operating system. You should choose one version according to your own OP. different version have distinct handle steps. What's more, you even can not perform the data recovery with data recovery software for Mac on the windows OP. So you should be careful when select the suitable version.

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