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Unformat Transcend SDHC Flash Memory Card

Have you ever heard of the unformat SDHC flash memory card or have experienced it? An unformatted SDHC flash memory card means that it needs to be formatted before you can use it. You can not open it; can not view data on it, and so on. The emergent thing for some people is to make those files on it accessible if there is much useful information on the SDHC flash memory card. Those files on the unformatted SDHC flash memory card could be accessible with the help of data recovery software.

Case of Transcend SDHC flash memory card needing to be formatted

I need your guys help now. I am asked to format the SDHC flash memory card before I can use it. I just intend to view information on it but I can not open it when I insert it to the computer but be suggested to format the SDHC flash memory card. I do not intend to format it until files saved on it originally has become accessible. I want to know whether I can view those documents from the SDHC flash memory card which is not formatted. Please help me as soon as possible. –Ben from Washington

How to get back lost data from the SDHC flash memory card which is not formatted by data recovery software

Data recovery software could get back those inaccessible files from the SDHC flash memory card which is not formatted and then you can view them successfully. Then you can format it to make it usable again. What you should pay attention to is to retrieve lost data first and then format the memory card. The following steps will show you how it works to restore data after formating:

Recover data from 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 and mount the data recovery software on the computer.
2Insert the unformatted SDHC flash memory card to a card reader and then plug them into the computer.
3Open the data retrieval program and then choose the recovery model and object disk to scan.
4Preview the contents displayed in the list after scanning, preview them and select the wanted to recover.

Various data loss situations happen to SDHC flash memory card

We may meet many different SDHC flash memory card problems when we use it, and the most serious consequence of those problems is to lose files and folders from SDHC flash memory card. If we want to reduce the data loss situations, what we need to do at first is to figure it out what they are. There are some common data loss situations as follows:

1. Files saved on the SDHC flash memory card are deleted accidentally or intentionally. It is common that data on the SDHC flash memory card is deleted due to some reasons. We should be careful next time if they are deleted by mistake. Those deleted files could be retrieved by data recovery tool as long as they have not been overwritten and there are not other corruption situations.

2. The SDHC flash memory card is formatted by error or on purpose or the SDHC flash memory card shows RAW file system. If the SDHC flash memory card is formatted because of some reasons, or the SDHC flash memory card need to be formatted, or windows can not complete the SDHC flash memory card format, or other SDHC flash memory card formatting trouble, all of them will lead to the data loss case happen to SDHC flash memory card.

3. Virus attacks. There are some different results to virus and worms infection. Data saved on the SDHC flash memory card may become messy code, the SDHC flash memory card may can not be opened, some or all information saved on the SDHC flash memory card may be lost if it is infected by virus. You can ask the data recovery software fro help at that time if you want to get back those files.

4. Other common data loss situations. There are some other data losses cases may happen to SDHC flash memory card when we use it, such as the improper usage to SDHC flash memory card, power outage, system error, and so forth.

Different kinds of memory card

SDHC flash memory card, which is the derivative product of SD card, is one kind of memory card. The memory capacity of SDHC flash memory card is high, and range from 4GB to 32GB. It could be used to the phone and other digital devices. But it could not be supported by all digital devices, which could be inserted to a memory card. So there are other kinds of memory card. Here are they as follows: Smart Media(SM), Compact Flash (CF), Multi Media Card (MMC), Secure Digital (SD), Memory Stick, XD-Picture Card (XD)

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