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Unformat XD Picture Card
You have to format the disk in drive O before you can use it. Do you want to format it now? Are you familiar with those sentences above when try to open the XD picture card on the computer? It means that your XD picture card needs to be formatted before normal using if you happen to encounter such problem. It seems that there is no way but to format it if you still want to use the XD picture card. It is right to some extent. But you can retrieve the lost information with data recovery software before format it.
Example of XD picture card showing unformat trouble
My XD picture card needs to be formatted before I can use it. What's wrong with it? I have asked so many people but no one knows the reason or tells me what I should do to get back my data saved on the unformatted XD picture card. Those files are very useful for me to complete my novel. All of them are pictures took during my travel. According to that, I can not format the XD picture card though advised to do. Anyone could kindly help me get those lost photos back? -Amanda from New York
How to restore files from XD picture card which is not formatted with data recovery software
Though you can not use the XD picture card until it is formatted, there is still a way for you to view files saved on the XD picture card originally. The way is to get the inaccessible information back. What you need is the data recovery tool to retrieve the losses. It could restore those lost files quickly. Here are its steps as follows:
Recover data from formatted XD card
Preparation: Download and install data recovery software on your computer. Then, connect the XD picture card to the computer and run the software. Finally, you can select a proper recovery module.
Attention should be paid to when retrieving the inaccessible data
It is very easy to get back lost information from the XD picture card which is not formatted. Simple as it is, there still are risks to fail to retrieve all wanted contents if you ignore some aspects or operate something wrong. So you should not be careful more when get the lost information back from the unformatted XD picture card. Here are some things of which you should take notice below:
1. Stop using the questionable XD picture card. You should stop any operation on the XD picture card once find it is need to be formatted before you can use it. Though you can not open the unformatted XD picture card, can not view any information on it, or store new data on it, there is still a chance to let the original files on the XD picture card overwritten. You can not retrieve them forever once they are overwritten. It is better to unplug it out of the computer or other digital devices before getting how to restore the losses.
2. Do not format the problematic XD picture card at once when it shows RAW file system or other errors. It is true that either formats it or not formats it you can not access files saved on the XD picture card. But there is difference indeed. You can get all information on the unformatted XD picture card with the assistant of data recovery program, but you may not be able to retrieve the lost files entirely if you format the XD picture card first. The formatting action is a kind of second damage to the XD picture card, as a matter of fact.
3. Do not save the data recovery tool or files to be retrieved on the XD picture card which is the aim disk to recover lost data. You will be asked to choose the location to save the data retrieval tool and information to be restored in the process of data recovery. Please remember that store both of them on one of the computer disks at firstly. You can remove the needed files to the XD picture card after formatting it and it is usable again.
4. Other similar cautions. To tell the truth, all the attentions is in order to avoid files on the XD picture card being overwritten.
Brief introduction to XD picture card
XD picture card, which is specially designed to save the digital pictures, is one kind of memory card. Like other memory card, its size is small and easy to carry. Both memory capacity and compatibility of XD picture card is excellent, so it could work in with various kinds of card readers to connect it to the computer conveniently.
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