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Convert Raw Transcend Compact Flash Card to Fat32 NTFS
Are you or have you ever be a Transcend compact flash card user? If you are one of them, have you ever met a raw Transcend compact flash card? There is nothing you can do to it. You can not open it, you can not view data saved on it, and also you can not store new information on it. This is the problem of facing a raw Transcend compact flash card. Is there any way to revert it to Fat 32 or NTFS? As a matter of fact, you can fulfill it with the data recovery software at first.
Case of encountering a raw Transcend compact flash card
I purchased a Transcend compact flash card months ago. There are massive files saved on the Transcend compact flash card since I have bought it. But something unpleasant happens that I can not access any data saved on it, which means that all files and folders are inaccessible. What bothers me is that I have to e-mail my recent photos to my mom now, because she misses me so much. Is there any way for me to change this raw Transcend compact flash card to Fat 32 or NTFS? Anyone help me, please. –Amy from Atlanta
Steps to retrieve information from the raw Transcend compact flash card with data recovery software
Data recovery software can find back the lost files from the raw Transcend compact flash card within a short time easily. You do not need to worry about how you can complete such restoration even though you are not good at computer or you are not a data expert. When files have been recovered, you can format the CF card to convert RAW to NTFS or FAT32. The following steps will tell you how to start and perform this retrieval one by one:
Recover data from RAW CF card
Preparation: Download and install data recovery software on your computer. Connect the CF card to your computer and launch the software. Then, select a proper recovery module.
Factors that result in a raw transcend compact flash card
You may meet such a raw Transcend compact flash card abruptly and do not make it clear that how it should turn to raw after thinking. Actually, there are more than one reason that lead to a raw Transcend compact flash card in daily life when we use it. Here are some common factors as follows that bring about a raw Transcend compact flash card:
1. Virus attacks. It is one of the most common case lead to the raw Transcend compact flash card. Virus and worms could come from harmful software, such as malware and adware, and also can be from suspicious files. Compact flash card may be infected once you save them on it.
2. System error. There is a process of detect and read the compact flash card when you plug it into the computer. System can not read the compact flash card if there is something goes wrong to it, so it regard the compact flash card as raw.
3. Windows can not complete the format. If you saw sentence that windows can not complete the format when you format your compact flash card by mistake or as the system requirement, your compact flash card may turn to raw.
Various manufactures of compact flash card
Transcend is one of the brands of compact flash card, it is chose by many people to save information. There are a number of other common manufactures of compact flash card in the market. Here are some popular brands below: Kingston, Samsung, Sandisk, Toshiba, Sony, Transcend Information, Maxell, LEXAR, Yisheng, and Kingmax.
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