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Memory stick that malfunctioned and says the disk isn't formatted
Have you ever used the memory stick? It is mainly used to the digital devices of Sony’s, such as its cameras, PSP, and so on. Are you familiar with such situation that the memory stick malfunctioned and showed not formatted error? We need to format the disk drive before we can use it normally. What’s more, we would lose all files and folders saved on the memory stick previously. Fortunately, we do not need to worry losing them forever, because we can try to get them back.
Case of memory sticks malfunctioned and unformatted
I did not know what was going on. My memory stick malfunctioned and I was asked to format it before I can use it normally. Disk is not formatted; do you want to format it now? Message above was what I saw at that time when I try to open the memory stick. I had no idea whether should I format the problematic memory stick, because I did not know whether I can access pictures saved on the memory stick at the original time after the format. I do not want to lose them. Can you kindly help me? -Re from LA
How to recover files from the problematic memory stick not formatted with data recovery software
It is flexible to perform files recovery on the memory stick malfunctioned and unformatted, and what we need is data recovery software, a kind of tool to get the lost files back. So we can ask the data recovery tool for help to retrieve the original information from the problematic memory stick and then format it. Here are the steps as follows:
Recover files from memory stick
Preparation: Download the data recovery software and connect the memory stick. Install it properly and launch the software. Finally, you can select a recovery module.
Reasons that the memory stick malfunctioned
It is terrible and annoying to get the news that the memory stick malfunctioned and we can not use it normally until format it. luckily, we have get the solution to the unformatted memory stick if we want to access files stored on it at the previous time, which is to use the data recovery program to get those original contents back and then format the problematic memory stick. Do you wonder the reason of unformatted memory stick? Actually, they are various. Here are some reasons below:
1. Use the memory stick in low power. We would be told that do not use the cameras and other digital devices when the power supply is not enough, because files or folders saved on the digital or memory stick inserted on them may be erased. It is true that memory stick may become malfunctioned and unformatted due to the incorrect usage of it. So it is better not to use the memory stick in low power.
2. Virus infection. One of the reasons that the memory sticks malfunctioned and unformatted is the virus infection. Some files stored on the memory stick may contain harmful matters such as virus and worms, which would infect the memory stick and make it show raw file system and damage other contents on the memory stick. So it is necessary to anti virus every time when connect the memory stick to the computer.
3. Plug the memory stick out of computer or other digital devices unsafely. We should close the devices such as cameras at first and then remove the memory stick. But we should not close the computer if we intend to plug the memory stick out of it. The proper steps are close all the related programs to the memory stick at first, and then press the memory icon to let it show safe removal information.
4. Other reasons that memory stick malfunctioned and unformatted.
Storage devices can be performed unformat files recovery like memory stick
memory stick is just one kind of memory card, other types such as SD card, MMC card, XD picture card, CF card, and so forth belong to memory card, too. As the same, they may become malfunctioned and unformatted sometimes, and we can ask data recovery program for help, too. Besides memory card, other storage devices like external hard disk drive, pen drive and others are also supported by data recovery tool.
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