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Mini SD card that got corrupted cell phone message says it is blank and need to format
Have you ever encountered any problem when use the cell phone mini SD card? There are many different problems we may meet, actually. For example, the mini SD memory card may get corrupted and cell phone message says it is blank and need to be formatted before we can use it normally. Do you have any solution to problem above? It seems that we can not access files or folders on the memory card previously again in that case, but we can try to perform data recovery to get them back, in fact.
Example of cell phone mini SD card shows blank and not formatted error
My mini SD card got corrupted and the cell phone to which the memory card inserted message says it is blank and need to be formatted before I can use it normally. I did not know what going on; neither do I know how to do to access the contents saved on the memory card at the previous time. I was not format the corrupted mini SD card at that time, because I did not want to delete files and folders important off it. How can I view those original files on the mini SD memory card? Help me, please. –Lin from LA
How to restore information from the cell phone corrupted mini SD card with data recovery software
The possible way to perform data recovery on the corrupted mini SD card to get its original files back is to use data recovery software, a kind of tool to retrieve the lost contents from storage devices, such as mini SD memory card. Here are the five steps we need to perform as follows to recover information needed:
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Preparation: Connect the mini SD card to your PC via a card reader. Download, install and run the data recovery software on your computer. Then, you can select a proper recovery module to restore lost data from the mini SD card.
Way to use the cell phone mini SD card properly in case of data loss problem
It is unpleasant and terrible to been told that the cell phone mini SD card is blank and need to be formatted before we can use it normally. As a matter of fact, it is one situation that shows the mini SD card is corrupted. It can be said that we lose all files and folders saved on the mini SD memory card at the original time if it shows blank and not formatted corruption. What's more, it is a huge loss if those previous contents were useful. So it is necessary to use the memory card correctly in case of that terrible corruption case. Here are some tips below:
1. Plug the mini SD card out of cell phone correctly. We need to close the cell phone at first if need to remove its mini SD memory card out of it. some of us tend to plug the memory card out of phone without closing the cell phone, and then the possible result is that some or all files stored on the memory card get disappeared or the mini SD card itself get corrupted. So it is better to close the cell phone firstly and the remove the memory card.
2. Format the mini SD memory card on the cell phone. Sometimes we need to format the mini SD card. for example, we need to format the memory card to delete all files and folders off it, or we need to format the mini SD card to against virus infection, or we need to format the mini SD memory card in other cases. No matter which kind of situation is, it is better to format the memory card on the cell phone itself but not on the computer in case of incompatibility.
3. Do not save files suspicious on the cell phone mini SD card. One of the reasons that mini SD card get corrupted is the virus infection. It means that the we may receive the cell phone message says the mini SD card is blank and need to be formatted before we can use it normally after the virus attacks. Virus and worms are hidden in files which looks suspicious, generally speaking.
4. Other way to use the phone mini SD card properly in case of data loss problem.
Kinds of SD card may get corrupted
There are various kinds of SD card, such as mini SD card, micro mini SD card, normal SD card, SDHC card, SDXC card, and so on. No matter which types the SD card is, all of them may get corrupted as the same. But we can ask data recovery program for help to retrieve their previous files in that case, fortunately.
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