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Quick Formatted Sony SDHC Flash Memory Card

What is the reaction when you happen to quick format your Sony SDHC flash memory card? Feeling anxious or confident? You feel terrible may because you lose the useful information saved on the SDHC card but have no idea how to get them back. You feel confident may because that you have backup or those lost files are not important, or you know how to retrieve them. It doesn't matter which reaction is yours, as all the lost information could be restored by data recovery software.

Case of quick formatting the SDHC memory card

My Sony SDHC flash memory card was quick formatted by accident a few days ago and till now I realize there are some valuable files saved on it. As a result, I need to get those crucial contents back. But I don't know what to do actually, because I have never experienced such situation before, neither do my friends. I am here to ask your guys help. Is there any possible way for me to restore my losses? Please help me as soon as possible. Thank you. –Seri from New York

How to get back lost files from the quick formatted SDHC card with data recovery software

Don't worry if you quick format your SDHC flash memory card by accident on which you have stored a lot of important files. You have the ability to retrieve all your losses with the data recovery software. What you should do is to follows steps below one by one to get back the lost data from formatted SDHC card:

Recover data from formatted sdhc card

Preparation: Download and install data recovery software on your computer. Then, you can connect the SDHC card to your computer and run the software and select proper recovery module.

1Download the data recovery software and mount it on the computer.
2 Insert the SDHC memory card to a card reader and plug it to the computer.
3Run the data retrieval tool and choose the recovery mode, then select the aim disk to scan.
4Preview the contents after scanning. Preview them and choose the wanted to recover.

Correct usage to SDHC flash memory card

There is an old saying expressing that proper action result in good consequences and improper lead to bad one. It is also right to describe the usage to SDHC flash memory card. Information could be saved on it as long as you want until you deleted them from the SDHC card if you use it correctly, but those files also may be lost due to some incorrect usage, such as an abrupt removal. So it is necessary for us to use the SDHC memory card properly. Here is some guidance as follows:

1. Do not plug the SDHC flash memory card suddenly. Some people plug their SDHC card abruptly from the computer or other digital devises, such as camera, phone, and others in order to convenience and quickness. But they ignore that such action may cause files which saved on the SDHC lost, especially the SDHC memory card is in the process of read and write when you unplug it. So you should avoid that operation and plug it out of those digital devices safely.

2. Plug the SDHC flash memory card into the compatible devices. SDHC card still follow the principle of backwards compatibility like SD card. It means that the SDHC can not be recognized if it is inserted to an incompatible digital device in order to protect the safety of information saved on the card. Generally speaking, digital devices which support the SDHC memory card will mark the SDHC signal on it or write it on the instructions.

3. Format the SDHC flash memory card on the digital devices itself which support the formatting function. It is not right that some people like to format the SDHC card on the computer when need. Files saved on the SDHC card may can not be detected by the digital devices if it was formatted on the computer because of the incompatibilities. So it is better to not format it on the computer.

4. Do not use the same SDHC flash memory card to many digital devices or card readers. Some people tend to use one SDHC card to many different digital devices, such as phones, cameras, and others. It is likely to lose files saved on it according to such usage. What’s more, it is also not correct to plug one SDHC card to may different card readers.

5. Other related proper usages.

Different kind of memory card

SDHC flash memory card is one member of the memory card family. There are some other members of memory card group, such as Smart Media(SM), Compact Flash (CF), Multi Media Card (MMC), Secure Digital (SD), Memory Stick, and XD-Picture Card (XD).

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