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Quick Formatted XD Picture Card
Does your XD card save precious pictures? What would you do if the XD picture card was quick formatted by intention or by accident? Maybe you formatted it, maybe others. The emergent task for you at that moment is to get back the lost files, such as important photos, from the quick formatted XD picture card. It is a question that how to perform the data restoration. There is a way for us to complete it, and that is data recovery software.
Example of formatting the XD picture card suddenly
I quick formatted the XD picture card on which I have saved a lot of pictures. I even do not know how I click on the format option till now. I checked all my other storage devices and computer disks, but to my disappointment, I did not find any backup. Now I have to get the lost photos from the quick formatted XD picture card. I have never experience such trouble before, so I have no idea how to start it. Is there anyone could kindly help me retrieve all my lost pictures? -Dolly from New York
How to restore information from the quick formatted XD picture card with data recovery software
You can ask data recovery software for help when you want to retrieve photos saved on the XD picture card after it being formatted. It will not take much time to get back lost data after formatting with data recovery tool. Steps as follows will help you if you do not know how to handle it.
Recover data from formatted xd card
Preparation: Download and install data recovery software on your computer. Connect the XD card to your computer and launch the software. Then, select a proper recovery module.
Correct usage to XD card in case of data loss scenario
We can save many photos on the XD picture card when we take pictures. It owns the high speed to save those photos, which can satisfy our demand. We should be careful when we use it to store pictures and perform other operations on it. Here are some cautions below you should keep in mind:
1. Try not to plug the XD card into the card reader when you need to connect it to the computer in order to exchange files or other reasons. The computer read photos saved on the XD picture card using the way of cutting. With a result, you may be asked to format the XD card or take off the power error. It is the disadvantage that inserts the XD picture card to the card reader may cause the data loss or card corruption problem.
2. Do not format the XD picture card with the card reader. You may encounter the wrong format XD picture card which result it can not store any phones or crash situation if you format the XD picture card on the card reader.
3. Delete photos only on the cameras not computer or other digital devices. The incorrect deletion will bring about XD picture card failure.
Brief introduction to XD picture card
XD picture card, also called XD card, is one kind of memory card which is special created for store the digital photos. It is popular to people due to its tiny appearance, easy to carry. There are huge storage volume and great compatibility in XD picture card. Now, there are three types of XD picture card. They are standard type, M type, and H type. All those three types have the same size, and their difference embodied in technology, flash chips and speed. H type, which means high speed, owns the fastest speed to read and write among them.
Different kinds of memory card in the market
We also heard of SD card, MMC and some other cards which could be saved on data. So what is the difference among them? Actually, XD picture card and other types of cards all of them are the different kinds of memory card. Here are some common kinds of memory card. For example, Smart Media(SM), Compact Flash (CF), Multi Media Card (MMC), Secure Digital (SD), mini SD card, micro SD card, Memory Stick, and XD-Picture Card (XD).
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