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RAW Kingston Digital Micro SDHC Flash Card / Kingston Micro SDHC Card Not Formatted Error
We may become upset when meet a raw digital micro SDHC flash card. There is nothing we can do but to format it according to the system prompt, as the system will ask us do we want to format the micro SDHC flash card now. It seems that we can use the problematic micro SDHC flash card after format it. We can, indeed. But there is a serious result that all contents saved on it would be lost after formatting. So it is better for us to restore what needed from the raw micro SDHC flash card.
Case of Kingston micro SDHC flash card turning to raw
My Kingston micro SDHC flash card showed raw error the other day, and no one around me including myself can not figure it out that why it can not be used. What's more, all of us have no idea how to access files and folders saved on it previously. I hope someone of you can help me find a way to restore those contents, which are important and crucial for me. Is there any possible way for me to get what I need back from the micro SDHC flash card which is not formatted? -Coco from Los Angeles
How to restore files from the raw digital micro SDHC flash card with data recovery software
We can use the data recovery tool to retrieve the inaccessible data form the micro SDHC flash card which is not formatted. The reason to get those needed files at first and later format the micro SDHC flash card is to avoid overwriting or other corruption. Here are the steps as follows to guide us how to start:
Recover data from raw micro SDHC card
Preparation: Download and install data recovery software on your computer. Then, connect the micro SDHC card to the computer and run the software. Finally, you can select a proper recovery module.
Other data loss cases when use the micro SDHC flash card
We may lose the information saved on the micro SDHC flash card if it shows raw problem. We just will lose them temporally if we know how to get them back from the micro SDHC flash card which is not formatted with data recovery tool, but permanently if have no idea how to restore them. Actually, the micro SDHC flash card raw error is just one data loss case among those many situations. So we should be careful to avoid that disaster. Here are some of them below:
1. Virus infection. The micro SDHC flash card may be infected by virus, worms, and other harmful matters if they are contained in the files which are stored on the micro SDHC flash card. As a result, those files saved on the micro SDHC flash card at the previous time may become messy code or erased from the memory card directly. So we should think twice to save new data on the micro SDHC flash card.
2. Accidental or intentional formatting and deletion. The micro SDHC flash card may be formatted by mistake or on purpose, or files saved on the micro SDHC flash card may be deleted accidentally or intentionally sometimes. The same consequence is that those contents are lost after the deletion or formatting action. But we can get them back with the help of data recovery program.
3. Incorrect usage. We may not use the micro SDHC flash card properly in daily life and cause the data lost from it abruptly. For example, plug the micro SDHC flash card out of computer directly without closing the related programs and removing it safely, or bend it to damage the flash chips of micro SDHC flash card, and so on. Data recovery tool is helpful just for the logical corruption, but not for the physical case.
4. Other similar logical data loss cases happen to the micro SDHC flash card.
What is micro SDHC flash card?
The micro SDHC flash card is one kind of memory card with high memory capacity, and its full name is micro secure digital high capacity card. The memory volume of micro SDHC flash card is range 4GB to 32GB. So there is demand for digital devices that could support the using of micro SDHC flash card, we should be careful to pick up and do not insert it to any devices casually.
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