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RAW Micro SDHC Card / Data Recovery on RAW unformatted Micro SDHC Card
Do you have any idea how to access files saved on the micro SDHC card after it turning to raw? The micro SDHC card can not be opened at that time, so files saved on it are inaccessible. Some people may format the raw micro SDHC card to open it or store new data on it. But those original contents will be lost if the memory card is formatted. Actually, we can retrieve files if they are important at fist from the micro SDHC card which is not formatted.
Case of micro SDHC card showing raw file system
My micro SDHC card can not be opened without reasonable explanation. Maybe it is a system error which I have no idea how to explain. I check the disk properties when insert it to a card reader and connect to the computer, I am told that the file system of that micro SDHC card is raw, and both the free space and used space are 0 byte, which shows there nothing is saved on it at all. But I have stored a lot of useful and precious contents on it previously. How to retrieve them? -Lon from LA
How to get files and folders back from the raw micro SDHC card with data recovery software
We can retrieve those useful and important files and folders from the micro SDHC card which shows not formatted error. What we can do is to restore what we need from the raw micro SDHC card with data recovery tool and then format the micro SDHC card to let it usable again. The following steps will 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.
Attention should be paid when retrieving the needed data
We can use the data recovery tool to get what we need back form the micro SDHC card which is in the raw trouble. As steps above showing, it is very easy and quick to restore the needed contents from the raw micro SDHC card as long as they still saved on it and have not been overwritten. Simple as it is, we still need to be careful to make sure all wanted could be retrieved. Here are some attentions to which should be paid as follows:
1. Do not format the raw micro SDHC card at once. We have said that some people may format the card which shows raw error to open it and save new data on it. it is right and correct to format the raw memory card if there is nothing useful saved on it previously. But if there are something need to be restored, we should not format the micro SDHC card at first, but to retrieve what we need with the help of data recovery tool.
2. Plug the micro SDHC card which is not formatted out of the computer. We should remove the raw micro SDHC card from computer safely when have no idea how to get back those valuable files. We should put it in a safe place but not insert the raw micro SDHC card back to the digital devices which it used to plugged. The aim is to avoid the memory card being damaged at a second time or data saved on it previously being overwritten.
3. Do not choose the raw micro SDHC card as the location to store data recovery software and files to be retrieved. We are not allowed to save any new information on the micro SDHC card which is not formatted before files needed saved on it originally have been recovered. It is right to save them on one of the computer hard disks at first.
4. Other related notices should be taken of.
What is micro SDHC card?
Micro SDHC card, whose full name is micro security digital high capacity card, is one kind of SD cards. The biggest and the most obvious feature of micro SDHC card is the high capacity. We can save a lot of files and folders on it, and its memory capacity is range 4GB from 32GB. As a result, many of us prefer to use it to the digital devices, such as cameras. But it can not be used to every digital device, so we should be careful to make it clear that which one could support the usage of micro SDHC card.
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