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RAW Phone Memory Card / Recover Data from RAW Unformatted Phone Card
Have your phone memory card ever turned to raw? All files and folders saved on it would be inaccessible at that time. More seriously, if there are phone software saved on the memory card, and then the function of that phone would be influenced. Do you have any idea how to solve the phone memory card not formatted problem? All files saved on it at the previous time will b erased if the memory card is formatted. So the formatting is inflexible. We can restore those lost files by a certain way.
Case of phone memory card showing raw error
My phone memory card need to be formatted when connected to the computer and all files and folders are inaccessible when plugged into my phone. So I insert it to the computer again and check its disk properties, to my surprise, the file system is raw. I do not know what to do but format it. The reason I do not want to format the raw memory card is that I can not lose files saved on it originally. What should I do to access those files? Anyone could kindly help me recover data from a RAW memroy card? -Mira from New York
How to restore files from the raw phone memory card with the help of data recovery software
We have the ability to retrieve files what we need from the raw phone memory card. We need the data recovery tool help. It could assist us get the inaccessible data from the memory card which is not formatted within a short time. But we should keep in mind that does not format the memory card at first. Here are the steps below:
Recover data from raw memory card
Preparation: Download and install data recovery software on your computer. Then, connect the memory card to the computer and run the software. Finally, you can select a proper recovery module.
Careful usage to phone memory card
It is useful for us to insert a memory card to our phones, because it allow us save more apps and files such as pictures on the phone. What's more, it could help us use the phone smoothly because we can save data on the memory card but not the phone internal memory. But there is also problem, once the memory card is damaged, such as turn to raw, the consequence id serious, even we can not use the phone normally. So it is necessary to be careful when use the memory card and phone. Here are some guidance as follows:
1. Format the phone memory card on the phone. We can format the memory card both on the phone and computer. We may format the memory card when use it at the first time, or in order to anti-virus, or delete files, and so forth. It is better to format it on the phone itself but not on the computer in case of incompatibility. Data saved on the memory card may inaccessible on the phone on that condition.
2. Plug the memory card out of computer or phone correctly. We should close the phone at first and then remove the memory card out of it when needed. But we should not close the computer firstly when need to remove the memory card from it. The proper steps are to close all the related programs at first and then click on the memory card icon to plug it out of computer safely.
3. Do not accept suspicious files and store them on the phone memory card. w can receive mails, texts, and other files on the phone and save them on the memory card. Some memory card seems suspicious and may contain virus and other harmful matters that will infect the memory card cause data loss problem. So to be careful when accept files from others.
4. Other aspects need to be careful when use the memory card.
Kinds of memory card
There are many kinds of memory card which could help us save more data. They are used to different digital devices and all of them could be supported by data recovery tool when they turn to raw or meet other corruption trouble. For example, Smart Media(SM), Compact Flash (CF), Multi Media Card (MMC), Secure Digital (SD), Memory Stick, XD-Picture Card (XD). We can plug the SD card, micro SD card, and other kinds of memory card to the phone.
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