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RAW SD Card by Mistake

Have you ever thought of fixing the raw SD card? Usually there are two tasks to solve the SD card raw problem. One is to make the SD card usable again. And the other is to get back that information saved on the memory card previously to let it accessible. The first one is easy to fix, we can format the problematic SD card and then it could be usable. Many people do not know how to complete the second recovering task. Actually, those files could be retrieved form the SD card not formatted with data recovery software.

Example of SD card becoming raw file system

My brother told me that he had to format his SD card before can use it the other day. What's more, he said that that SD card is raw file system now. He hoped me could help him get back the files he saved on the raw SD card originally. The problem is that I also have no idea what is the right way to retrieve those inaccessible files and folders, because I have no such experience. Anyone could kindly tell me what should I do to get back my brother's needed contents? -Bob from Washington

How to retrieve information from the raw SD card with the help of data recovery software

The proper steps to solve the SD card raw problem are to get back the lost data at first and then format the raw SD card. Data recovery tool could help us retrieve those inaccessible files and folders within a few minutes. But there is condition that those files should not be overwritten or be corrupted on other way. Here are its steps below:

Recover data from raw sd card

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

1Download and launch the data recovery software on the computer.
2Insert the raw SD card to a card reader and then plug the card reader into the same computer.
3Run the data restoration program and then choose the recovery model and aim disk to scan.
4Preview the recoverable files on the list after scanning and select the needed to recover.

Problems may happen to SD card cause data loss

The raw problem is just one troubles we may meet when use the SD card. it means that there are some other problems that may happen to SD card and cause data lost from it. Data recovery tool could get back lost information from the SD card not formatted. As the same, most of other problematic SD cards also could be salvaged by data recovery program. Here are some of them as follows:

1. SD card not formatted error. The SD card not formatted error is the other name of SD card raw problem. It need to be formatted before you can use the SD card normally and all files saved on it are inaccessible before the formatting and all of them will be lost after the formatting. So the better way is to retrieve those files from the unformatted SD card and then format it.

2. Other formatting problem. If the SD card was formatted accidentally or intentionally, or the windows can not complete the format, or the formatting process was interrupted, data saved on that SD card would be lost at that time. Don’t worry; however, those lost files could be retrieved by data recovery program quickly and efficiently.

3. Deletion problem. If the files on the SD card were deleted on the computer or on other digital devices, we can not view them until being recovered. What’s more, there are not records in the recycle bin after the data saved on the SD card being deleted on the computer. Though files saved on the computer hard disk could be found in the recycle bin and be recovered. So we need to ask data recovery tool for help.

4. Other similar logical data loss problems happen to SD card.

Kinds of SD card

SD card could be plugged into phone, camera and other kind of digital devices to expand its memory capacity and to allow us save more files on it. but with the development of the whole word, there are many kinds of SD card in this day and age. They are different from appearance, size, memory capable and other aspects. Here are some of them below: Normal SD card, mini SD card, micro SD card, SDHC card, SDXC card, and so forth.

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