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Recover the formatted data from SD card
Do you wonder whether we can get the lost files back from the formatted SD card or how to recover the formatted data? We may format the SD memory card by error or by intention sometimes in our daily life. All files useful or useless would be erased off the secure digital memory card after the accidental or intentional format. But we do not need to worry about losing those original files on the SD card after formatting it, actually. The reason is that we may be able to restore them.
Case of formatting the SD card accidentally
I formatted my secure digital memory card by clicking on the format button by mistake last night. As a result, all contents stored on the SD card at the original time were deleted after the accidental format. I am here to ask you guys for help because I want to access some previous files on the SD card again now. Unfortunately, I do not know what I can do to retrieve the lost information from the formatted secure digital memory card at all. Help me, please and thank you. –Lucie from New York
How to retrieve files from the formatted SD card with data recovery software
We need to ask the data recovery software for help after formatting the SD card if we have to see the original files on it. The way to use the data recovery tool to get the lost information back from the formatted secure digital memory card is simple. Here are the steps as follows to how to use it in detail:
Recover files from SD card
Preparation: Download the data recovery software and connect the sd card. Install it properly and launch the software. Finally, you can select a recovery module.
Tips when use the SD card in case of data loss problem
Do you know what we should pay attention to when use the SD card in case of data loss problem? As a matter of fact, we may lose contents off the secure digital memory card accidentally in daily life. For example, we may format the SD memory card by mistake sometimes like the case above. So we should be careful when use the secure digital card to avoid data loss trouble though we can perform files recovery after losing information useful. Here are the tips below to use SD card properly and correctly:
1. Format the SD card on the concerned digital devices. We tend to plug the secure digital memory card into digital devices such as cameras to take more pictures or videos. Sometimes we need to format the memory card to use it normally or better. It is better to format it on the digital devices to which the secure digital memory card used but not format it on the computer, because there may be incompatibility situation if format the SD card on the computer.
2. Plug the secure digital memory card out of the related digital devices safely. We should close the digital devices if we need to remove the SD card from it. Some of us tend to plug the secure digital memory card out of devices directly in order to save time. It is not correct, actually. The reason is that we may lose files or folders saved on the SD card at the previous time in that way.
3. Do not use one SD card to a lot of different digital devices. Let us take cameras as example here. It is better to plug one secure digital memory card to one camera just. Some of us tend to insert the same SD card to different cameras sometimes. We may encounter data loss problems if we perform in that way.
4. Other tips when use the secure digital devices in case of data loss problem.
Kinds of memory card are supported by data recovery tool after being formatted
The full name of SD card is secure digital memory card, and it is one kind of memory card. The kinds of memory card are various, so we can use them to different digital devices. For example, there are Smart Media(SM), Compact Flash (CF), Multi Media Card (MMC), Secure Digital (SD), Memory Stick, XD-Picture Card (XD), and others, all of them belong to memory card. What's more, we can perform files recovery after format with data restoration tool on all of them above, too.
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