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Reformatted Sony SDXC memory card
It is a terrible thing to reformat the Sony SDXC memory card if there have been saved a lot of important files before. Things will turn better if we can get the lost files back from the SDXC memory card which is formatted more than one times. Is it a dream to restore those lost contents? It comes true even if it is a dream that perform data recovery after SDXC memory card being reformatted at present time. Data recovery software can help us achieve data recovery goal.
Case of reformatting Sony SDXC memory card
I bought a Sony SDXC memory card to save more files, and it did help me a lot. Things turn bad that the SDXC memory card was reformatted by error. I formatted the SDXC memory card by mistake at both two times. What I am concerned now is to get those lost files back. But I am not sure whether can I retrieve all I needed from the reformatted SDXC memory card. I can not view any signal data on the SDXC memory card. Anyone can kindly help me? -Austin from New Jerse
How to recover data from the formatted Sony SDXC memory card with data recovery software
Data recovery tool can help us restore lost data from the reformatted SDXC memory card by scanning them at first. If they are not overwritten and can be scanned by data recovery program, we can recover all of them later. So we should not save new data which may overwrite the original information on the reformatted SDXC memory card immediately. The following steps will help us know better how to perform it:
Recover data from reformatted Sony SDXC card
Preparation: Download and install data recovery software on your computer. Then, connect the Sony SDXC card to the computer and run the software. Finally, you can select a proper recovery module.
Notice should be took of when formatting the Sony SDXC memory card
The reasons to format the Sony SDXC memory card at the second time or more times vary from people to people. Some people reformat the SDXC memory card in order to retrieve lost data from the formatted SDXC memory card, some people reformat the SDXC memory card so as to use the memory card normally, some people reformat the SDXC memory card just by error, or other possible reasons. What we should know is that is it more difficult for us to recover data from the reformatted memory card then from the formatted memory card. Here are some things we should keep in mind:
1. Do not format the SDXC memory card again. No matter we have formatted the SDXC memory card once, twice, or more times, it is better for us not to format it again. It doesn’t matter if there are not important files need to be recovered to format the memory card. But the continual formatting action may damage the SDXC memory card and its original information more deeply. It is in case of overwriting and other corruption.
2. Do not store any new file on the SDXC memory card which has been formatted once or twice. In order to avoid those original lost data being overwritten, except form not to format it again, we also should not save any new information on the SDXC memory card. The new data may occupy the space where the lost invisible files saved and overwrite them. So save new contents on the SDXC memory card till all needed files have been recovered.
3. Plug the SDXC memory card out of computer or other digital devices. It is better to remove the formatted and reformatted SDXC memory card out of those digital devices when have no idea how to get needed files back. If we keep inserting the SDXC memory card to them, those original lost files may be damaged or overwritten without conscious of us.
4. Other actions should be paid attention to.
Different sorts of memory card
SDXC memory card, whose full name is secure digital extended capacity memory card, we can get it from its name that it is one kind of memory card. Except from SDXC memory card, there are some other kinds of memory card which we use commonly. For example, Smart Media(SM), Compact Flash (CF), Multi Media Card (MMC), Secure Digital (SD), Memory Stick, XD-Picture Card (XD). Micro SD card, mini SD card, SDHC card, and so on.
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