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Unformat Kingston Digital Micro SDHC Flash Card

Have you ever encountered micro SDHC flash card unformat problem, no matter what brand it is, such as Kingston? You may be familiar with such situation that the micro SDHC flash card can not be opened and files saved on it are inaccessible if you have meet a micro SDHC flash card which is not formatted. It is really a very annoying thing to face especially information saved on the micro SDHC flash card previously is vital. Fortunately, data recovery software could solve such problem.

Case of Kingston micro SDHC flash card showing unformat problem

I have a micro SDHC flash card which I bought from Kingston 3 years ago. There are massive files and folders important have been saved on the micro SDHC flash card through these years. But now it shows unformat problem when I try to open it to access information on it. I need to format it before I can use the micro SDHC flash card. The problem is all data will be lost once the micro SDHC flash card is formatted. What should I do to restore those files? -Amanda from New York

How to retrieve data from micro SDHC flash card which is not formatted with data recovery software

There is a tool to solve the problem that micro SDHC flash card need to be formatted before it could be used normally when there are files useful on it. That tool is data recovery software. It could get back the inaccessible data from the unformatted micro SDHC flash card quickly and recover data after foramtting. Here are its steps as follows to show you how it works:

Recover data from 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.

1Connect the unformatted micro SDHC flash card to the computer by plugging it into a card reader first.
2Download and install the data recovery software on the same computer.
3Open the data restoration tool and choose the recovery model and target disk to scan.
4Preview the contents in the list after the scan and then select the files need to be retrieved to recover.

Attention should be paid to when restoring lost files

It is true that those inaccessible files could be retrieved from the unformatted micro SDHC flash card quickly with the help of data recovery tool, but you may also fail to get back what you need. What is the reason that causes the failure? In fact, it mainly because there is something you have operated on the micro SDHC flash card which in not formatted wrong. Then you may just be able to retrieve part of needed or none from the unformatted micro SDHC flash card. Here are some things as follows you should pay attention to:

1. Do not format the problematic flash card immediately. You will be prompted that you need to format the disk in drive O before you can us it and be asked that do you want to format it now when the micro SDHC flash card appears unformat problem. It is not better to format the unformatted micro SDHC flash card at once if there are a lot of files need to be restored from it. The correct way is to get back the needed information with data recovery program firstly and then format the micro SDHC flash card.

2. Do not save the data restoration program or files to be retrieved on the unformatted micro SDHC flash card. You will be asked to choose the location to save the data recovery tool and information to be restored during the process of data recovery. It is better to select one of the computer hard disks as the location to save them and you can remove them to the micro SDHC flash card after all wanted data has been got back.

3. Make sure the computer works normally in the process of data recovery. If there is something goes wrong during the process of restoring the inaccessible files, those contents may get corrupted and hard to be retrieved even with the assistant of data recovery program.

4. Other incorrect actions should be avoided.

Popular brands of micro SDHC flash card

Data recovery software not only could get back the inaccessible information from the unformatted Kingston micro SDHC flash card, but also could retrieve files from other brands of micro SDHC flash card. There are not just one popular manufactures of micro SDHC flash card in the market, but many other reliable sources. Here are some common brands of micro SDHC flash card in the market: Kingston, Samsung, SanDisk, Toshiba, Sony, Transcend Information, Maxell, LEXAR, Yisheng, Kingmax

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