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Unformat Sony SDHC Flash Memory Card

Are you a Sony SDHC flash memory card user? Do you know what the unformat SDHC flash memory card is if you are one of its users? It is a SDHC flash memory card error that you can not open it before format the flash memory card actually. Do you have any idea how to deal with such problem if there are a lot of important files saved on the flash memory card not format, which lead you can not format it right now? Don't worry, as there is a tool to retrieve those files from the unformatted SDHC flash memory card. It is data recovery software.

Example of Sony SDHC flash memory card not being formatted

My Sony SDHC flash memory card need to be formatted before I can use it now. I realized that the SDHC card turns to RAW file system in my computer. I totally have no idea what happened to it. I am confusing whether should I format it or not, because there are some useful files saved on the SDHC flash memory card previously. But either I format it or not format it, data on it is inaccessible. So I do not know what I should do to view those documents. Is there any way for me to access information on the unformatted SDHC flash memory card? -Su from LA

How to restore files form the unformatted SDHC flash memory card with data recovery software

The only way for you to access the original information saved on the unformatted SDHC flash memory card is to get them back. It seems impossible, as the SDHC flash memory card can not be opened at all. But actually, it could be done with the help of data recovery tool. Here are its guiding steps as follows to tell you how to perform:

Recover data from sony SDHC card

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

1Download the data recovery software and launch it on the computer.
2Plug the unformatted SDHC flash memory card into the computer by inserting it to the card reader firstly.
3Run the data restoration program on the computer and choose the recovery model and aim disk to scan.
4Preview the restorable contents in the list after scanning, and pick up the needed to recover.

Protection to the safety of information saved on the SDHC flash memory card

It is not a pleasant thing to meet an SDHC flash memory card not format, so do other data loss situations. Things may turn better if we know how to get back the lost information from the problematic SDHC flash memory card. But it is still important and necessary for us to make effort to protect the information on it from being lost though data recovery tool could retrieve the losses. Here are some protections below:

1. Back up the important and crucial files. The most useful precaution is to back up those needed contents on other storage devices or media. We can never worry about the information lost from SDHC flash memory card due to any reasons if we have backup. And then we can get those losses back quickly and easily if those files happen to be lost. 

2. Think twice before delete files or format the SDHC flash memory card. we may delete files on the SDHC flash memory card more than often in order to release more free space and store more new data on it, or format the SDHC flash memory card because of some reasons. What we should take notice of is to make it clear whether those files to be lost are useful or not. You can delete or format them if it is useless.

3. Do not cut files frequently. You may used to cut the needed information and paste it on other storage devices and never lose any data, so you think the cutting action is not dangerous. But it is very dangerous to lose information. For instance, those cut files will be lost if the system goes wrong in the process of cut and paste. So it is better to copy data need to be removed.

4. Other similar protections to data saved on the SDHC flash memory card.

Popular brands of SDHC flash memory card

SDHC flash memory card is a kind of memory card which owns the high capacity. What's more, its memory capacity is range from 4GB to 32GB. It is very useful for us to save information, such as pictures, e-mails, videos and so forth. Sony is one of its manufactures and there are many other brands of SDHC flash memory card. we should purchase one from the reliable sources in order to avoid the fake or poor quality one. Here are some common manufactures of SDHC flash memory card: Kingston, Samsung, SanDisk, Toshiba, Sony, Transcend Information, Maxell, LEXAR, Yisheng, Kingmax.

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