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Unformat Transcend Compact Flash Card Shows Raw File System
What would you do if you encountered a raw Transcend compact flash card which is not formatted? The most important thing is that there still are precious and valuable files saved on it and you have no backup. How to get back those lost files? Do you have any idea? Many people hold that they lose all information permanently when they meet such trouble. But as a matter of fact, that lost data could be retrieved with data recovery software.
Example of Transcend compact flash card turns to raw file system
My Transcend compact flash card turns to raw and shows unformatted suddenly. Neither I know why such circumstance happens nor do I have any idea how to get back information saved on it. All files saved on the unformatted raw compact flash card are my pictures of people and scenery. All of them mean a lot to me, and they are just person and trees or mountains for me. I want to retrieve all of them but failed after a lot of trial. Anyone could kindly help me? -Rain from San Francisco
How to retrieve files from the unformatted raw compact flash card with data recovery software
It is very simple for you to restore your lost data from the unformatted raw compact flash card as long as you ask the data recovery software for help. But there is a condition that those original files have not been overwritten by new data. Here are the guidance steps below to retrieve the losses with data restoration tool:
Recover data from raw CF card
Preparation: Download and install data recovery software on your computer. Connect the RAW CF card to your computer and launch the software. Then, select a proper recovery module.
Correct usage to compact flash card in case of the appearance of unformatted raw file system
Data loss situations can come from many different factors, and unformatted raw compact flash card is one of them. Do you know some data loss problem could be avoided as a matter of fact? The reason is that much data loss scenarios are due to the improper usage to compact flash card. Here are some correct usage guidance to compact flash card as follows:
1. Try not to download and install the harmful software and suspicious files which contain virus and worms. Compact flash card will be infected quickly once it get in touch with virus and worms. So keep away from malware and others.
2. Format the compact flash card on the digital devices which mainly the compact flash card used to when you intend to format it. If you format it on the computer, there may be the incompatibility between the compact flash card and the digital device which the compact flash card inserted to.
3. Avoid the abrupt removal to the computer happen to the compact flash card. Such kind of action may damage the compact flash card and lead to the unformatted raw compact flash card.
4. Put it away from heat and corrosive liquid when you do not use the compact flash card. Both heat and corrosive liquid will damage the compact flash card itself. What’s more, such physical data corruption is hare to be reclaimed with data recovery software.
Other storage devices that may become raw file system unformatted
We can save our files on the compact flash card, and we can also save them on other storage devices. Typically, a digital device just can be plugged into one special kind of storage devices, such as memory stick to cameras. But all storage devices may become unformatted raw file system because of some reasons. Here are some other storage devices as follows: Smart Media(SM), Multi Media Card (MMC), Secure Digital (SD), Memory Stick, XD-Picture Card (XD), external hard disk, and USB flash drive. What's more, the internal memory may also turn to unformatted raw, such as disk on the computer, and phone internal memory.
File types that could be restored by data recovery software after being lost
There are so many file types that could be saved on the compact flash card. So you may ask that which type of files could be retrieved by data recovery software from the unformatted raw compact flash card. Actually, nearly all files types are supported by data recovery software, such as photos, audio files, videos, word documents, e-mails, PPT, and so forth.
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