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Windows 7 reports that the micro SD card needs to be formatted
Have you ever inserted the micro SD card to the computer which runs windows 7? We may encounter such problem that the computer prompts that you need to format the disk in drive O before you can use it normally if we have done so. It means that the micro SD memory card is in not formatted error. What’s more, we can not use the memory card normally in that case. For example, files stored on the micro SD card are inaccessible at that time. What if those previous contents were important?
Case of micro SD card needing to be formatted
Windows 7 reports that the micro SD card needs to be formatted when I connect the memory card to my computer. I have not formatted the micro SD card though I want to use it normally, because there are a number of files and folders which saved on the micro SD card at the original time are useful and vital for me. I know those contents would be erased off the micro SD card after the format. Is there any other way to use the problematic micro SD card normally without data loss? -Jerry from Utah
How to recover files from the unformatted micro SD card with data recovery software under windows 7
It doesn't matter how important those previous files which saved on the micro SD card is when the memory card is in nor\t formatted error. The reason is that we can try to perform not formatted micro SD card files recovery to get them back though we can not access them in that case directly. Here are the steps below to tell us how to do it:
Recover data from micro SD card
Preparation: Connect the micro sd to your computer and download the data recovery software. Then, you can install and run the data recovery software and select a recovery module.
Problems we may meet when connect micro SD card to computer
We can format the problematic and remove the retrieved files to the formatted micro SD memory card after the unformatted micro SD card files recovery if need. After that, we may think that is there any other problems we may meet when connect the micro SD card to the computer which runs windows 7? As a matter of fact, there are some other situations which related to data loss problem we may encounter when use the micro SD card on the computer. Here are some of them as follows;
1. The micro SD card is formatted by accident. There would be various options if we right click the icon of micro SD card on the computer. And the format option is one of them. Unfortunately, we may click the format button by mistake sometimes and then format the micro SD memory card. As a result, all files and folders are disappeared after the accidental format. We can ask the data recovery tool for help to try to get the lost data back.
2. The information is deleted off the micro SD card by error. One of the other options after right click the micro SD card icon is delete option. And we may press the delete button by error, too. We can not recover the deleted contents in the recycle bin on the computer, because they are not here though we can find the deleted files which saved on the computer hard disks here. But we may be able retrieve them with data recovery program.
3. The micro SD card is removed from the computer suddenly. One of the data loss situations is the abrupt removal, which means that we may lose files off the micro SD card if plug it out of computer abruptly. So we should avoid removing the micro SD memory card from the computer all of a sudden though we may be able to restore those lost files under the help of data restoration tool.
4. Other cases related to data loss problem we may meet when use the micro SD card on the computer runs windows 7.
Brief introduction to micro SD card not formatted
It is one of the problems we may meet that the micro SD card needs to be formatted before we can use it. Actually, the reasons of it are various, and the virus infection is one of them.
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