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Windows Warns External Disk Memory Card Unformat

How terrible that the external disk or memory card shows unformat error when open it to access its data. But it is not an annoying thing any more if it could be solved. Then do you have any idea how to fix the unformatted external disk or memory card to usable and recover their files? There is a way to solve such unformat problem, actually. Retrieved that data and then format the external disk or memory card. Data recovery software could restore those inaccessible files.

Example of memory card needing to be formatted before normal using

There is some problem to my phone memory card when connected to the computer. Window warns that the memory card need to be formatted before I can use it and asks me whether format it now. I do not dare to format it because there are a lot of vital and crucial files saved on it. It is obviously that all of them would be lost if the memory card was formatted. I need to fix the problematic memory card and retrieve files saved on it. Anyone could kindly help me? -Carl from Utah

How to retrieve files from the unformatted external disk or memory card to access them

We could restore those inaccessible files with data recovery tool form the unformatted external disk or memory card first and then format it to solve the unformat problem. Please remember that retrieve the losses at first but not format the external disk or memory card. Here are the steps below to show you how to perform:

Recover data from external disk memory card

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

1Download and mount the data recovery software on the computer
2Connect the unformatted external disk or memory card to the computer.
3Operate the data retrieval tool on the computer. And choose the recovery mode and object disk to scan.
4Preview the recoverable files in the list after the scan, and then select the wanted to recover.

Various data loss situations may happen to external disk or memory card

We can save the files such as pictures, videos and so forth on the external disk or memory card conveniently. So many people have one or more of them in daily life. But there are still some people who do not feel happy to them, because they lose files from the external disk or memory card more than often. It is true we may lose our data due to some reasons. Here are some of them as follows:

1. Accidental or intentional deletion. The most common one among the data loss situations is to delete that information by accident or on purpose. The same consequence is to lose them. But the truth is that those files are still saved on the external disk or memory card and data recovery tool could restore them quickly and easily.

2. Various formatting problem. There are many sorts of formatting problems that may happen to external disk or memory card. for example, the external disk or memory card shows unformat error, the windows can not complete the format, the external disk or memory card be formatted by mistake or on purpose, the formatting process is interrupted, and so on. Don’t worry about so many formatting error, data recovery tool could get back those files in they have not been overwritten.

3. System error. Sometimes the system may not be able to detect the external disk or memory card when they are plugged into the computer if there is something goes wrong to the computer operating system. The other situation related to the system error is that that data may become messy codes that can not be accessed normally. We can ask the data recovery program for help at that time.

4. Other similar logical data loss cases that could be solved by data recovery tool.

Sorts of memory card

Memory card is not a special card that could be inserted to a digital device to expand its memory capacity and save more information. As a matter of fact, it is a total name of cards that look like a card and need a card reader when connect to the computer. Here are some common kinds of memory card as follows: Smart Media(SM), Compact Flash (CF), Multi Media Card (MMC), Secure Digital (SD), Memory Stick, XD-Picture Card (XD), and so forth

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