Professional Data Recovery Geek: Will you format SD card accidentally in these ways and How to rescue formatted file

It is quite a common problem for data loss due to formatting an SD card and it wil be difficult for some users to recover the lost files from formatted SD card. Below are most common situations that users may format SD card accidentally.

Format an SD card due to mistake

You are viewing files on your SD card, but mistakenly you press the "Format" button on your camera or PC? No matter the format is completed or not, some files will lost and you cannot access and view the formatted file on SD card anymore. If the format is completed, you will find your SD card will become empty and all data has gone. Even if you stop the format process when you realize the mistake, you will find you are unable to access SD card since it will say SD card is not formatted. Don’t worry, data can still be restored. View What's The Chance To Recover Files From Formatted SD Card?

Format an SD card to make more space for new files

Sometimes you may want to format an SD card for a particular reason. For example, you may want to erase an SD card in a short time to make space for new files. There is no doubt that formatting an SD card is the most efficient way to erase the card. However, important data or files is also lost after formatting if you forget making a backup.

SD Card Requires Formatting! Format It or Not

Not formatted error can occur on an SD card when it is inserted in adigital camera, Android phone, or PC. This kind of error is not affected by the brand of a camera or Android phone, but it may affect the data stored on the card. SD card not formatted error can occur due to many reasons. In this situation, formatting may overwrite the card and lead data to be unrecoverable. It is strongly recommended not to format the card when it requires formatting.

Format an SD card due to not formatted error

You may ever encounter not formatted error when using an SD card, but you may still feel wondering if you should format the card when receiving the error message: disk in drive is not formatted do you want to format it now. Format it or not? It is doesn’t matter since 4Card Recovery would also restore data off formatted memory sd card.

SD Card Cannot Be Formatted

Camera or Android smartphone prompt SD card needs to be formatted, and Windows system asks you to format the memory card when you inset the SD card to PC through a card reader. Even when you decide to format the card but you receive a message saying: Windows cannot complete the format. Now, try the following method:

Firstly, right click the drive of SD card and select Properties -> Tools -> Check Now -> Tick "Automatically fix file system errors" and "Scan for and attempt recovery of bad sectors".
Stop here if the errors can be fixed with the method above. If you receive the following message: "The disk check could not perform because windows cannot access the disk", please click Start -> Run -> Type chkdsk H:/F (H: is the drive letter of your SD card).

If that cannot helps, do not format the SD card and stop use the SD card, then you can download H-Data SD Card File Recovery Software. You can try the free trial version first, if it can detect your lost files, it will be easy to get back lost formatted files with full version.