How Can You Unformat Accidentally Formatted Memory Card?
stepbillz 0 Newbie Poster
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Jump to PostNot simple. SD/flash cards (current ones at least), will write data to new sectors in order to minimize the number of writes to any specific one (necessary to maximize the life-expectancy of the device). IE, the data is still there (most likely). Unfortunately, it requires special tools to search and …
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best4earn 12 Junior Poster
Which type of memory card u r using ?
stavros141 0 Newbie Poster
you can't
rubberman 1,355 Nearly a Posting Virtuoso Featured Poster
Not simple. SD/flash cards (current ones at least), will write data to new sectors in order to minimize the number of writes to any specific one (necessary to maximize the life-expectancy of the device). IE, the data is still there (most likely). Unfortunately, it requires special tools to search and find the data on those old sectors, and equally unfortunately I don't know what they are, except that they do exist. A data recovery firm that has such tools may be able to help you.
sophiaya -3 Light Poster
I use the third party software Power Data Recovery.
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