Memory card recovery software to fix memory card not formatted error

Memory card has been used a lot on digital cameras, mobile phones, external usb device, voice recorders, portable media players such as mp3 mp4 players etc. It is convenient as it allows user to easily transfer files between devices and computers. However, memory card error may happen for no reason. Sometimes phone or camera may report that memory card has 'unrecognized format'.

'Memory card not formatted' error has been a popular memory card error. It often put user into panic as memory card normally holds important data like photos, videos, documents including Microsoft Word docx files, Powerpoint Presentation ppt files, Microsoft Excel files, pdf, folders, and we do not want to lose those information! This happens to any memory card including SD card, xD card, compact flash CF card, MMC, SD Minin, SDHC, SDXC, MicroSD card used in PCSX2, Nokia phones, BlackBerry mobile.

So in thie article, we will show you the solution of memory card not formatted error. It is possible to recover photos, videos, and other files from corrupted or damaged memory card.

What is memory card not formatted error

When you try to open memory card and access files in it, memory card asks to format and you are not able to open it.

You are not able to access the files on memory card, all you got is "Do you want to format the memory card? You will lose all files on memory card if you format the memory card." You only got yes and no option, no other choice.

How to recover files from memory card which shows "memory card not formatted" error

The good news is that it is possible to recover the files from unformatted memory card. There are memory card recovery software which is designed to recover data from memory card. You can use the software to scan the memory card and then recover lost photos, videos, and other files.

Asoftech Data Recovery will be a good choice as it is easy to use, and works effectively in Windows 8, Windows 7, Windows Vista, Windows XP, Windows 10.

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Steps to recover data from unformatted card

Step 1. If your memory card is in devices like mobile phones, digital cameras, voice recorder, we's recommend that you take out the memory card from the device, and then use a card reader to connect the memory card to computer. The memory card should shown as a drive letter (e.g. E:) in Computer.

Step 2. Run memory card recovery software Asoftech Data Recovery, and then select memory card drive letter (e.g. E:), and then press button "Next" to start scan the camera memory card.

Step 3. You will see files shown one by one. Select the ones you want, and click "Recover" to save them.

If steps above does not work, you can do a quick format of the memory card in computer (in comptuer, right click the memory card, and then choose format... and in the format settings dialog, check "quick format" option). After format complete, you can run again Asoftech Data Recovery and use it to scan the memory card and recover files. Steps will be same as above.

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