If you want to repair not formatting SD card without losing data, please try this safer way. Here are the detailed solutions:. Step 1 : Connect the SD card which prompts formatting error to your computer. Then install and launch Eassos PartitionGuru from your computer. PartitionGuru starts a full and quick scan on selected device and keeps displaying lost files during scanning.
Then you should save all recovered files on a different drive in case of data overwrite. Step 5 : Open target folder to view and check recovered files. File all your files have been recovered successfully, you can format the SD card to fix the error. About formatting SD card Formatting of memory card is common operation to users all over the world, and such action is also suggested by many tech experts. Factors you need to format SD card Change file system format.
Different devices may require different file system formats, such as sometimes you need exFAT file system on digital camera and ext4 file system on a Raspberry Pi. Once formatting is done, a new file system and directories are created. Enhance overall performance. Formatting wipes data as well as fragments, and thus speed and functioning can be improved to some extent. Repair corrupt SD card. If the SD card is unreadable due to file system errors, such as it turns to RAW or write-protected and cannot be accessed.
You can format the memory card directly if files in the card have been recovered. Restore SD card to full capacity.
SD card formatting wipes all data on the partition including hidden data, after which you can make use of all space again. You want to erase an SD card. You can completely clear everything on SD card by full formatting of the card, which protects personal data again SD card recovery.
Clean up unknown virus and malware. It is a good choice to format memory card which contain virus. Get a backup. You have to make sure a full backup have been created for files on the SD card and the backup file is properly stored on a secure location.
Click the " Select backup contents " button to start backup. Both local and network files will be listed on the left. You can expand the directory to select the files to be backed up. Follow the on-screen guide, select the destination where you want to save the backup.
Click " Options " to encrypt the backup with password in " Backup Options ", set the backup schedule and choose to start back up at certain event in " Backup Scheme ". There are also many other options you can explore, customize the backup task according to your need. Step 5. EaseUS Todo Backup enables users to back up data to both third-party cloud drive and its own cloud drive. If you want to back up data to third-party cloud drive, choose Local Drive, scroll down to add Cloud Device, add and login your account.
You can also choose EaseUS's own cloud drive. Click " Backup Now " to start backup. After the backup task is completed, it will be displayed in the form of a card on the left side of the panel.
Right-click the backup task to further manage it. Just similar to other external hard drives, USB flash drives, and memory cards, you should always safely eject the SD card. That is to say, you should not remove the card from a device when it is still being accessed, such as transferring data or reading data, etc. Another important thing is not using a single memory card on many different devices. Different devices may work on different file systems, which may be incompatible with what the memory card is formatted with.
In this case, the card tends to die. As soon as your SD card gets errors like " The SD card is not detected ", or " the disk is write protected ", stop using the SD card immediately. Otherwise, further damage would happen to the card without letting you know. Try it, and you'll find it great helpful. Some of you may also want to know what else can CMD do for you. Here we collected 3 major solutions and guide you to use them on SD card successfully:.
Feature 2. The clean command will delete all existing partitions and files on your SD card, restoring full capacity to your card. If you tend to learn more tutorials about how to use CMD to fix SD or other storage device issues, feel free to follow our articles or use the Search button on our site for help. Roxanne is one of the main contributors to EaseUS and has created multiple posts on digital devices like PCs, Mobile phones, tablets, Mac, etc. She loves to share ideas with people of the same interest.
Tweet Share Email. To see if your SD card is write-protected, look for a physical tab, move the tab in the opposite direction. Look for multiple partitions next to your SD disk. You can also format an SD card on a Mac. You can give the formatted drive a name by entering it into the Volume label. When the process is complete, close the Command Prompt and format the SD card as normal.
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