Unformat Memory Card - How to Recover Data from Formatted Memory Card

Can I Unformat Formatted Memory Card?
Unformat memory card in 3 Steps

Part 1Can I Unformat Memory Card?

A friend of mine lent me his memory card. There was not enough space so I decided to format it. It deleted all the files from it. Later, my friend told me he had important files on it. I feel so regretful now. Is there any way I can Un-format a formatted memory card? Thank you so much.

Well, accidently formatting of a memory card always brings us grief. You might have lost all important files on it due to carelessness. You might believe that they have been lost forever, but is this the real truth? The answer is a big fat NO! Formatting a memory card will wipe your data, but files are still on it until you replace it with new data. You should stop using your memory card immediately so it can be recovered.

Wondershare Data Recovery, or Wondershare Data Recovery for Mac is an easy-to-use and risk-free data recovery utility that helps you to unformat memory card. It enables you to Unformat almost all files from a formatted memory card, including photos, videos, audio files, and more. Memory card like SD card, MMC card, SDHC hard, etc are all fully supported.

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Part 2Unformat memory card in 3 Steps

Here is the process to recover lost data from formatted memory card by using Windows version of Wondershare Card Recovery. If you're a Mac user, please choose the Mac version, and follow the steps below.

Step 1. Select File Type to Recover Data from Formatted Memory Card

Connect the formatted memory card to your computer and launch Wondershare Card Recovery software. Select the type of file you want to recover from unformat memory card.

To retrieve the lost data from your formatted memory card, you can select th option of "Photo" and next.

select file type

Step 2. Scan Your Formatted Memory Card

The program will start to scan your memory card. Select your memory card which will be automatically detected, and listed by the Memory Card Recovery program.

To unformat memory card, please go to scan again with "Deep Scan” after the quick scan completed.

select location

Step 3. Preview the Recovered Files

The program will now show the user a preview of the files lost. Select/Mark the files that need to be recovered, click on ‘Recover’ to start the process

Note: Please do not save the recoverable files to your memory card after the recovery. It's better to keep them in your computer or another storage device to avoid recoverable data from being overwritten.

preview and recover lost files