Question: Is it possible to format hard drive without losing data?
Users who might run into such question:
sd card used for a while but PC would ask users to format it or the card would report not formatted
- sd card
- external hard disk drive
- pen flash drive
- USB drive
- smartphone, cellphone, camera memory card
Why your device has not formatted error? It often happens when you get your media out of PC or MAC without safely removal them from PC. You may directly has removed your sd card from your PC or you shut your PC down without getting your removable card out of the slut…
Card not formatted Solution
When your memory card like sd card has such not formatted error, you should stop using it from taking more photos or videos. Get the card out of your camera or cellphone, use a card reader to get it connected with a PC.
Is the data important in your card? If yes, then you may need recovery tools to get them back. The importance of data recovery on sd card lies on data overwritten or not. That’s why we are telling you that you cannot take more photos and save them on your sd card.
Recommended data recovery software:
Here are some useful freeware that you may want to use for free photo recovery:
Recuva – the big name comes with the same vendor of CCleaner. It is easy to use but not much powerful to restore lost photos. It is free and you can try it freely.
Easeus Data Recovery Wizard – 1GB data recovery freeware. Good but has limit on saving lost data.
Format Card for Reuse
If you have already get your photos restored, you can use Disk Management to format your memory card or use card formatter to get them formatted for new use.
Related info that you may want to know:
http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/258011-32-format-hard-drive-losing-files