How to Fix Unreadable SD Card by Formatting
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Summary
SD card is an important tool for mobile devices, which is used in Android phones, digital cameras and tablet computers. Once it is damaged or unreadable, formatting is a useful solution.

Part 1: When SD Card can be Formatted
When you meet with these situations, try to format the SD card:
- SD card cannot be detected by smart phones, computers and digital cameras.
- SD card is attacked by virus.
- The file system of the SD card is damaged.
- The free space of the SD card is full.
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If you SD card in unreadable or damaged, try high-level formatting at first. It can shot most of trouble on SD card.
1. High-level formatting on Android Phone
② Go to [Storage] > [SD Card] > [Format]. Then all data will be erased. The details in different phones may not be completely the same with this case. Hope it is a good tip for you.

2. High-level formatting on PC

- NTFS is the default format in Windows OS;
- FAT32 fits the SD card at low capacity;
- exFAT fits the storage card over 64GB.
Choose [FAT32] or [exFAT] based on your needs. If it is not the first time to format the SD card, check [Quick Format].

Part 3: What is Low-level Formatting and How to Format at Low-level?
1. When SD card should be formatted at low-level?
- If the SD card fails to be formatted, you can try to reset the file data and the control information with low-level formatting.
- With regard to data safety, data should be erased clearly from the SD card.
2. How to format SD card at low-level
Note: this approach will irreversibly erase all data on the SD card. You MUST back up all important data on the card.
SD Formatter download link: https://www.sdcard.org/downloads/formatter/
Steps:


Part 4: Recover Damaged SD Card
Steps:
① Download and install Renee Undeleter.

Note: [Fast Scan] can save much more time while [Deep Scan] can go thoroughly the disk and take a longer time to scan. Select one mode depend on the capacity of your disk. Then, click [Next] to begin scanning.


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