How to Recover Files from SDHC Memory Card

"Is there any way to perform SDHC card recovery? I have an SDHC card and it’s full of family photos and videos. While transferring the data from the SDHC card to my computer, with some errors, it seems I've lost dozens of photos and videos. Please help me to recover deleted files from SDHC memory card on Mac or Windows PC."

SDHC stands for Secure Digital High Capacity, meaning it is equipped with a powerful capacity for protecting data security compared with the ordinary SD card. However, it doesn’t mean there is no error while using it, like SDHC card recovery not formatted errors, as well as the data losing risks while doing something wrong with it. Whenever you face the problem of losing data, you should learn how to do SDHC card recovery, recovering data from SDHC card. Here in the following, we’re going to explain the way to restore files from SDHC card. Let’s see how it works.

Prep Work Before Starting Recover SDHC Memory Card

1. Stopping using SDHC card after you find the data is lost or you realized it might cause some data loss. Any further using the SDHC card will result in risks of losing the data permanently. No matter what devices you’re using, including USB flash drive, hard drive, phones, CF card, SD card, and so on, all deleted or lost files are still on the device after any deletion, damage or corruption. All you need is to keep the security of these data, avoiding data overwritten. It’s better to get the SDHC card from your device, and using an e-card reader to connect it with the computer for doing the SDHC memory card recovery because the original device might cause further operation on the SDHC card
2. Download and install the SDHC card recovery software, preparing to get back the lost or deleted data from the SDHC card. You can’t do the recovery process manually by yourself since you can’t see it. Please remember the best SD card recovery software should be a desktop version, for the purpose of protecting your SDHC data from being overwritten.

How to Do SDHC Card Recovery under Windows PC/Mac

For prep work, it’s easy for you to do it. As for how to recover SDHC memory card, it might take you some time to choose the right software. Actually, it hasn’t had to be. You can free try iBeesoft Data Recovery, the most powerful and professional software to find almost all kinds of data from an SDHC card. Let’s see its main features:

How to Retrieve Files from SDHC Card

1. Download the SDHC card recovery software

Click the download button to get the .exe/.dmg installation file of the iBeesoft Data Recovery. Double-click it on your computer to install. It’s safe to install the software. It is virus-free. And then, you can easily and quickly recover deleted files from SD card on Mac or Windows now!

2. Connect SDHC Card with Computer

As i have mentioned you can use the e-card reader to connect SDHC card with your computer or just keep it in the original device with connecting the device with your computer. It’s up to you. Just make sure it appears on your computer.

3. Select File Types

Launch the software and select the file types to scan from the "go to setting". By default, all supported files are selected. You can keep it and jump to the next step or uncheck the unneeded file types. By unchecking the unneeded files, it will save your time for the whole scanning process.

4. Select SDHC Card to Scan

In the drive list, please select the one as your SDHC card to scan. It is a must step. Click "Scan" to start the SanDisk SDHC card recovery scanning.

5. Preview and Recover Deleted Files from SDHC Card

You can stop the scanning process if you see the files you’re looking for are found by the tool during the scanning process. My suggestion is waiting it stop the whole process. You’d never know whether it can find sometime unexpected for you. After the scanning process, preview the files you need and click "Recover" to save them on your computer.

By default the scanning mode you’re using is Quick Scan. It’s the quickest way to scan your SDHC card to look for deleted or lost data. You can wait for the deep scan to complete, it will scan more carefully for the files lost in SDHC card, even files with the property lost. You can save the results from the Deep Scan, filtering out the wanted files.