How to Fix Damaged SD Card and Recover Data from SD Card?
If the memory card is still unreadable, then know how to fix damaged SD card:
1: Connect the SD card to your computer
Connect the affected micro SD card to your computer and check whether the problem persists or not. Sometimes there are compatibility issues that may prevent the device to recognize the SD card. You can connect the SD card to your computer through a card reader. Also, you can join the corrupted SD card to another camera/ smartphone to check the issue.
2: Repair corrupt SD card using Command Prompt
Connect the corrupted SD card to your computer
go to “My Computer/This PC.”
under the “Devices and drives” section, locate the SD card and note its drive letter.
The chkdsk command scans the damaged SD card and checks for the issues and repairs the corrupt micro SD card. After the completion of the scanning process, connect the memory card to see if the “SD card is damaged”. Try reformatting it” issue has been resolved or not.
3.Assign a new drive letter
✓pen Disk Management
Look for the SD card
Right-click on the SD card
Select “Change Drive Letter and Paths”
After applying the changes, restart your system and connect the SD card again
4: Disable the SD card
After connecting the corrupt memory card to your computer
Go to “Device Manager”
Right-click on the SD card and select “Disable.”
Wait for a few minutes and then click “Enable.”
For the changes to take effect, you may have to restart your
5: Use a data recovery software for SD Card Recovery
To efficiently recover files from an SD card that is not damaged, you can use photo recovery software.
However, you can use the software if the memory SD card is accessible. And, the software will not work in case of physical damage to the SD card.
6: Go for SD Card data recovery services
In case of physical damage to the SD Card, you must seek the assistance of data recovery services. Data recovery services have built-in tools and a dedicated team to fix damaged SD card and safely recover lost, deleted, formatted data from SD Card.
Irrespective of the reason or complexity of the issue, Stellar Data Recovery can recover up to 100% of your critical data from SD cards, SDHC cards, SDXC cards with different “Speed Class”, Laptop hard drives, external hard drives, RAID server, etc.
To Conclude…
Also, Ensure that the memory card you’re using is compatible with your camera/smartphone and that you follow the appropriate insertion and ejection process. Data loss is unavoidable and following proper methods will fix damaged SD Card issues. Sometimes these methods fail to repair the corrupted SD card; you can then leverage Stellar SD card recovery services to assist you in the best possible way.
At last, Most importantly, to strike a balance between your device and the memory card, make sure that you select the right memory card!
Frequently Asked Questions
Ques: How to fix a damaged SD card without formatting it?
Ans: Do not format your SD Card if it is damaged because it can worsen the situation, and you might be lost your data. You can try with the methods mentioned above. But if in case it is not working to fix the problem, then you can try with the Stellar Photo Recovery software. But make sure that your SD Card is not physically damaged.
Ques: How to fix a corrupted SD card?
Ans: All contents stored on SD Card become inaccessible when the SD card becomes corrupted. If you are unable to open the images stored in the card; you may get some error like “File directory is corrupted”. In that case, you can fix the corrupt SD card issue by using the methods mentioned above.
Que: What do i do if my SD Card is not detected in my phone?
Ans: If your SD card is not showing in phone you can connect it to the PC. And check if the SD Card is showing or not. You can also check if it is detected in the Disk management. To check it you can refer the above mentioned solution.
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