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Corrupted SD card recovery: 7 effective ways to recover inaccessible files

Among various SD card issues, files corruption from SD card is the most common and annoying one. Due to this issue, you are unable to access your photos, videos, music files, documents etc.

If you don’t have enough knowledge then it is the tough task to fix this issue. SD card can be corrupted due to virus attack or system crashing or abrupt power loss. There are various other reasons but these are the most common one.

Today, in this blog, I am going to tell you about the SD card file corruption and try to help you understand the best methods to recover files from corrupted SD card.

How to fix/ repair corrupted SD card

In the below section of this blog, learn how to repair it and recover inaccessible file from corrupted SD card.

Method #1: Change the drive letter of the SD card

Sometimes the system is not able to allot drive letters (like C, D, E) to the storage media. Due to this the files in it is inaccessible. To fix corrupted SD card and after repairing it rescue files from corrupted SD card, assign the drive letter to the device.

Follow the given steps:

·         Connect the SD card to the PC/ laptop.

·         Right click on My Computer/This PC. Tap Manage from drop-down menu.

·         Press Disk Management on left side and wait for few seconds so that the Windows can load Virtual disk service.

·         Right-click on the storage media and tap Change Drive Letter and Paths.

·         Press the drive letter and tap Change.

·         Choose the drive letter in the drop-down list. Press Ok.

Method #2: Repair corrupted SD card using CMD Command

In this process, you have to type some CMD commands, and then Windows will forcefully format the corrupted SD card/ pen drive

·         Connect corrupted SD card/ mini SD card to the computer.

·         Go to the Window and search command prompt in the search box and click on it.

·         Click Command Prompt (Admin). A CMD window will open.

·         Type diskpart and hit Enter.

·         Enter list disk and hit Enter. List of all storage devices connected to the PC/ laptop will be displayed.

·         Enter select disk <the number of your disk> and hit Enter. (For Example: select disk 1). Note: Be sure to enter the correct number. Otherwise, you can format the internal hard drive. Type list disk again to see whether you are on the right path or not. You will see a star (asterisk symbol) before the name of chosen disk.

·         Type clean and hit Enter.

·         Type create partition primary and tap Enter.

·         Type active.

·         Type select partition 1.

·         Type format fs=fat32 and hit Enter. The format process will take a few minutes to finish. You may write NTFS in the place of fat32 if you wish to carry files bigger than 4 gigabytes. Do not close the CMD until the work is completed.

Method #3: Reinstall the drivers

Follow the given steps to reinstall the driver:

·         Right click on My Computer/ This PC. Press Manage.

·         Click Device Manager on left side of the screen.

·         Double-Click on the Disk Drives in the list. Right-click on name of the SD card.

·         Tap Uninstall. Click Ok.

·         Disconnect the storage media and restart the system.

·         Connect the SD card again. PC/ laptop will detect it.

Method #4: Repair corrupted SD card/ memory card using Windows Explorer

This is the most common procedure to repair connected storage media to the system.

·         Go to My Computer or This PC.

·         Select the corrupted SD card and Right-click on it.

·         Press Format from drop-down menu.

·         Press Restore Device Defaults in popup window.

·         Press Window key to start the format process. You can remove the Quick format option if you want to deep scan the SD card for errors but this will take some time. So, uncheck it if you are not succeeded in the first attempt.

·         Press Ok in the next dialog box which will caution you about the data lost. The format process will be finish in a few moments, and you can have the error-free SD card/ micro SD card.

Method #5: SD card/memory card/ micro SD card repair by excluding bad sectors

·         Connect the SD card to the computer. Windows can automatically show a message “Do you want to scan and fix Removable Disk (F:)”.

·         You can perform the repair procedure by opening My Computer or This PC.

·         Right Click on the SD card and click on Properties.

·         Click on the Tools tab on the upper side of the properties window.

·         Here, you’ll able to see Error-Checking utility. Press Check Now and the disk checking process will start.

Note: Do not forget to close all applications accessing the SD card.

·         This error checking procedure will take some time to finish and will notify you whether any errors exist in the SD card or not. It is possible that the SD card don’t have any errors. You can still carry on with the repair procedure if SD card is not working correctly.

·         If disk checking utility discover any type of errors on SD card/memory card, it will give you two choices. Schedule on next restart or Restart. Select Restart if you wish to start the repair procedure immediately, else, select the other one. Do not operate or turn off the system while the repair procedure is in the progress.

Method #6: Try to use SD card/ micro SD card in another system

It may happen that the issue is in your PC, due to this reason the files are inaccessible from SD card. Connect the SD card/ micro SD card from other devices and probably you can able to access the files stored it. In this way, you can retrieve files from corrupted SD card/ micro SD card.

Method #7: Try another USB port

In some cases, the USB port you are using can be damaged or some software issues are there. In this case, connect the SD card/ micro SD card to another USB port it may able to recognize the SD card. After doing this, you might be able to get back inaccessible files from SD card.

Best Way To Restore Lost Data From Memory Card After Fixing Corruption Issue

 Automatic Solution: SD Card Recovery Tool

Even after trying all the above given methods you are unable to access your SD card then I will strongly recommend you to use third-party tool i.e. SD Card Recovery Tool for Windows/ Mac which will help you to retrieve all the lost or deleted data from corrupted SD card. This is one of the best tools to restore deleted, formatted, corrupted, missing and inaccessible videos, photos and audios from any digital media devices.

It can easily rescue any type of data deletion from any storage media and supports all types of memory card which include SD card, CF card, XD card, etc. It thoroughly scans the entire storage device as it has powerful scanning technique which can solve Corrupt SD Card Data recovery and gets back all the missing files.

Conclusion

I have tried my best to provide you the best and effective methods to help you recover files from corrupted Sd card. Even if you don’t have enough technical knowledge you can use this third-party tool to recover the inaccessible file from it easily without any need of technician.

I hope above given method helped you in fixing the issue. Check out all the given methods one by one to see which one is helpful for you.