Here is how to repair and/or fix a corrupt SD Card How to Preserve your important and precious data from being corrupted and recover from accidental deletions SD cards are great as they are small in size, lightweight and versatile (you can store any type of data on them). But what happens when a SD card on which you stored your important files, becomes inaccessible or corrupt and what about a SD card whose entire data got wiped out for no apparent reason. We all face such kind of situation when our smartphone/PC/laptop throws up a message that it can’t access the SD card. Such situations are scary as we don’t have any access to the important files stored on the SD card.
At least for those who store important files/videos/images in their memory card). However, almost every problem has a solution. There are solutions to each of the specific data loss case. Most common of them are provided below. I just can’t access my SD card This is one the most common issue that readers complain about. Maybe this is a problem with other hardware that is your computer’s USB port or the card reader you’re using.
Try connecting your card reader on a different port of the same computer or do it with a different computer. Also, you can try using a different card reader. The Computer Shows my card name but not the content If in case the content of the card is not being shown, you can try this: 1.
Dec 15, 2004 - As a result Reason won't recognize the Factory Sound Bank Refill nor any ReFills containing REX files, hence a 'Bad Format' error message appears whenever Reason attempts to target the Factory SB ReFill. Inserting the Factory SB disk, upon request, doesn't solve the problem. The Rex Shared Library. It says well when i open it up just says Bad format the program could not be open becouse of a Bad format.so i open the new manual and it reads this files appears to.
Open the search bar and type “cmd”. Click on “Command Prompt” or “cmd.exe” 3. Type in “chkdsk /X /f sd card letter:” or “chkdsk sd card letter: /f “, for example,”chkdsk /X /f G:” or “chkdsk H: /f”. Windows will check and fix the file system of the SD card.
It will take a few minutes. If you see a message saying “Windows has made corrections to the file system” in the command window, then you’re done. Otherwise, you will have to use some third-party data recovery software. Formatting the SD card If the data contained on your card is not very useful or important, you can format the card to wipe all the bloating stuff. To format your card, follow these steps: 1. Locate your SD card on your computer.( Usually its the last drive letter in “My Computer”) 2 Right click on its drive letter. Select Format.
Select “Start”. If you encounter any problem, retry with “Quick Format” box unchecked. Using a data recovery software The best way to get back all your important data will be to use a decent data recovery software. There are numerous software available.
Some of them, which are considered to be “best-in-class” are listed. (Experts recommend it as it is economic and does the job well) 2. (Voted as best commercial data recovery software in 2016) 3. These methods will help you get back your invaluable data back.
Be sure to copy your data to a new SD card as soon as you recover your data as the problem you began with may trouble you again. You can get that back or at least there is a considerable chance of recovery. Have you tried any of Photo Recovery Software? It is available vastly online and you simply have to download, install and run the software after connecting your SD card to a PC/Mac. Try out and let me know the results If you ask me about some good and reliable one, I can recommend Stellar Phoenix Photo Recovery (considered as the best one) 7-data Photo Recovery Software (equally competitive) Jihosoft Photo Recovery (Can be a bit relaxing on your Pocket).
Flash memory is considered insulated from jerks and related damage. However, these USB pen drive do get corrupt as I noticed. I use a top branded USb pen drive and am using it for the last 6 months and it worked very well. (Never rely on cheap unbranded usb drives – you never know when your data is lost) So of late, when I started to open my powerpoint presentations, they would not open.
Some error had occurred during transfer or storage as the main file from which it was transferred worked well. So the problem was in a data storage as the transfer was smooth. Fix USB Flash Drives An important precaution is not to remove the pen drive while the data is being transferred. Always remove the pen drive after stopping it. Go to ‘Safely remove hardware’ (green arrow icon art bottom right corner). Stop the usb mass storage drive and when it says it is safe to remove it, then remove it.
Always check by opening your important files before that important presentation. If it does not open now, probably it will not open there also. If it works now, it should work there also.
If for some reason your file does not work. Transfer another copy of the file with a renamed version – it may work. If you delete the file and retransfer the same file with the same name and size, it probably gets written to the same area and will not work. A different name with a different size gets written to another area and can work.
Its better to transfers 2 copies of your file anyway. If you want the presentation to work on older computers (like Windows 98), do not forget to take the drivers CD which will allow such computers to recognize your plug and play usb drive. Always keep this invaluable CD handy, you never know when you encounter an older computer. I also keep a copy of the Wind 98 driver on the USB drive, can become useful one day.
Flash drive data still getting corrupted After going to My Computer, Right click the Removable drive, Go to Properties Tools. Run Error Checking and Scan for errors and fix them. The files that are corrupt or in bad sectors already will not work but at least the new transferred files should work. Format USB drive. Remember formatting flash drives will delete all the data from your USB drive and make it fresh and hopefully remove all errors. The software for formatting comes on the CD or available on support sites for your branded usb drive on the net. For some reason, when I ran this formatting software, it would say the USB drive is not connected.
How did I format my flash drive? Right click removable drive and select and format the drive. Then scan and fixes all errors. In the File System drop down, you will see FAT and FAT32. So which one to select? If you right click Removable Drive Properties The General Properties of the USB drive reveals it is FAT, so I use FAT in the format utility. Then just select “ Quick Format” and “Start” and all data will be deleted and hopefully all errors are now gone.
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If still none of these tips work – Get hold of the warranty and get it fixed from customer support. If all fails. Its time to buy a new high memory storage USB drive!
WARNIN: Please try this at your own risk. Y ou may land up deleting all data or making your drive unusable. Seek professional help if needed.