Recover Data From Formatted Memory Card

At times, it might be possible that some devices are not able to detect or read the SD card. Therefore, one can try to connect the same SD memory card to some another device.

• First of all insert the corrupted SD card in a card reader & connect it with your computer.
• Then, click on the Start option from the desktop and click on the Computer option.
• After that, look for the your SD memory card in the Devices with Removable Storage and note the assigned drive letter.
• Next, again click on the Start option and in the search box type cmd.
• Then, right-click on the cmd and choose Run as administrator option.
• Here, a command window will open, you can repair damaged micro SD card.
• Then, enter "chkdsk" followed by the drive letter that you have noted earlier in the steps 3 and after that by a colon & /f.
• Next, hit the Enter key, the Chkdsk will start looking for any errors and try to fix corrupted memory card.
• Then, follow the message prompts and check the assigned drive letter to your SD memory card to make sure that the files are recovered or not.

First, connect the SD card with a card reader in the system. If system does not provide a new drive letter to the memory card, then it is not reading the card. However, in some cases, it might assign a drive letter, but still, displays a message i.e. "Please insert the disk into drive E:". It indicate that it is not reading. Therefore, to overcome this situation, it is advised to allot a new drive letter to this crashed SD Card via operating system settings.

If no file is read by the device, then it is possible that directory display the filenames, but unable to access the file. One can right-click on the drive letter and choose the Properties option. After that, if a user is able to view the total used space on the card and it display that space is almost free, then it means all files have been deleted or the directory has been removed. In this case, one is suggested to use inbuilt Sandisk solution that may recover all deleted files from memory card.

It might be possible that a user is unable to save the file due to some write protected mode. Therefore, it is suggested to unlock write protection mode on SD card and alter the file on the memory card. However, if a user is still not able to write on the card, then it might be possible that the files have lost or become inaccessible permanently.

To resolve such kind of issue, one needs to use a disk diagnostic software that works on memory card also. One can also get access back to the SD card by reformatting it because it will delete everything from the card. Thus, before formatting memory card, always make sure that you have copied all the data to some another storage device.

However, when it comes to camera or smartphone one is suggested to use an SD memory card recovery software. There are secure digital card repair tool available online that are capable enough to get the satisfied & accurate recovery results (one such tool is mentioned below). A user just needs to choose the best software for them to restore the missing, deleted & inaccessible files from the SD memory card.

Now, to reinstall the drivers of SD memory card, one needs to follow the steps given below:

• Click on Start and then right-click on My Computer or This PC option.
• Then, click on Manage option.
• After that, from the left side, click on Device Manager option.
• Now, from the display list double-click on Disk Drives option.
• After that, you need to right-click on the removable drive storage name.
• Then, you need to select and click on the Uninstall option and click on OK to proceed.
• Next, disconnect the storage media & restart the computer.
• At last, reconnect the memory card again and surely your computer will detect it.