The popularity of storage devices has grown manifold. As the world is moving towards the paperless era, the utility of storage devices like pen drives, hard disks, and SD cards has increased rapidly. We mostly rely on micro SD cards when it comes to storing data, media, documents and other important files in our mobile phones.
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SD card is amongst the most convenient and inexpensive mode of storage devices. However, with the conveniences, memory cards also bring along various concerns which can put our data at risk. They are prone to virus attacks and getting damaged easily which can cost your data to be lost or corrupted. Moreover, SD cards have a limited lifespan, so after a certain period of time, they are bound to get broken resulting in permanent data loss.
Here are some of the common symptoms that shows if your SD card is corrupted or damaged.
- SD card is showing zero storage while you have stored your files on it.
- Unable to access data stored on your SD card. It will show a message – ‘Your SD card is inaccessible.’
- When your device does not read your memory card.
- When you are able to view the files available on your memory card but unable to copy or share it.
- You are unable to save, copy, or delete anything in your memory card.
Are you facing any of the situations mentioned above? There might be less or no chance of recovering your lost data. The chances are least in the case of physical damages. However, these measures can be taken to recover or retrieve the lost data in case of logical damage. Try them to fix your corrupt SD card.
Fix 1: Insert SD card to another device
Firstly, try to connect your SD card with other devices to check compatibility issues. It is the easiest and the most convenient way to find if the SD card is faulty or your device has some fault.
Fix 2: Scan for viruses or format
In most cases, storage devices are infected with viruses which result in corruption of SD cards. What you do is to scan it for viruses and malware attack with updated antivirus software. The antivirus will scan the SD card and detect if there are any virus or malicious file.
Fix 3: Use -chkdsk- Command
If that doesn’t work, you can try this method to fix your corrupt SD card.
- Use a card reader to connect your affected memory card with your computer or laptop.
- After the memory card gets connected, open ‘My Computer’ or This PC’ and check the assigned drive alphabet assigned to the SD card. It should be G: in most cases.
- Open start menu and type cmd in the search box.
- Cmd will appear in the search result. Right-click cmd and choose ‘Run as Administrator’ option.
- Type “chkdsk” followed by drive letter, colon and /f and hit the enter button. This command will check for any errors in the SD card and try to fix it.
Fix 4: Format SD card
If you are unable to read or write files in your memory card, there are chances that your files have been lost or have become inaccessible. You can try formatting it to at least work properly for the future. To format your memory card, you can connect it to any device and select format option from the menu. It is a short process and will format your SD card to work fine.
Fix 5: Reinstall drivers
You can try reinstalling the driver to fix your SD card by following the steps provided below.
- Connect your SD card with your computer using a card reader.
- Right click on My computer or This PC icon and click on Manage option.
- Find and click on Device Manager in the left menu.
- Double-click Disk Drives option from the list. Select your SD card and right click on it. Select uninstall and click OK.
- Remove your SD card from the device and restart your computer.
- Connect your SD card again to check if it is working fine.
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