Jun132011

How can I recover data from a broken microSD card?

daniel rodriguez asks:

I have a 1 GB microSD card that stopped working on my phone and it will not show up on any computer adapter I use. What can I do because I don’t want to lose the files I have in there.



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FIDELIS

June 14, 2011

Hello, chances are your memory card got corrupted. There have been question similar to that before. I would say you will probably need to see if you can recover the files. You could start by using Recuva:
http://www.piriform.com/recuva

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Sonny Bass

June 16, 2011

I have had good luck with gparted or disk utility in Mint, they have seen SD cards & usb drives that other programs could not recognize.I have recovered data, then reformat so that the drives were usable again. You can use a live Mint or Ubuntu CD or DVD. 

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Socrtwo

June 18, 2011

I have reviewed a bunch freeware for recovering data (in the test images actually) off memory cards here: http://www.s2services.com/cameraundeletefreeware.htm

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FIDELIS

June 18, 2011

Hello, chances are your memory card got corrupted. There have been question similar to that before. I would say you will probably need to see if you can recover the files. You could start by using Recuva:http://www.piriform.com/recuva

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Brandon Phillips

August 9, 2011

My card is not just corrupted, its somehow physically damaged. It doesn’t show up in GParted and it won’t mount at all. In dmesg, i get: 

    mmc0: error -110 whilst initialising SD card

I’ve read that I can crack open the case and resolder the contacts but then I wouldn’t be able to use the card after that because the case would be broken…
Am I completely screwed here?

Tina

Bericp,

it sounds pretty hopeless.

If you urgently need the data on your SD card, you can maybe have it recovered by a professional service. Which one you should turn to depends on the country you live in.

August 10, 2011
Marisse Aquino

my memory card is broken into 2 pcs . because i left it in my bag . i transfer all my files in my computer there for a while because my PC getting slower . can i retrieve all my files .. i can pay a all i can to retrive it .. it was so important to me …

February 8, 2012