Jul012012

How can I recover data from a corrupted memory card?

Gurlie Gurll asks:

I tried the command prompt trick, but it displays the message “chkdsk is not available for RAW drives.”

What should I do now? Please hep me!


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Dalsan

July 1, 2012

Windows is reading your card as improperly formatted, meaning that it is not in FAT32 format anymore.

You could try Panda Recovery or Piriform Recuva to try to get some files back from your memory card. If not, there is little chance for you to recover data yourself and may need professional services to recover data. These services cost hundreds of dollars to use, which is where you would need to weigh the benefits versus the cost. If you do a quick search here, you will find this type ofquestion to be one of the top asked for a few years.

unitex mac

If your card not formatted or improper format then your system can’t be access card data . May be possible your card infected by virus or your data card not support so first check supporting system and try to scan if your card can’t be access by any tricks then try to any professional demo version of digital media recovery tools. More detail you check this post : http://exchangeserver.tumblr.com/post/24191654414/digital-media-corruption-wont-be-able-to-ruin-your

December 6, 2012
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ha14

July 1, 2012

can you try the card on other windows or linux?

How to recover files when “Chkdsk is not available for FAT/NTFS RAW drives”?
http://www.easeus.com/data-recovery/format-recovery-software/chkdsk-not-available-raw-drive.htm

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Allen

July 5, 2012

Use Linux ddrescue or testdisk. Both are commandline.

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ghulam abbas

November 7, 2012

free memory card corrupted repair software

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Paul Pruitt

December 10, 2012

I did an analysis as to which freeware memory card recoverer would recover the most photos and work the fastest. The analysis is here: http://www.s2services.com/cameraundeletefreeware.htm