Re: Damaged Sd card Error / Wont Mount - Fix??
hi there,
i am currently using a Samsung Galaxy S Duos GT-S7562
I SUDDENLY started facing this problem on way back home from a long beach tour with family and had hundreds of pictures on the SD card.
I DID FINALLY MANAGED TO GET BACK ALL THE PICTURES AND VIDEOS AND SONGS, BACKED UP CONTACTS...ALL OF IT...
what was mentioned by mukundrathod111 is what got me to a partial better stand.
i had put my SD card in another phone, that showed it on the computer as an drive that had no files but showed only 1.5 GB free out of the available 3.8GB.
I noted the drive alphabet and went into command prompt and executed chkdsk /X /F H: as explained by mukundrathod111, and when it was about to end, it asked me in terms of a Y or N something about CHAINED FILES or something....as i did not understand what it was, i though giving a YES would be a bad idea and thus pressed NO. and instantly ALL FILES WERE WIPED CLEAN !!!!
I WAS LIKE ****...WOULD DID I DO........!!!
BUT I DID NOT RUN A FORMAT OR PUT / PASTED NEW FILES THERE EITHER
then, my search changed tracks from a "damaged SD card' to "undelete files deletd by CHKDSK"....
this was my last resort....after reading i a hell lot of blogs and threads and posts, i understood that even after the chkdsk had cleared away the files, they were actually not deleted. the pointers, (for a IT-fathead like me, it translated to simple address plates in front of houses,) are deleted, the actual files remain till the time, next set of fresh files takes their place....SO PLEASE MAKE SURE THAT YOU DO NOT TRANSFER ANYTHING INTO THE CONCERNED SD CARD UNTILL OR FORMAT IT UNLESS YOU REALLY REALLY WANT TO LOOSE ALL THE DATA....
( these steps worked for me....as i am saying it now...one after the other....i have no clue or gaurantee that these steps will also work for you....please take your time....think over it...the corrupt data will not evaporate away if you consult more technical people, proper mobile maintenance shops, read around, ask knowledgeable people, etc )
now, as i come back to my point, after trying many undelete software, some simply stated that there were no files at all, some traced the files but asked for paid membership / registration, etc for the files to be SAVED not just listed...
the one that worked for me was Recuva.
it can be downloaded from the link -
Recuva - Undelete, Unerase, File and Disk Recovery - Free Download
and the complete recovery process with the SAVE feature is FREE for use......
download it, install it and locate the drive that is concerned SD card drive.....
let me tell you, it will take time, maybe 3,4,5 hours, but i got my file back after the same wait.....
there are different options to recover only one type of file, say only pictures, only music, only videos,or
"all files" ...
( here i had selected ONLY PICTURES at the first go as i was very concerned about the many trip pictures, and after it recovered me the pictures, i went for videos and then files...)
after maybe a couple of hours, the result was displayed (THUMBNAIL VIEW), with CHECK BOX for each file.
on the top left, there is an option for ADVANCED FEATURES....click it....
the same files are listed like a list, check the TOP MOST check box and mention A DIFFERENT LOCATION (DIFFERENT DRIVE IS BEST)....
hit RECOVER...
You should have the pictures recovered and saved in the destination drive/folder in a few minutes....
then you can re run the process for songs or documents, etc......
ALL THIS GOT MY "DAMAGED SD CARD PROBLEM SOLVED WITHOUT LOSING THE DATA"
i also had read that this problem is a SAMSUNG problem....
for caution, i now use EXTERNAL sd card for only songs....
files and pictures are saved on the phone memory....
i have apps to sync these to cloud accounts...(all free)...
files - GOOGLE DRIVE (5 GB) (needs a manual transfer to cloud)
pictures - DROPBOX (2 GB)..(sync automatically) signup at http://db.tt/yXHyyS2B
for DROPBOX, I periodically download the pics from the cloud to my computer, so i dont run out of cloud memory, and also from the phone....
yes, a bit HECTIC.....but at least i dont have to cry and think of rack my head on LIFE or DEATH situations over pictures of loved ones.... [BOX]
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i hope all this helps you.......
take care......
DONT PANIC
hi there,
i am currently using a Samsung Galaxy S Duos GT-S7562
I SUDDENLY started facing this problem on way back home from a long beach tour with family and had hundreds of pictures on the SD card.
I DID FINALLY MANAGED TO GET BACK ALL THE PICTURES AND VIDEOS AND SONGS, BACKED UP CONTACTS...ALL OF IT...
what was mentioned by mukundrathod111 is what got me to a partial better stand.
i had put my SD card in another phone, that showed it on the computer as an drive that had no files but showed only 1.5 GB free out of the available 3.8GB.
I noted the drive alphabet and went into command prompt and executed chkdsk /X /F H: as explained by mukundrathod111, and when it was about to end, it asked me in terms of a Y or N something about CHAINED FILES or something....as i did not understand what it was, i though giving a YES would be a bad idea and thus pressed NO. and instantly ALL FILES WERE WIPED CLEAN !!!!
I WAS LIKE ****...WOULD DID I DO........!!!
BUT I DID NOT RUN A FORMAT OR PUT / PASTED NEW FILES THERE EITHER
then, my search changed tracks from a "damaged SD card' to "undelete files deletd by CHKDSK"....
this was my last resort....after reading i a hell lot of blogs and threads and posts, i understood that even after the chkdsk had cleared away the files, they were actually not deleted. the pointers, (for a IT-fathead like me, it translated to simple address plates in front of houses,) are deleted, the actual files remain till the time, next set of fresh files takes their place....SO PLEASE MAKE SURE THAT YOU DO NOT TRANSFER ANYTHING INTO THE CONCERNED SD CARD UNTILL OR FORMAT IT UNLESS YOU REALLY REALLY WANT TO LOOSE ALL THE DATA....
( these steps worked for me....as i am saying it now...one after the other....i have no clue or gaurantee that these steps will also work for you....please take your time....think over it...the corrupt data will not evaporate away if you consult more technical people, proper mobile maintenance shops, read around, ask knowledgeable people, etc )
now, as i come back to my point, after trying many undelete software, some simply stated that there were no files at all, some traced the files but asked for paid membership / registration, etc for the files to be SAVED not just listed...
the one that worked for me was Recuva.
it can be downloaded from the link -
Recuva - Undelete, Unerase, File and Disk Recovery - Free Download
and the complete recovery process with the SAVE feature is FREE for use......
download it, install it and locate the drive that is concerned SD card drive.....
let me tell you, it will take time, maybe 3,4,5 hours, but i got my file back after the same wait.....
there are different options to recover only one type of file, say only pictures, only music, only videos,or
"all files" ...
( here i had selected ONLY PICTURES at the first go as i was very concerned about the many trip pictures, and after it recovered me the pictures, i went for videos and then files...)
after maybe a couple of hours, the result was displayed (THUMBNAIL VIEW), with CHECK BOX for each file.
on the top left, there is an option for ADVANCED FEATURES....click it....
the same files are listed like a list, check the TOP MOST check box and mention A DIFFERENT LOCATION (DIFFERENT DRIVE IS BEST)....
hit RECOVER...
You should have the pictures recovered and saved in the destination drive/folder in a few minutes....
then you can re run the process for songs or documents, etc......
ALL THIS GOT MY "DAMAGED SD CARD PROBLEM SOLVED WITHOUT LOSING THE DATA"
i also had read that this problem is a SAMSUNG problem....
for caution, i now use EXTERNAL sd card for only songs....
files and pictures are saved on the phone memory....
i have apps to sync these to cloud accounts...(all free)...
files - GOOGLE DRIVE (5 GB) (needs a manual transfer to cloud)
pictures - DROPBOX (2 GB)..(sync automatically) signup at http://db.tt/yXHyyS2B
for DROPBOX, I periodically download the pics from the cloud to my computer, so i dont run out of cloud memory, and also from the phone....
yes, a bit HECTIC.....but at least i dont have to cry and think of rack my head on LIFE or DEATH situations over pictures of loved ones.... [BOX]
[/BOX]i hope all this helps you.......
take care......
DONT PANIC
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