[GUIDE] Using chkdsk to fix a corrupted SD card

[Denise Arsenault]

This was very helpful!! only thing left is the final question on my screen; Convert folder to file Y/N. and several other similar questions came up.
I selected N on all. seened to be ok.

 

[BenPxrry]

hi there,
I recently got off a skiing trip with my phone to find that when I got back all my photos were gone and it kept saying that my micro sd card had been removed unexpectedly. I have removed it and reinserted it continuously, cleaned the pins and everything else and it still cannot read. I'm trying to do your fabulous looking solution but when I insert my micro sd card with my sd card adapter, my laptop cannot detect my micro sd card. I need serious help as it holds all my data !!! :'(

 

[Marko Novak1]

THANK YOU!!!

 

[Guido Electron]

so helpful

 

[bobby_pagalan]

I tried the procedure but it says my desk is raw. When I inserted the micro SD immediately it direct me to reformat. Please help me resolve this issue. Thanks

 

[b3rkowitz]

It's March 2016 and I'm referring to your guide that was written over 2 years ago. You're a life saver, you know that? Thank you so much!

 

[saifsafe]

hi, I can't seem to be able to fix my SD card. I can't even format my SD, it's not on lock btw. I just want it to work again with or without the images/video but if possible please help me thank you.

 

[Theo1955]

hello, following your instructions with chkdsk the pc replies with that is file system is RAW, and that chkdsk doesn't support RAW files. Any suggestion would be very welcome???

 

[KeepItReal]

I have had success with a free program called PhotoRec. If you Google it, it is buried within the app Download called TestDisk (which can recover a pc/laptop hard drive). PhotoRec is best run on your PC as Administrator...it will run in a DOS window (or cmd.exe).

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[Calvin Harris1]

It's not working
after i did that nothing was happened
i did exactly like that but it's not working after using chkdsk g: /f it appear like that but , still show "SD card damaged in my phone"
PLEASE HELP :'( :'( :'(

 

[yehet suga]

when i put it on the adapter and inserted it, my computer doesnt read it and the folder didnt show up theres also no drive letter written pls help i need this sd card fast

 

[nospampp]

Dear friends,

I hope someone can help me here... Is there any hope to recover the files? They are very important, so i'll consider the option of professional recovery.
Any tips will be very much appreciated !

Computer and camera can't open the card. Running "CHKDSK G: /f" did 2 fast scans with 4000 lines, 3rd scan is taking very long...

 

[AdmiralSirJohn]

This is strange. I'm just trying to get the card working again. I don't care about the data.



Any ideas?

 

[Chitola]

I followed the process for checking my micro sd card and it found everything ok. But, when I try to open the photo file it asks me how do I want to open it. After trying several programs, no luck. I do not know how to unzipp files, do you have easy instructions for this? Not too savvy at computer stuff.

Thank you in advance,
Chintola

 

[fatal4way2]

I did everything that was originally posted and i got this error on my micro sd/sd card converter

 

[mynickycar]

Those are two different cards?

From a Carbon M8 and AC Forums app

What will i do after I'm done with that?

 

[Golfdriver97]

Another option is to right click on the drive and select Tools as I recall. Under that tab there is an option to repair the drive.

 

[Alpha Dog]

Used ZAR (Zero Assumption Recovery) to recover 56GB and 3000+ photos and videos from a corrupted SD card that no other program could. Chkdsk reported RAW format and could not fix card. ZAR runs on a Windows PC. Took around 7hr but worked a charm. Version that recovers media is free, version that recovers all files is around $69 and come with lifelong free updates.

 

[jerry salazar1]

Don't have a computer just my phone I'm disabled I have a memory card but I don't know what I'm doing

 

[thierry anm]

Files in the Lost.dir have no file format and can't open