How do I recover an unmountable SD card without losing data?

Question

How do I recover an unmountable SD card without losing data?

Answer 1

Never thought too much about that

Answer 2

To recover all types of deleted files you can download Wondershare Data Recovery -> http://bitly.com/1qaJYyq



Any time that a file is deleted on a hard drive, it is not erased. Instead, the information that points to the location of the file on the hard drive is erased. This pointer, along with other pointers for every folder and file on the hard drive, is saved in a section near the beginning of the hard drive and is used by the operating system to compile the directory tree structure. By erasing the pointer file, the actual file becomes invisible to the operating system. Eventually, the hard drive will write new data over the area where the old file is located. The data recovery utilities search for data on the hard drive that does not have corresponding pointer information and present you with a list of these files. Your chances of fully recovering a file diminish the longer you wait after you deleted the file since the probability that the file has been overwritten increases.

Answer 3

The file recovery software I like the most is Wondershare data recovery http://bit.ly/1qaHSi1. It saved my life. lol.

Check it out.

Cheers.

Answer 4

Try this data recovery program called Wondershare Data Recovery. It can recover lost, deleted, formatted files from PC, external hard drive, USB flash drive etc. Moreover, this program can also recover lost files due to virus attack. So I hope it can help with your brother's official data. You may get the program here and have a try,



http://www.disk-utilities.com/data-recovery/



A tip: before the data are recovered, please do not store more files to the disk in case previous data are overwritten.



Good luck and best regards

Answer 5

There is only a way to recover your data by formatting the card and then with the help of a good data recovery software you can retrieve all your data from the sd card, check Kernel for memory card recovery software which efficiently and instantly recover all type of data, either corrupted or formatted or deleted from memory card. If you wanna try then check the demo version of the software from http://www.memorycardrecovery.org and in demo version of software you can preview the data and then recover by saving.

Answer 6

Magnetic fields (unless they're nearly powerful enough to damage your body) won't harm an SD card (it's electronic, not magnetic), but they have limited lives. Once you exceed the life of the card (too many writes) the card just stops functioning. Nothing you can do but replace it. (And ponder why anyone would use that technology as the main storage in a computer - an SSD drive.)

Answer 7

First try cleaning the gold contacts on the card that you see when you turn it upside down. Use alcohol and a swab.



Next, you can't reformat the card if the computer fails to recognize it. Are you sure it's not being recognized, or that it does not show any files when you browse through the card? If the card does not appear at all, your last chance is to try a camera/photo store like Dodd Camera. They may be able to perform data recovery.

Answer 8

If it is unmountable, you have already lost all the data. It often also means the card is destroyed. They can suffer total failure fro magnetic fields (speakers etc) wireless signals(wifi, phones), dampness, impact,and static (poor handling) as well as physical damage from connecting and removing them. Very unreliable.

Answer 9

People often feel panic when I see this. If I format the drive, will I lose all my data? If not, how could I get access to my files?



My take is that you may have to format the card and then use recovery software to recover your files.



Here's some information about file recovery, think you need to take a look, very useful

http://www.asoftech.com/apr/