How to Recover Photos, Videos, and Files from Damaged/Cracked Micro SD Card

How to Recover Data from Damaged/Cracked Micro SD Card

Jan. 28, 2016 11:27 am / Posted by Bobby Hills to Card Tips
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Micro SD card can be the most commonly used storage device in people's daily life. We used it to store photos, videos and other files in our mobile phone, digital camera, pad etc. almost everywhere we can use it. However, this small card is susceptible to any damages such as improper reformatting, virus attack, careless bending, foot crushing and dropping heavily. The problem is how to repair and recover data from damaged Micro SD card if you unfortunately broke your Micro SD card?

Solution 1: Recover Data from Physically Damaged (Cracked) Micro SD Card

"I have a MicroSD card of Kingston make. It has cracked crosswise; please help me to recover the data on it. It's very important and personal memories of mine."

The worst thing is that you heavily physically damaged your Micro SD card. Your computer won't recognize your damaged SD card, let alone access the data on it. The only way to repair and recover data from physically damaged Micro SD is take it to some professional data recovery service centre to fix it.

Solution 2: Recover Data from Damaged Micro SD Card with Card Data Recovery

"I have a 32GB Micro SD card with lots of pictures and documents. I suddenly can't access the data on it but my computer still can recognize the card. Please give me a solution to restore files from the damaged SD card."

If your damaged SD card still can be recognized by computer but can't read data on it, a professional Card Data Recovery can easily access the unreadable data on your damaged Micro SD card. Remember stop using your SD card and preserve it from any further damages.

Free download and install Card Data Recovery on your Computer. Connect your SD card to the computer via a card reader.

Free Download Card Data Recovery:

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Run Card Data Recovery after installing and click "Start" on the button of the interface.
Select your card as the target drive and choose the file type you want to recover. And click "Scan". There are 2 modes: Standard Mode and Advanced Mode. By default, Standard Mode is selected.
Preview your lost files after scanning. View the files and choose those you want to recover. Then click "Recover" to save the recovered files. Remember don't save them on the Micro SD card your lost files to avoid any data overwriting.