Easily Repair Corrupted/Damaged SanDisk Memory Card
updated on 2020-09-16 to Removable Device Data Recovery
Despite the fact that these days, phone built-in memory sticks carry a lot more gigabytes to their name, a memory card still has its place in the hearts of the users. A memory card provides the advantage of the protection of data in case the smartphone stops working. It can also be removed and inserted in different devices as per the requirement. But like other digital stuff, a memory card can also be prone to different kinds of problems such as physical damage or corrupted functioning. So, in this article, we will try to cover as many guided solutions as possible to help you recover corrupted or damaged SanDisk memory card or any other branded card for that matter.
What does a Damaged or Corrupted memory card mean?
These conditions/terms are both synonymous and antonymous to each other. How? Well, the damage to a memory card might be physical such as the breakage of the card, etc. But in this scenario, it has nothing to do with the term ‘corrupted’ as it renders it near impossible to repair a physically damaged memory card. Conversely, the Damage can also mean that your external card is damaged due to some malware or corrupted function. Hence, there exists a solution to the internal damage of the card but not so much for a physically damaged one.
Maybe you are not paying attention to the real problem
Yes, there are chances that your memory card is not corrupted or damaged at all. Instead, it can be the device i.e. phone, card reader, etc. resulting in the disappearance of the data from your card. Hence, to check that, insert your memory card in some other device and see if the data shows up or not.
Did you check for the write-protection?
If your memory card is unable to give access to the entry (copying and pasting) of new data, or cannot delete the old data, then chances are that your card is write-protected. If you are sure that write-protection is not the issue, then other methods can still be used to repair corrupted or damaged SanDisk memory cards or other branded cards.
A simple format may solve the problem
If your card is behaving weird and is not showing the data, then it is possible that the card is corrupted. One simple way to solve this problem could be to perform a quick or full format on the card. The memory card can be formatted both using a phone or a laptop. If the simple format gives back the access to the card, then that must be sufficient for the time being. But if the problem seems to be complex, then one can try other methods (given later in this article) instead of losing hope and giving in.
Note: Before you perform or try this method, bear in mind that you will lose all the data from your corrupted card. Hence, if you do not want to lose your data, then try using different 3rd party software for recovery of your data first and then, perform the format. The 3rd party methods are also summarized in this article ahead.
Perhaps your Memory Card and Partitions are in Conflict
Another thing, that you can check before you move on with the 3rd party apps is to check the name letter of your memory card. You may think that ‘Why is there a need for this?’ This is for those consumers who have done partition/s of the memory card. If the partition shares the same name letter with the memory card itself, then it may result in the disappearance of the memory card. Hence, if this seems to be the problem, then try to change the name letter of your external card. If this works, then well and good otherwise please follow the rest of the guidance.
Don’t Lose hope yet... You can still try 3rd Party Apps If none of the above steps seem to work for you, then the last but not the least thing that you can try is a 3rd party tool. These tools claim to provide assistance with damaged or corrupted memory cards and help you get back your data. Let us discuss these tools.
Magoshare Data Recovery
Magoshare Data Recovery tool that assures its users the recovery of their lost data from SanDisk or other branded memory cards. It insists that it can recover lost stuff such as documents, emails, multimedia items, etc. from a SanDisk memory card and is fully compatible with it.
To use it, first, download and install this software and run it. Make sure that the affected memory card is connected with your computer. Choose the types of files that you want to recover and hit the ‘Start’ button. After that, select your memory card from the list and click on the ‘Scan’ button to start the search. Once the data is found, click on the ‘Recover’ button and save it on your computer.
Do Your Data Recovery
This is another software that can help you recover the data from your corrupted SanDisk or other branded memory cards. Its working is also quite simple: Once installed, choose the location. In this case, it will be your memory card volume or drive. Select it and click on the ‘Scan’ to start the recovery process. After the scan is done, select the files that you want to recover and click on the ‘Recover button and then save your data.
Three steps to recover lost data from corrupted SanDisk memory card
Magoshare Data Recovery is a powerful, safe and easy-to-use data recovery program. It can help you recover deleted files from SanDisk memory card, and recover data from formatted, corrupted or damaged SanDisk memory card. Just download it here:
Then follow the steps below to recover lost data from SanDisk memory card which gets corrupted or damaged.
Step 1. Insert the corrupted SanDisk memory card to your computer.
First of all, connect the corrupted SanDisk memory card to your computer via card reader or USB cable. Then run Magoshare Data Recovery on your computer and select the SanDisk memory card to start data recovery.
Step 2. Scan the corrupted SanDisk memory card.
Just click on Scan button to scan the corrupted SanDisk memory card. Magoshare Data Recovery is able to find all existing files, deleted files and lost files from the corrupted SanDisk memory card.
Step 3. Recover lost data from corrupted SanDisk memory card.
Once the scan is completed, you can preview all recoverable files. Then select the wanted files and save them.
Repair corrupted or damaged SanDisk memory card with AweEraser
AweEraser is a powerful data erasure program. It offers disk repair tool to help you fix logical errors on corrupted SanDisk memory card.
You also can use AweEraser to format/wipe your corrupted SanDisk memory card to fix all errors.
Conclusion/Final Remarks
To conclude, we would like to ask the consumers of memory cards to take some precautions so that events of damage can be avoided. The user can ensure that his/her memory card is not taking any physical abuse such as mishandling (some users actually don’t care about this fact until their data becomes no longer accessible). Also, try to keep a backup of the data from your memory card so that in an emergency situation, you can get back your precious data without having to go through all the above steps.
In this article, we tried to cover the content to help the users repair corrupted or damaged SanDisk memory card or other branded card. We hope that it will help the readers in some way.
