Repairing an SD card - what are your chances

If your SD card is no longer recognized, this is not yet a reason to panic. There are various reasons why the device does not recognize the card. In many cases, the error can be fixed with a little effort and the card will be operational again afterwards.

Repairing an SD card: Locating the Fault

When it comes to storage devices, there are some circumstances that make the card appear to be defective. In these cases, however, usually only a trivial error has occurred.

1. Before you put the SD card into the device again, check the card itself. On the housing there may be a small switch through which you can activate and deactivate the write protection. Many devices require rights to write to recognize a card.
2. In addition, you should wipe the contacts of the card with a slightly damp cloth to remove possible dirt.
3. For cleaning, you can also use contact spray, if the contamination is too strong.
4. Insert the card into another device and check whether it works there. If so, the defect is not with the SD card.
5. If no external error is responsible for the problems, try to repair the SD card on the PC. To do this, open the command prompt as an administrator and run the command "chkdsk "drive letter of the SD card":/f".

Repair SD card - does a recovery work?

To recover corrupt or deleted data on the SD card , you need appropriate software.For example, download the program "Easeus Data Recovery Wizard" to automatically check the card for errors and then fix them.If you do not lose important data, you can also buy a new card.