How to Repair Damaged Memory Cards
by Jasmine Carpenter, Demand Media
Like a bad vending
machine that takes your money without coughing up the product, a damaged
memory card can seemingly eat your data. In some cases, you may be able
to stick your hand down the card's proverbial throat and get it to
cough up data that you have saved on it. The first thing to do is test
the memory card using a USB memory card reader and your computer to see
if it will recognize the card. If your computer system doesn't recognize
the damaged memory card, use the Windows "chkdsk" program to repair it.
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Step 1Insert your
memory card into a USB memory card reader. Plug the data cable for the
USB adapter into a USB port on your computer. Windows automatically
recognizes the device and assigns a drive letter to it. Double-click on
the drive letter that Windows assigned to the device. If you can access
your data, the card is working.
Step 2Click the Windows
orb on your taskbar, if nothing happens or you receive an error message
when you double-click the card's drive letter. Type “run” (without the
quotes here and in subsequent commands) in the “Search programs and
files” text box. Click the "OK" button to open the Run pop-up box. Type
“cmd" in the text box and click on the "OK" button to bring up a command
prompt box. Type the "chkdsk" command and specify the drive letter to
check, followed by "/r." The resulting command will look like this
example: chkdsk e: /r. Press "Enter" to execute the command and check
the memory card for errors.
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Step 3Wait until the
"chkdsk" program finishes checking your memory card for structure
corruption. Press the letter “Y” on your keyboard to allow the program
to continue checking, until you recognize the files and directories that
you have saved on the memory card. When "chkdsk" is finished checking
the memory card, you're prompted to save lost chains into files. Click
the “Yes” option. In a few moments, "chkdsk" will display all of your
lost data files that have been repaired on your computer.
Step 4Switch to the
desktop and double-click on “Computer,” and then click on the drive
letter that Windows assigned to the memory card. All of the files that
were repaired will be visible, and you'll be able to access them again
on the memory card.
Step 5Remove the memory
card from the memory card adapter. Unplug the data cable to the memory
card adapter from the USB port on your computer. Insert the memory card
into the mobile device that you normally use to access the files on it.
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