Repair,
Recover your Memory Cards and USB Flash Drives
SD and SDHC
compliance
If your computer's internal card reader
works with 2GB or lower SD cards but fails to read a 4GB or higher SDHC card,
then the computer's internal reader is not SDHC compliant.
If your
computer's card reader is not SDHC compatible, you have 3 options available:
1.
You can connect your camera (or other device) that works with SDHC to your
computer using a USB cable that came with the camera. You should be able to
transfer files to the computer this way.
2.
Check your computer brand/model if it can be capable to have an SDHC
application.
3.
You can buy inexpensive SDHC card readers that will connect to your computer's
USB port.
Can’t Transfer
a 4GB or larger file to a USB flash drive or memory card?
This is due to FAT32 limitation. Files
larger than 4GB can NOT be stored on a FAT32 volume. Formatting the flash drive
as exFAT or NTFS will resolve this issue.
WARNING:
Backup your data. Formatting will delete all the data in your device.
Format in exFAT
exFAT file system that allows a single file
larger than 4GB to be stored on the device. This file system is also compatible
with Mac.
Windows 7 and Mac OS 10.6.6 and higher are
compatible with exFAT out of the box. Older operating systems may need a patch
installed for exFAT compatibility.
1.
Double-click on My Computer.
2.
Right-click on the flash drive or memory card, then select Format.
3.
In the File System list, click exFAT.
4.
Click Start.
5.
Click OK to start formatting.
NOTE: exFAT file system is NOT compatible with some host devices
such as TV, game systems, older operating systems, car stereos etc.
Format in NTFS
Optimize
the flash drive for performance first:
1.
Plug in the device to the PC.
2.
Open the Computer Management Console
a) Windows 8
b) Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows 7
3.
On the Left side select Device Manager
4.
On the right side expand Disk Drives
5.
Right-click on the flash drive, then select Properties.
6.
Click the Policy tab.
7.
Select Optimize for performance,
then click OK.
Format the flash drive
1.
Double-click My Computer.
2.
Right-click on the flash drive, then select Format.
3.
In the File system list, click NTFS.
4.
Click Start.
5.
Click OK to start formatting.
Note:
- Formatting the device as NTFS will make it unwriteable on a Mac
computer. Most Mac computers can read NTFS, but not write.
- NTFS is a journaled file system, this creates more read/write
activities. Therefore, it MAY decrease life expectancy of your device.
- Once the device is formatted as NTFS, you MUST use "Safely
Remove Hardware" to remove your device.
How to
Partition a Memory Card or a USB Flash Drive
If your memory card or USB flash drive is
showing the file system is RAW this means the partition is
corrupt or missing. In order to format the card/USB drive you will first need
to create a new partition.
Create a new partition or logical drive
on a basic disk:
Open
the Computer Management Console and
on the left side select Disk Management
1.
In the Disk Management window,
complete one of the following procedures, and then continue:
- To create a new partition, right-click unallocated or RAW space on the basic
disk where you want to create the partition, and then click New Partition (Win XP) or New Simple Volume (Win Vista, 7 and 8).
2.
In the New Partition Wizard click Next
3.
For the partition or volume size use the default settings which will create a
single partition on the card/USB drive. Click Next
4.
Assign a drive letter for the card/USB drive (make sure to select a drive
letter not currently being used by another drive).
5.
Choose the file system in which you would like to format the card/USB drive. I
would recommend FAT32 or exFAT. Click Next
6.
Click Finish to complete
partitioning and formatting the drive
Remove Memory
Card Password with PC
First
Method:
1. First
of all download ES file explorer
from the store and open it.
2. Go
to System Folder and locate for a
file named mmcstore.
3. Then
send that file to your PC or laptop via data cable or via any other way.
4. Open
that file with notepad on your PC.
5. After
opening the file, you will able to see your password there.
6. Now
apply that password to open your locked memory card.
Second
Method:
If the above method is not working, then you
can follow this method. Follow this method when you only want to recover memory
card, because with this method we are going to format the memory card:
1. Insert
that locked the memory card to your phone.
2. Now
connect your phone to the PC via data cable.
3. Now
right click on the memory card drive and then select the format (it will not
ask for password).
4. After
formatting your memory card, your memory card will be unlocked.
Use this
method only when you don’t have any other choice, as this method will delete
all of your data.
[next]
Remove the
Write Protection of your USB Flash Drive: Not Corrupted nor Damaged
1.
Plug-in your USB Flash drive;
2.
Run cmd as Administrator;
3.
Type-in: diskpart Enter;
4.
Type-in: list disk Enter;
5.
Type-in: select disk 1 Enter. This
depends on what number is your FD shown on the list;
6.
Type-in: attribute disk clear readonly
Enter. Disk attributes cleared successfully will be shown.
Now you just removed Write Protected on
a non-corrupted and non-damaged Flash Drive.
Recover Your
Files from Corrupted Memory Cards or Flash Drives
1.
Open My Computer;
2.
Click on Removable Disk to highlight
it, then with the mouse arrow pointing on it press-hold Shift key and
right-click to pop-out a window. Choose Open
command window here;
3.
Type-in: cd\ Enter;
4.
Type-in: chkdsk /x /f H
If you’re lucky the shown
result will be The type of the file system is RAW. Btw, you can
change H if your removable dish shows a different drive letter.
5.
Now open your EaseUS Data Recovery
Wizard. If you still don’t have it, you can download it here:
6.
Choose Partition Recovery;
7.
Choose Mass Storage device;
8. Intelligent Searching window will
appear, wait until it is done;
9.
Click NEXT and Building directory will appear. Wait until it is done;
10.
Now you will see the files of your removable disk on the left. Click to check
the very first box, the one with the disk icon;
11.
Click NEXT and you will see Save files to: Path ______;
12. Now,
click anywhere on the vacant space of your desktop screen, then right-click.
Create a New folder and name it whatever you want;
13.
Now click on BACK button of EaseUS
window, then NEXT again.
14.
Scroll down and look on the name of your newly created folder, click on it and
notice the Path box J
15. Recovering will appear followed by Saving is complete.
Recover Your
Files from Newly Formatted Memory Cards or Flash Drives
Just
download and install: http://www.stellarinfo.com/digital-media-recovery.php
That’s it! Have a nice day!
Super Credit to: JEX ™ Aldeguer|Jex C. Aldeguer
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