Wednesday, 24 September 2014

FIX CORRUPTED SD CARD

 go to the start menu on the bottom left of your computer screen
Click on that and there will be a search bar. Type in the word "cmd" and hit enter
You should see something named "cmd. exe" under a list of programs
Right click that and hit "Run as Administrator" as is shown below.
[GUIDE] Using chkdsk to fix a corrupted SD card-admin.jpg

This will open a command windows that will allow you to do a plethora of things, but most importantly, fix our SD card 
The window will look something like this:

[GUIDE] Using chkdsk to fix a corrupted SD card-cmd.png
Now before you insert the SD card, make sure the card isn't write protected as this will prevent the program from having access to the card.
(This is only if you are using an SD card adapter for your micro SD. If your desktop/laptop have a microSD slot, you do not need to do this)

look at your SD card, on the side there will be a "switch." Make sure it is as far up as it can go (The letters on the card should be readable, not upside down)
Once you have checked for this, you can insert the card into your PC's card slot
Doing this will open a window on your PC, showing the name of the card and asking if you want to open it or transfer any files to and from the card. Close out of the window
Now go back to the start menu and open "My Computer." There will be a list labeled "Devices with removable storage" under which you will find your SD card and the drive letter. You'll need the letter for when we use the chkdsk command.

[GUIDE] Using chkdsk to fix a corrupted SD card-rd-h.jpg

In my case, the SD card has the driver letter "H:" 
Your letter may be different, so make sure that you type in your specific one.

Now you will go back to the command window and type in "chkdsk" then your card's drive letter, followed by a colon and /f
It should now look something like this:
[GUIDE] Using chkdsk to fix a corrupted SD card-untitled.png

After this is typed in, hit enter and wait for the program to go to work and find then fix any corruption on the card. This can take a few minutes, depending on the amount of corruption and on the storage size of the card
When it is done, you should see this in your command window:
[GUIDE] Using chkdsk to fix a corrupted SD card-chkdsk.png

Cards with corrupted data will get any recovered data stored in the directory lost.dir in the SD card's list of folders
Now we're all done ..:)