MicroSD recovery is a very popular topic in our time, because flash drives break very often, and you don’t want to lose information from them.

Therefore, many people are looking on the Internet for information on the easiest way to get information from a medium that does not work.

Moreover, the problems can be very different - someone's flash drive simply cannot be restored, someone has errors, and so on.

And the answer to the above question is very simple - there is a special program for recovering MicroSD, and far from one.

The user only needs to use the most suitable of them.

MicroSD recovery software

CardRecovery

This program does an excellent job of recovering photos, video and audio content from storage media.

Unfortunately, it does not restore regular files, therefore it is intended only for those flash drives that are used in mobile phones, cameras and players.

How to use CardRecovery:

1. Download the program from this link. Run it, read the greeting and click Next.
2. We select the flash drive in the Drive letter section, the device type in the “Camera Brand and File type” section (check the boxes next to the types of files that will be restored there) and the folder where the recovered files will be saved in the Destination Folder section. Click Next.
3. We are waiting for the end of the recovery process. Click Next.
4. We see a list of recovered files. Check the boxes next to the ones you want to keep. Click Next for the last time. The process is over.

PC Inspector Smart Recovery

This is already a much more functional program that recovers almost all types of files available today.

It works for both fixed hard drives and removable media. To use it, you must do the following:

1. Download the program from this link. Open it.
2. In the start window, select the "Restore logical files" item. You may need to click on the tab with the green up arrow on the left.
3. Next, you need to select the desired drive on one of the tabs (it can also be among logical drives). Click on the checkbox on the right.

Hint: You can find out the letter and name of the flash drive in Windows in “My Computer” (“Computer”, “This Computer”, depending on the OS).

1. Select a start and end sector. You need to do this so that the scan size matches the size of the media. Click on the checkbox on the left.
2. Next we will see a list of all files. Green indicates those that can be restored, and yellow indicates those that do not require restoration. After that, you need to click on the floppy disk icon on the left.

R-studio

On the official website they write that today it is the most “comprehensive” file recovery software.

Users do not resist this conclusion. To recover data using R-Studio, do the following:

1. Download the program (here is the link) and run it.
2. In the Drivers section, click on the media from which the data will be restored. The Properties section will display its properties.
3. Further, the folders will be displayed in the Folders section, and the files in this folder will be displayed in the Contents section. To restore them, you need to click on the Recover button on the top panel of the program window.

Easy Recovery

Many experts say that this is indeed good program to restore files. There is only one way to check this:

1. Download free version programs from this link and run it.
2. In the start window, click "Continue". In the next select "Memory cards".
3. Click "Continue" again. Select "Data Recovery" and check the box next to the file system of this media at the bottom.
4. Click "Continue" again. Wait for the end of scanning of deleted files and a window with a report on the list of deleted files and folders. On each, you can right-click and select "Save As ...".

Flash Memory Toolkit

This is a very versatile program.

In addition to recovery, it can also perform the functions of testing, destruction confidential information, backup and get detailed information about the device.

To recover data, you just need to select the flash drive in the Device section, click on the File Recovery item in the menu on the left and follow all the instructions of the program.

Clue: All of the above programs can be downloaded for free on the non-commercial resource flashboot.ru.

Read our other articles about flash drive repair:

Sometimes the recovery of a MicroSD flash drive using the above programs does not go as smoothly as you would like - some problems may arise.

Consider the most common of them.

Problems with microSD recovery

MicroSD not detected

It happens that you need to restore the MicroSD card, but the computer - tritely - does not see it.

Interestingly, this usually happens completely unexpectedly and without visible reasons: the user inserts the card again, and suddenly the computer stops seeing it (it used to insert it, and everything was fine).

In this case, there are three options:

1. 1. The letter of the disk name matches the letter of the already connected disk. Indeed, it is possible that some kind of storage medium is already connected to the computer, and for some reason the flash drive is indicated by the same letter when connected. In this case, you need to open the standard Disk Management utility (Win + R and enter "diskmgmt.msc"), select the flash drive there, right-click on it and select "Change drive letter or drive path." After that, it remains to specify some other letter of the Latin alphabet and save the changes.

1. 1. Lack of drivers. In some cases, both the old tested computer and the new computer with a freshly installed operating system may not have drivers for some media. There is only one way out - download and install them. The best thing to do is to search on the official website. You can use the program. You can download it from . It independently determines which devices are connected to the computer and whether there are driver updates for them. It is convenient that the program itself will determine whether the drivers for the flash drive are installed. If this is not the case, they will be installed in bulk, along with everyone else. To do this, the user just needs to click on the "Drivers" tab on the left and click on the "Install automatically" button.

1. You can also try connecting the memory card to another device. This will give you a chance to read required files and use the recovery program. For example, you can insert a MicroSD into your phone and restore not the card itself, but the entire phone as a carrier.

Read other GeekNose materials about data recovery from disks:

Another common problem is that the computer sees the flash drive, but does not see the files themselves on the flash drive.

The computer "does not see" microSD files

This means that the flash drive itself is detected by the computer, but some files (or even all) are not on it.

The user may immediately think that the problem is in the card itself and it needs to be restored. But things can be much simpler.

The solution to such a problem is to scan the computer for viruses, in particular, Trojans, and remove them.

Indeed, the "trojan" can make files hidden. Therefore, feel free to turn on and use your antivirus before lamenting about lost data.

It is worth saying that in some cases, the MicroSD recovery process may differ depending on the device manufacturer.

MicroSD recovery from different manufacturers

Recovery MicroSD Transcend

Transcend's own file recovery software exists for MicroSD cards. It's called RecoveRx.

This program takes into account the individual characteristics of the cards of this manufacturer and is able to perform its functions much better than all of the above programs.

In addition to recovery, RecoveRx can format the card and put a password on it.

To perform a restore, you must do the following:

1. Download and run the program (here is the link). Select Recover from the top menu. In the program window, select Transcend (it may differ depending on the name of the card, by default it is as shown here).
2. Select file types.
3. Wait for the process to finish and see the list of files available for saving. Save the ones you want using the drop-down menu (the one that appears after right-clicking on a file).

Recovery MicroSD Kingston

The problem with flash drives from this manufacturer is that they mainly use Phison controllers.

And this means that the user will have to resort to low-level recovery.

Other methods may simply not work. In short, the process is as follows:

1. 1. Determine the Vendor ID and Product ID parameters so that you can then use them to find the desired utility. This can be done using the USBDeview program (link). Open the program and find the desired card in the list. Click on it with the right mouse button and select the item "Html-report: selected elements". We scroll the window that appears until we see the Vendor ID and Product ID.

1. We go to the site flashboot.ru/iflash/ and enter the necessary parameters in the appropriate fields. As a result, we will see a list of all cases where there were problems with this model. And on the right, in the UTILS section, there will be programs for low-level recovery of this model. The user needs to try them all - usually you can find more on the official websites detailed instructions by use.

MicroSD Kingmax Recovery

Kingmax also has its own software. There are two programs - one for U-Drive and PD-07 series drives, and the second for Super Stick.

You can download both programs.

Their use is extremely simple - you need to insert a USB flash drive, run the program and click on the desired drive.

Sandisk microSD recovery

After that, the flash drive will work like a new one. The use of the programs is very simple.

In Formatter Silicon power in general there is only one small window with two buttons (you need to click Format there), and in SDFormatter there are more options, but it will still be enough to click on the Format button.

Smartbuy microSD recovery

Working with flash drives from this manufacturer is characterized by one interesting point - if the flash drive does not work, you can simply wait, up to several years, and after that it will work again.

If you don’t want to wait, you need to try all the recovery programs that you can find.

This application looks like a regular folder.

After selecting the media, you need to click on the Recover button at the top, wait for the process to end and see a list of files that can be recovered.

Qumo microSD recovery

MicroSDs from Qumo are notorious for the fact that they just suddenly "die". Once they stop working, and after that it will be very problematic to see at least some signs of life in them.

Some users advise using the aforementioned R-Studio and CardRecovery programs. But not in all cases they will be effective.

There are special companies that are engaged in the restoration of "dead" flash drives using hardware methods, but such services are not cheap, and it is usually cheaper to purchase a new drive.

Recovery A-Data MicroSD

AT this case Most programs don't help either. Paragon Partition Manager Free works best with A-Data flash drives.

First, in this program, you need to format (Format Partition button in the main menu), and then create a new empty partition (Create new partition).

Oltramax microSD recovery

In this case, full formatting with the SD Card Formatter also helps a lot. In some cases, it is possible to restore the drive's performance using ALCOR MP.

Full instructions for its use can be read.

Recovery of damaged microSD

In some cases, when using the drive, the message “Damaged memory card” or something similar may appear on the screen.

The following programs help here:

• Smart Data Recovery - you need to select the media and click the Find button, after which it will search for all files that can somehow be recovered;

Rice. No. 14. List of files available for recovery in Recuva

• BadCopyPro - click on the Memory card on the left, then Next, Next again, wait for the process to end and see a list of the necessary files.

The same operations can be performed on an Android device. The following applications help here:

Prevention

It is better to use the flash drive correctly first, so that later there are no problems with its malfunction. Here are some tips to help avoid microSD breakdowns:

1. Do everything possible to prevent the drive from being dropped, bumped, bent, subjected to extreme temperature changes, or other influences that could damage it.
2. Avoid ionizing radiation (such is, for example, in x-ray machines).
3. Do not touch the contacts with your fingers and generally try to keep them always covered with a special cover.
4. Defragment the card from time to time and generally use it regularly - MicroSDs don't like to just lie on a shelf.
5. Try to make backups from time to time so that in case of a breakdown you don't lose all your data. To do this, you can use the "cloud" storage.
6. Do not fill the entire volume of the drive, let there always be some free space.
7. If the card is in some device, try to remove it less often.

See our other materials on formatting hard drives and flash drives:

I received a request on the topic "MicroSD memory card is not detected." The full text of the request is below in the screenshot.

As you already understood, the client was interested in the possibility of repairing a damaged memory card. After carefully reviewing the sent pictures with damaged memory cards, I came to the conclusion that there are chances to recover data from a damaged microSD, and they are pretty good.

As for the possibility of repair, the opposite is true here. In the case when there is physical damage, then there can be no talk of repair. And it's not even about this particular case, but about the situation as a whole. MicroSD card production technology does not imply repair options, although there are exceptions, but this is an exception to the rule. You can learn about repairing flash drives in my blog blog ..

Reminder:All -micro and -mini SD are monolithic flash drives, with all the consequences. You can read more about data recovery from monoliths in this publication.

Important:If there is important data on the card, and the microSD (microSD) is not working, then you should think about the need for repair. Repair can destroy all data, without the possibility of further recovery of information.

What to do if MicroSD is not detected

The fact is that almost all memory cards, for the most part, cannot be repaired, but there are some nuances. So, for example, I had cases when clients brought me such memory cards, well, completely with "childish" problems. Below I will give a couple of examples.

Case #1

The client calls, they say I had an SD card in the camera, but one day it was no longer detected in the device, and there, well, “mega important pictures” are. First of all, I thought that there was a problem with the card controller, but everything turned out to be trite and simple.

Solution. It turned out that the client did not have an SD card at all, but a microSD inserted into the SD adapter (photo example below). After removing the microSD from the adapter and connecting via a card reader, I was able to access the contents of the disk in the normal mode (without any "unknown" manipulations) and copied the data to the client's flash drive. For this, I was even ashamed to take money. Here such cases happen.

The thing is that SD adapters are a very unreliable “device” and you should not trust him. The strangest thing for me is that even some professional photographers use such a crutch, which I still cannot understand.

Case #2

Contacts are oxidized. There are also cases when oxides appear “banally” on the card connector. In such cases, the microSD is not detected by the phone or any other device to which it is connected.

Solution. The solution here is, well, very simple, and for this we need - the usual clerical gum and cotton swab with industrial alcohol. In general, you can do without alcohol, but how can we do without such a “device”. To eliminate oxidative processes, you need to take an eraser and gently (without the use of brute physical force, but without gentle rubbing) go over the contacts with an elastic band until they become shiny as in the photo below. After making sure that the connector contacts are well cleaned, you need to apply a little alcohol on the ear stick and clean the contacts and wait until the alcohol dries.

On this, perhaps, the article on what to do if MicroSD memory cards are not detected can be considered closed. All good mood and life without breakdowns that could not be fixed.

If you have any questions about this topic - write in the comments below the article.

More information about data recovery from memory cards can be found in the section "Data recovery."

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Today, one of the most popular media types is the flash drive. And no matter what anyone says, the CD/DVD age is coming to an end. Moreover, the price of one flash drive is only 3-4 times more than the price DVD disc! True, there is one small “but” - it is much more difficult to “break” a disk than a USB flash drive ...

Although not often, one unpleasant situation sometimes happens with flash drives: you take out a flash drive. microSD card from a phone or camera, you insert it into a computer or laptop, but he does not see it. There can be quite a few reasons for this: viruses, software errors, failure of a flash drive, etc. In this article, I would like to stop on the most popular causes of invisibility, as well as give some tips and advice on what to do in such cases.

Types of flash cards. Is SD card supported by your card reader?

Here I would like to stop in more detail. Many users often confuse one type of memory card with another. The fact is that there are three types of SD flash cards: microSD, miniSD, SD.

Why did manufacturers do this?

just eat different devices: for example, a small audio player (or a small mobile phone) and, for example, a camera or camera. Those. devices are completely different in size with different requirements for the speed of flash cards and the amount of information. For this, there are several types of flash drives. Now in more detail about each of them.

1.microSD

Size: 11mm x 15mm.

MicroSD flash cards are very popular thanks to portable devices: players, phones, tablets. Using microSD, the memory of the listed devices can be increased by an order of magnitude very quickly!

Usually, when buying, they come with a small adapter so that this flash drive can be connected instead of an SD card (more on them below). By the way, for example, to connect this flash drive to a laptop, you need to: insert the micsroSD into the adapter, and then insert the adapter into the SD slot on the front / side panels of the laptop.

2. miniSD

Size: 21.5mm x 20mm.

Once popular cards used in portable technology. Today, they are used less and less, mainly due to the popularity of the microSD format.

3.SD

Size: 32mm x 24mm.

Flash cards: sdhc and sdxc.

These cards are mainly used in devices that need a large amount of memory + high speed. For example, a video camera, a DVR in a car, a camera, etc. devices. SD cards are divided into several generations:

1. SD 1 - from 8 MB to 2 GB in size;
2. SD 1.1 - up to 4 GB;
3. SDHC - up to 32 GB;
4. SDXC - up to 2 TB.

Highly important points when working with SD cards!

1) In addition to the amount of memory, SD cards indicate the speed (more precisely, the class). For example, in the screenshots above, the card class is "10" - this means that the exchange rate with such a card is at least 10 MB / s (for more details about classes: https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/Secure_Digital). It is important to pay attention to what flash card speed class is required for your device!

2) microSD using special. adapters (they usually write adapter (see screenshots above)) can be used instead of regular SD cards. True, doing this always and everywhere is not recommended (just because of the speed of information exchange).

3) SD card readers are backwards compatible: i.e. if you take a device that reads SDHC, it will read SD cards 1 and 1.1 generations, but will not be able to read SDXC. That is why it is important to pay attention to which cards your device can read.

By the way, many "relatively old" laptops have built-in card readers that are not able to read new types of SDHC flash cards. The solution in this case is quite simple: buy a card reader connected to a regular USB port, by the way, it looks more like a regular USB flash drive. Issue price: several hundred rubles.

SDXC card reader. Connects to a USB 3.0 port.

The same drive letter is the reason for the invisibility of flash drives, hard drives, memory cards!

The point is that if your hard drive drive letter F: (for example) and your inserted flash card also has F: - then the flash card will not be displayed in the explorer. Those. you will go to "my computer" - and you will not see a flash drive there!

To fix this, you need to go to the "disk management" panel. How to do it?

In Windows 8: press the combination Win + X, select "disk management".

In Windows 7/8: press the combination Win + R, enter the command "diskmgmt.msc".

Next, you should see a window that will show all connected drives, flash drives, and other devices. Moreover, even those devices that are not formatted and that are not visible in "my computer" will be shown. If your memory card is on this list, then you need to do two things:

1. Change its drive letter to a unique one (to do this, just right-click on the flash drive and in context menu select the operation of changing the letter, see the screenshot below);

2. Format the flash card (if you have a new one, or there is no necessary data on it. Attention, the formatting operation will destroy all data on the flash card).

Change drive letter. Windows 8.

Lack of drivers is a popular reason why the computer does not see the SD card!

Even if your computer / laptop is brand new and only yesterday you brought them from the store - this absolutely does not guarantee anything. The fact is that the sellers in the store (or their specialists who prepare the goods for sale) could simply forget to install required drivers or just being lazy. Most likely you were given discs (or copied to HDD) all drivers and you only need to install them.

In general, there are special programs that can scan your computer (more precisely, all its devices) and find the latest drivers for each device. I already wrote about such utilities in previous posts. Here I will give only 2 links:

1. Programs for updating drivers: ;
2. Finding and updating drivers:

Connecting an SD card via USB using some device

If the computer does not see the SD card itself, then why can't you try to insert the SD card into some device (for example, a phone, camera, camera, etc.) and connect it to the PC already? To be honest, I rarely take out a flash card from devices, preferring to copy photos and videos from them by connecting them to a laptop via a USB cable.

Do I need special programs to connect my phone to a PC?

New operating systems such as Windows 7, 8 are able to work with many devices without installing additional software. Installing drivers and setting up the device takes place in automatic mode the first time you connect the device to the USB port.

For each brand of phone / camera, there are utilities recommended by the manufacturer (see the manufacturer's website) ...

1. Try to connect the card to another computer and check if it recognizes and sees it;

2. Check your computer for viruses (). Rarely, but there are some types of viruses that block access to disks (including flash drives).

That's all for today, good luck everyone!

This article will discuss various methods that will help you recover your damaged SD card or flash drive. Very often we come across the issue of storage device corruption and we use several CMD commands to fix it. If you're not using the command line, you can try repairing your USB drive using Windows Explorer.

Working with a damaged memory card, flash drive is a tedious task. We spend a lot of time getting them back in working condition, but nothing works. You may have seen online forums asking questions such as "My flash drive is damaged" or "My SD card is not working". This article contains various methods to help you recover damaged storage devices.

In order to restore the memory card, it must be removed from the smartphone or camera, inserted into the slot provided on the computer, or connected to the computer using external device card reader (card reader). If you have a microSD card, use an adapter.

Various ways to recover a damaged flash drive or SD card

Change drive letter

Sometimes your computer is unable to assign drive letters (eg C, D, E) to your media. For this reason, the files on it are inaccessible. To fix this problem, you can assign a drive letter to the device yourself.

The following are simple steps to fix a damaged drive or memory card by assigning the correct drive letter:

• 1. Connect your media to your computer.
• 2. Right click My computer/This computer. From the drop-down menu, select "Control".
• 3. In the window that opens, on the left panel, select the item "Disk Management" and wait a few seconds for Windows to load the virtual disk service.
• 4. Right-click on your media, and from the menu that appears, select "Change Drive Letter and Paths".
• 5. Click the drive letter (it will turn blue) and click "Change".
• 6. Select a drive letter from the drop-down list. Click "OK".

Try using the device on another PC

Perhaps the problem is related to your computer, and that is why you are having difficulty starting the USB drive. Try connecting your memory stick or USB drive to another computer.

Try another USB port

Although it sounds strange, you can waste your time trying to connect an SD card or flash drive multiple times to the same USB port on your computer. It is possible that the port itself is damaged or there is some problem with software. Try other USB ports if your storage devices are not recognized.

Reinstall drivers

There are times when the drivers that run your drive get corrupted and the computer won't be able to detect the media. Try reinstalling the drivers by doing the following:

• 1. Right click My computer/This computer. In the menu that appears, select "Control".
• 2. In the window that opens, on the left panel, select the item "Device Manager".
• 3. In the list, double-click "Disk Devices". Right click on the name of your drive.
• 4. Click "Delete". Click "OK".
• 5. Disconnect your media and restart your computer.
6. Connect media. Your computer will detect it.

Repairing a Damaged SD Card or USB Drive Using Windows Explorer

This is the most commonly used procedure for recovering a connected storage medium on your computer.

• 1. Open "My computer" or "This computer".
• 2. Select the damaged drive and right-click.
• 3. From the drop-down menu, select "Format".
• 4. In the pop-up window, click "Restore device settings".
• 5. Click "Start" to start the formatting process. For a deeper cleaning of the media, uncheck the box. "Fast"(Cleaning the table of contents), but it will take a little longer. Therefore, uncheck the box only if the first attempt did not work.
• 6. Click "OK" in the next dialog which will warn you that the data will be lost. The formatting process will complete in a few seconds, and you will receive a formatted memory card or flash drive.

Repairing a Damaged USB Drive or Memory Card Using the Command Line

This process consists of working with the command Windows string, which is commonly known as CMD. You will need to enter certain CMD commands and Windows will format your damaged drive/SD card.

• 1. Connect your damaged USB drive or SD card to your computer.
• 2. Hover your mouse over the button "Start" and right click.
• 3. Click "Command line"("Administrator"). A CMD window will open.
• 4. Enter diskpart and press Enter.
• 5. Enter list disk and press Enter. A list of all storage devices connected to your computer will be displayed.
• 6. Enter select disk and press Enter. (Example: select disk 1). Important: Make sure you enter the number correctly. Otherwise, you can format the internal hard drive. You can enter the command again list disk to make sure you made the right choice. The name of the selected drive will be preceded by an asterisk (asterisk symbol).
• 7. Enter clean and press Enter.
• 8. Enter create partition primary and press Enter.
• 9. Enter active.
• 10. Enter select partition 1.
• 11. Enter format fs=fat32 and press Enter. The formatting process will complete in a few minutes. you can write NTFS instead of fat32 if you want to transfer files larger than 4 gigabytes. Don't close command line before completion of work.

Recovering an SD Card and USB Drive by Removing Bad Sectors

Our storage devices store data in different sectors. For various reasons, these sectors become unusable, which leads to all sorts of failures and errors when trying to read data from the media. By running a few simple commands, you can restore your flash drive. Read more about this.

Recover Lost Data

You can use the tool Starus Partition Recovery to recover your data in case you have deleted files or formatted your SD card/USB drive by mistake. The memory card must be in working order to complete the recovery process. The device should be detected by the operating system and displayed in the list, then your data will have a very successful recovery!

Tools provided by USB flash drives and memory card manufacturers

You may not know, but many storage device manufacturers such as SanDisk, Kingston, Samsung, Sony, etc. provide their own low-level utilities for formatting and other recovery purposes. Such tools can very well be used to fix and repair SD cards and flash drives. You can find these tools by visiting the device manufacturers' websites or by contacting their support.

Other SD card issues

The recovery methods for memory cards and flash drives may be similar, but SD cards are different hardware. Therefore, memory cards may have several issues preventing them from being accessed on your computer.

Problems with external card readers

Most modern laptops and 2-in-1s have an SD card slot, but drives may not show up on desktops. That's why people resort to cheap external card readers, which are often problematic.

External card reader not working

Sometimes it may happen that your card reader is faulty while you are troubleshooting your computer. The card reader may not be getting the power it needs from the USB port, or it may not have power at all if its USB cable is damaged.

You may be using an old card reader while trying to access your memory card. It may not support higher capacity SDXC, newer UHS-I or UHS-II interfaces, or may not work on the latest versions operating systems.

Check if the SD adapter is working properly

When you try to connect a microSD card using a MicroSD adapter, make sure the adapter is working properly. In addition, there is a tiny slider on the memory card adapter that, when turned on, allows data to be written to the card. Check if it is in the correct position.

Damaged SD card

If you're one of those people who doesn't care too much about careful use, the device can become unusable pretty quickly. Improper insertion and removal of an SD card from a memory card reader can damage its slots and even render it unusable. So, if your card is not recognized, check the connectors.

There are chances that your damaged USB flash drive or memory card is still under warranty. So if your storage device keeps having problems, take a moment and get a refund or replacement. I recommend this because you should not believe in a USB drive that shows signs of insecurity over and over again.

Note. Please note that the above methods for repairing a memory card and a USB flash drive are general for restoring devices. Due to problems associated with specific device, there may be cases where these methods are not suitable.

Just in case, if you are looking for methods to repair a damaged hard drive, you can check out our

On the this moment The most popular storage devices for digital information are USB flash drives and microSD memory cards. Almost any material thing, a flash drive, unfortunately, is no exception, tends to deteriorate and lose in performance over time, which leads to loss or corruption of the data on it. In this article, we will look at programs and standard means operating room Windows systems 7 and 10 to recover flash drives and memory cards as such, as well as the data stored on them.

Restoring the file system of a RAW flash drive

Flash drive that needs recovery from RAW format, one of the most common problems regarding the file system on a flash drive. How to restore file system flash drives, you will find out by reading the guide below. Consider the sequence of actions:

1. Open the Start menu and start typing "create and". Click once with the left mouse button on the icon that appears system utility"Creating and Formatting Hard Disk Partitions".
2. In the Disk Management window that opens, locate the disk whose memory size matches the memory of the drive that needs to be restored. The system will show the data on it as unallocated. In our case, this device is called "Disk 1".
   
3. Right-click on the crossed-out space and select the "Create a simple volume" option from the drop-down list.
   
4. You will be greeted by the "Create a Simple Volume Wizard". Click on the Next > button.
   
5. The next window will prompt you to specify the size of the volume. To use all the available space on the drive, the number in the "Simple volume size (MB)" item must match the number of megabytes in the " Maximum size(MB)". Click Next > .
   
6. In the next window, you can assign a drive letter A - Z. After selecting, click again Next>.
   
7. In this window, leave everything unchanged, except for the "Volume Label" parameter. Here you can specify the name that the flash drive will receive after formatting. The easiest way to be guided by this principle is the name of the manufacturer's company and the volume of the device. If you had to restore a 16 GB flash drive from Kingston, then you should call it “Kingston 16 GB”.
   
8. The last window will show the parameters set for the new volume. Click Done.
   

Ready. Now you can open the data on the drive using the built-in "Explorer". In Disk Management, the device will be marked in blue - a sign that it is working properly.

How to recover a formatted flash drive

The flash drive recovery process depends on how it was formatted. If it was a quick cleanup, then getting the files back to the drive would be easy. Deep cleaning involves a more thorough removal of information, which leads to difficulties in recovery. Also, the instruction below is suitable for users who are interested in how to recover a damaged flash drive and how to recover a flash drive without formatting. Let's take a closer look:

1. Download and install the program "Ontrack EasyRecovery Proffesional 12".
2. In the main window, select the "Everything" option and click Next.
   
3. Click on the drive you are going to restore, then Scan.
   
4. The program will start scanning. The waiting time will depend on the storage capacity of the drive.
   
5. After completing the check, the application will display a window with a summary of the information found.
   
6. Select the files you want to recover and click Recover .
   
7. Click on the Browse button.
   
8. In the Windows system "Explorer" window, select a location to save the file. Important: you cannot immediately save files to the device from which they were recovered.
   
9. Click on the Start Saving button.
   

Ready. Now the files are restored and ready for further work.

How to restore microSD

Bringing the microSD card into working condition is identical to the same process for a flash drive, you just have to use special program, designed to work with MicroSD-devices. Below are the instructions for restoring a microSD drive in SD Card Formatter:

The microSD drive is now ready to go.

Recovering data from a microSD memory card

Since memory cards are essentially the same flash drives, but designed to work in mobile devices- tablets, mobile phones, video recorders and so on, data recovery from them can be done using the same tools that are used for flash drives. One such application, which is distributed free of charge, is Disk Drill. Let's take a look at his work:

1. Download latest version Disk Drill from the official site and install it.
2. After starting the program, find your memory card and click on the Recover button opposite it.
   
3. Disk Drill will start searching deleted files on the drive, so you will need to wait a while before completion.
   
4. When finished, Disk Drill will list all found files, sorted into folders with their data type: audio, photos, documents, and more. Check the ones you need and click Recover. By default, recovered files will be saved to the My Documents directory. To change the path, click on the open folder next to the Recover button.
   
5. Disk Drill will display a window with information about the weight of the saved documents and their number.
   

Now you can use your newly acquired files.

SanDisk Flash Drive Recovery

SanDisk has never released an official program to fix their flash devices. But if you need to restore a sandisk flash drive, then there are many tools on the Internet for this, one of which is HP USB Disk Storage format tool, will be discussed below. The sequence of actions will be as follows:

Data recovery from SanDisk flash drives

Let's try to recover data from SanDisk flash drives using R.saver. Consider the sequence of actions:

After the process is completed, you can use the recovered data.

Data Recovery from Transcend Flash Drives

Almost all well-known manufacturers of flash drives have the same situation with the availability of special software for working with them - it, unfortunately, is not available. Fortunately, there are many programs from third-party developers that work equally well with all devices from any manufacturer. In this guide, we will answer the question of how to restore a Transcend flash drive using the Recuva program from Piriform, the creators of CCleaner. Let's take a look at her work:

1. Download the Recuva app from the official website of the developer.
2. At the top of the window, select your flash drive and click "Scan".
   
3. After these steps, a progress indicator will appear on the screen and the approximate waiting time until the disk scan is completed.
4. From the list of files that appears, select the ones you need and click Recover.
   
5. In the system "Explorer" Windows, specify the location on the disk where you want to save the data.
6. The program will display a window with information about the saved documents. Click OK.

Now you can continue to use the data that is important to you.

Formatting Transcend Flash Drives

To bring the flash drive into working condition, in most cases, one formatting of the data store is enough. To do this, in the guide below, we will use free program AOMEI Partition Assistant Standard. The sequence of actions will be as follows:

1. After installing and launching AOMEI Partition Assistant Standard, select your flash drive in the program window, and on the left side of the interface, find and click on the Format Partition operation.
   
2. In the window that appears, you can change the name of the flash drive. To do this, in the "Partition Label" field, enter any other name. Click OK to prepare the datastore for formatting.
   
3. Select "Apply" in the top left corner.
   
4. The pending operations window contains a description of what changes or tools will be applied to the device. To continue, click the Go button.
   
5. In the next window, select Yes.
6. Now AOMEI Partition Assistant will start formatting the USB drive. Wait a while.
   
7. Upon completion of work with your device, the application will display a window in which it will be said that the formatting was completed successfully. Click OK.

Now you can continue to work with the flash drive.

Restoring a microSD card on an Android phone

Thanks to the constant development of mobile operating systems, in some situations they are not inferior in capabilities to their desktop counterparts. Since almost every phone or tablet has a microSD card slot, it would be strange not to find built-in system tools to work with her. The material below will tell you how to format a memory card using only one mobile phone on Android. Consider the sequence of actions:

1. Open the settings menu on your device.
2. Find an item called "Memory" or something like that. Go into it.
3. Select the "Empty SD card" option.
4. The utility for cleaning and formatting the removable drive will open. Click on the red button Clean and Format.
5. The card will be cleared. Do not remove it during formatting and wait for it to complete.
6. Now your device is ready to work, which the utility will undoubtedly inform you about. Click on the Done button.

Now you can continue to use your smartphone as if nothing had happened.

Conclusion

In our information age, there is a need to store digital information. For this, USB flash drives and microSD memory cards are used. But over time, like any thing, they can deteriorate, which leads to the loss of information stored on them. This article describes how to recover such drives and the data they contain.

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