MicroSD card repair: so you save your data

MicroSD card repair: so you save your data

MicroSD cards to expand a Smartphone's internal memory and more space for photos, videos, music and other files. But what if the MicroSD card has suddenly stopped working? Or you have accidentally deleted a file? We show you how you can repair your MicroSD card and save your data.

Android app data secure with and without root
MicroSD card in Android: tips and tricks
Table of contents
Concerns with backups
MicroSD card repair with Windows
Recover data with DiskDigger
MicroSD card repair with Android
Recover data with Mac OS X
Conclusion
Create backup
Sure the haunting note you know it, but in case of necessity here again: create backups of your files on a regular basis. Because should anything go broken, do you still have a backup copy and must not spares you the fiddling with bailouts you to save your data. The best backup programs for Android can be found here:

The best backup apps for Android
MicroSD card repair with Windows
Your Android Smartphone will switch off and remove the MicroSD card and puts it in your Windows PC. If the card is recognized by Windows, click in the Explorer, right-click it, and then click Properties. Then switches to the tab tools and clicks now with regard to error checking check...

Windows data-carrier error checking
Error checking of Windows / © ANDROIDPIT
After an initial review, the MicroSD card is repaired. Should everything go well be, you can access to your data.

Should your MicroSD card is not recognized by Windows, this trick helps

Opens the computer management. This is for example, by hitting to start and then typing the word computer management. Then click on disk management in the left tree. If your MicroSD card is displayed in the right view, click with the right mouse button on it and then click the drive letter and path change...

Change, add or remove drive letters - Windows help
It opens a new view and there you must click to add first and then assign a drive letter to the MicroSD card. You're done, so she should be visible in Windows Explorer and you can let repair the MicroSD card as described above.

Windows computerverwaltung disk management
The disk management Windows / © ANDROIDPIT
MicroSD card repair and save files with DiskDigger
The tips mentioned above should not have work, there are various tools and programs, with which you can repair your MicroSD card in the Internet to the happiness. DiskDigger is one of them. The program can be used free of charge during the test period. A single-user license for a PC will cost 14.99 dollars.

Download: DiskDigger to fix MicroSD cards
After you've downloaded DiskDigger and installed, start the program and select your MicroSD card. Click the button labeled next three times. DiskDigger will now scan your MicroSD card. It may take something, but quite normal. In the port, found files are shown you.

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MicroSD card repair and save data with DiskDigger. / © DiskDigger
Now the view left the files selects from, which you want to save and click on recover selected files... Now you only have to choose where the files should be stored and click OK, you end the process.

Recover photos from a memory card - DiskDigger
MicroSD card repair with Android and root
Your Smartphone should be rooted and you want to repair the MicroSD card rather directly via your Smartphone, there is also an Android version of DiskDigger Google play store. With the free version, you can restore pictures (JPG and PNG) and videos (MP4 and 3GP). The Pro version offers the possibility to repair other files on the MicroSD card.

There is also a mode that works without root access with DiskDigger for Android. This reconstructed but no original files, but temporarily cached thumbnails of the originals. Thus, the rootlose version of the file recovery can save only lower resolution images.

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DiskDigger for Android for rooted smartphones / © Google play store
How Android is similar as above described. You should note, however, that the developer itself tells that the Android version of DiskDigger when repairing MicroSD cards is not as efficient as the Windows version. In addition, your Smartphone should be rooted, because without extended system access, the app can only rudimentary serve their purpose.

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