Help! Corrupted micro SD card!

[tundrawolf]

Hi, I took some pictures yesterday of an emissions system in a vehicle I needed to copy. When I got home (My phone strangely will not charge while it's on, and it will not connect to a computer via the USB) I pulled the micro SD card out, and inserted it into the little SanDisk reader, and plugged it into my laptop... Well, the computer froze, and I restarted it.

Now, when I try and access the DCIM folder, it shows up as an icon not associated with anything!

I tried PC inspector, (I even selected the deep scan) and it didn't find a single file.

Is there a free program that can scan for corrupted files and not just deleted ones?

 

[pool_shark]

Hi, I took some pictures yesterday of an emissions system in a vehicle I needed to copy. When I got home (My phone strangely will not charge while it's on, and it will not connect to a computer via the USB) I pulled the micro SD card out, and inserted it into the little SanDisk reader, and plugged it into my laptop... Well, the computer froze, and I restarted it.

Now, when I try and access the DCIM folder, it shows up as an icon not associated with anything!

I tried PC inspector, (I even selected the deep scan) and it didn't find a single file.

Is there a free program that can scan for corrupted files and not just deleted ones?

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=367912

Try the chkdsk command.

 

[tundrawolf]

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=367912

Try the chkdsk command.

I saw that thread. I am very poor, I don't have money to buy those programs. What happened is that the "Folder" is now represented as an icon that has no extension, so it thinks it's a program and not a folder.

Also chkdsk is not supported o n RAW drives, it says.

 

[mikedt]

You could try Photorec, it's free, it looks at the data on the card.
PhotoRec - CGSecurity
But if the card is not readable on your PC at all or is just too far gone, you might need a professional data recovery service...extremely expensive.