Dead SD Card Recovery: Recover Photos, Videos and Audio Files

Summary: Photo Recovery software is well designed to recover data from a dead SD card, and the recovery process is very simple and in just few steps you can restore media files from a dead sd card.

One of the real examples that show SD card is dead and data is missing:

Hello there, my mobile’s SD card appears to be dead which keep on showing formatting option again and again. Should I format the card? Memory card has very much important data on it that I do not want to lose. If I format the card then I will lose them all. Is there any way so that I can get back my files from the card or do you know any SD card recovery software that I can use free to recover data from dead sd card? Thanks in advance.

Yes, you can retrieve media files from dead sd card with the help of Photo recovery tool. But before that it is also important that what causes SD card to be dead, so that you can avoid such situation in future.

Reasons That Makes SD Card Dead

• Virus/malware attack on the card can turn your sd card dead, hence avoid your card from getting infected with virus or malware.
• If you are using the same memory card on different gadgets, then it can also lead to data loss by making sd card inaccessible or dead.
• Memory will turn dead or inaccessible or it won’t read if file system gets corrupted or when you improperly pull/eject your card during read/write operation.

Also Read: How to identify that the memory card is damaged?

Data Recovery from Dead SD Card

When SD card stop working or when it won’t read or does not get recognized, then you have to first make sure that SD card is not physically damaged. Once you are confirmed that SD card is not physically damaged, then you can use Photo Recovery software to restore data off dead SD card. This software allows you to restore photos, videos and audio file formats.

For recovering data off SD card, you have to connect your card with your PC with the help of card reader and then scan and recover files form it using photo recovery.

Things To Consider While Recovering Data from Dead SD Card

• Do not perform any operation on dead card: It doesn’t matter what kind of error messages you are receiving when you open your card, it is suggested that you must stop using it and immediately apply photo recovery software.
• Never save the recovered files to dead SD card: When you save the recovered files, then save it on your PC or on any other data storage device, but not on the same dead sd card.