SD Card corrupted, need to recover data...

[SDhamija]

I have a 4GB Verbatim SD card that I used in my digital camera. Today, I realized that all the pictures that were there in the SD card are gone! When I try to see the pics in the camera itself, The camera says " No data in Image File". I connected the SD Card to my Desktop using a card reader but still, The folder which includes the images does not open. The error message says " J:\DCIM\108NIKON is not accessible. The file or directory is corrupted and unreadable."



I have some really important pictures and data on the SD Card so i can't format. Neither can I risk data loss. I want to recover all the data from the card. Is there a way to do it? Please Help...

 

[sri2000]

this happens bad luck to u
it happened like 20 times to me i formatted mine and recovered it from a software called i care data recovery

 

[sri2000]

but be warned that only if ur lucky u may get back ur files after format

 

[SDhamija]

I really want to be absolutely sure.. As I said.. I can't risk it.. If there is no option, only then I'll take a risk..

 

[sri2000]

well yeah u've goto take the risk cuz theres no fix to it too bad

 

[Dude]

I have used recuva to recover files

Recuva - Undelete, Unerase, File and Disk Recovery - Free Download

Even after a format, the deep scan can sometimes find files for you

 

[sri2000]

recuva' is not a bad choice since its free but i care data recovery offers more recovery options and have a better rate of recovery compared to recuva. but u have to pay for it

 

[SDhamija]

Well... I did try Recuva... and the files could not be recovered... JPEG files of size 4 KB were saved but obviously, they are not the pics. The SD Card still shows space occupied so I guess they are not wiped off, but how can they be recovered? I'll see if I can get i care Data Recovery and see if it works...
Thanks for the reply btw.. and if there is a better method, then please do tell. Any help will be appreciated.

 

[SDhamija]

I'm trying the free version of iCare Data Recovery... which allows recovery upto 2 GB.
Lets see... I'll update what happens.. :/

 

[Arpan]

I had once faced this kind of situation. My friend had Stellar Phoenix Data Recovery Professional and he recovered the data for me. If you are ready to pay, I recommend this software.

 

[broe23]

There are some other free SD card rescue options. See this about using Linux to rescue the data. Recover Files from an SD Card Using Linux Utilities - VirtuallyHyper Another link utilities - How to recover data from a bad SD card? - Unix & Linux Stack Exchange

 

[SDhamija]

iCare didn't work too... It gave me the files.. but they were all of 4 KB, just as in the case with Recuva. I'll try Stellar Phoenix Data Recovery Professional if I could get it...

 

[sri2000]

yeah that isnt a bad choice either!
if for free version then u can recover some i think 2gb from i care and another 2gb from stellar they both are of the same build

 

[SDhamija]

Will chkdsk command help?

 

[broe23]

Will chkdsk command help?

Chkdsk is not a recovery tool. It can actually destroy the information on the SD card. The best option is the Linux tools that I posted.