How to Recover Data from Corrupted Memory Card Without Formatting?

You may get different errors like “the card is not formatted. Do you want to format it?”, "Memory card is damaged. Try reformatting it." etc. when your Memory Card is corrupted. Typically, these errors leave you with two options. Either to format the corrupted Memory Card which literally means to delete all the data on the memory card or to cancel the process. The second option does nothing. Your corrupted memory card remains the same, however, due to corruption, you may not be able to access its data.

Then, how to access data on corrupted memory card without formatting? Well, here is the solution. Fix your corrupted memory card without formatting and access data present in it.

How to Repair Corrupted Memory Card Without Formatting?

Step 1: Click Windows and R keys at the same time.

Step 2: Type cmd and click OK button.

Step 3: Next, type chkdsk [Your Memory Card Drive Letter]: /r

Step 4: Press the Y button.

After successful repair of corrupt memory card, you will see “Windows has made corrections to the file system” message.

Generally, CHKDSK is the basic solution to repair corrupt memory card. CHKDSK allows you to fix a corrupted memory card without formatting. In case, CHKDSK fails to repair the corrupt memory card, give a try for Hi5 Software Partition Recovery to recover data from corrupted or damaged memory card without formatting it.

Hi5 Software Partition Recovery to Restore Data from Corrupted Memory Card without Formatting:

The advanced deep scanning mechanism of Hi5 Application to Recover Partition helps to retrieve corrupted Memory Card data easily without formatting. It can retrieve almost all type of data, which includes text files, presentation files, Word files, audios, videos, images, compressed files, etc. stored on corrupted memory card. Further, it has a simple UI and helps you to restore data from microSD, CF card, SD card, XD card, MMC, miniSD card and more.

The tool supports RAW partition recovery and also helps in recovering ExFAT formatted partitions along with FAT and NTFS.

How to Recover Data from Corrupted Memory Card Without Formatting?

Step 1: Connect the corrupted memory card to the computer and launch Hi5 Software Partition Recovery.

Step 2: Click on Partition Recovery button.

Step 3: Select the corrupted memory card drive from the list and hit Next.

Step 4: Select file types to recover from the corrupt memory card or click on the Skip button.

Step 5: Entire recovered files from the corrupt memory card will be displayed. Preview and select your required ones.

Step 6: Finally, Save the recovered files in the safe location on your computer drive.

Safety Measures to Avoid Memory Card Corruption:

• Avoid using the same memory card on different devices
• Always format the card using your camera
• Never connect the memory card to a virus-infected system
• Avoid saving files on the card till it gets full