How to Repair an Unreadable SD Card

MMC or better known as a Memory Card or SD Card is one of the external storage media on your Smartphone. By using an SD Card we can store more files such as music, videos, photos and so on. 

Seeing the increasingly rapid technological developments, I think SD cards are rarely used anymore because now there are many Smartphone Vendors that offer so much internal storage. But sometimes we need an SD card to anticipate losing files, what do you mean? We can save our important files on the SD card, if one day something unexpected happens on our Smartphone, for example bootlop, and so on. We will not feel panic because all the important data is already in the SD Card . To Hard Reset our Smartphone too, we do not need to bother to backup it first.

How to Repair an Unreadable SD Card 

How to Repair an Unreadable SD Card

The name of the item is definitely no longer durable, so is our SD Card. The problem most experienced by Smartphone Users on the SD Card is the SD Card, which always asks for Format, an Unreadable SD Card, and much more. Before that we have to know why the cause of our SD Card is damaged? 

  1. Too much moved, this is the main reason for the damage to our SD Card, it can be when we move the SD Card from one device to another device The Yellow Plate is scratched. 
  2. Dirty SD Card, Do you know if the Yellow Plate on the SD Card is dirty, That will cause the SD Card to be unreadable by your Smartphone. 
  3. Affected by a virus, maybe this is rarely experienced by smartphone users, but not a few who have experienced problems like this. 
  4. Too many large files are stored, this will cause the SD Card to work harder and this can also make SD Card performance decrease. 
  5. The quality of the SD Card is not good, Before you decide to buy an SD Card, you should know the quality of the SD Card from each vendor. 

After we know how, we can anticipate the damage to the SD card by not moving the SD card, always routinely cleaning the yellow SD card, and so on.

1. Eraser 

You can clean the Yellow SD Card by using an eraser. Instead you have to format your SD Card which is feared that there are important files in it. It's a good idea to try this first. It might be that your SD Card is dirty from dust, oil spills, and so on.
  • Remove the problematic SD Card from your Smartphone, after that you prepare the white eraser. 
  • Gently rub / clean the yellow plate on the SD Card. 
  • Make sure you rub it clean, so that your SD Card can be read again. 
  • Finally, you try to input the SD Card into your Smartphone. If it remains unreadable, you can try the second method. 

2. Check for errors

If the above method is not successful, we should check the SD Card Error using a computer or laptop.
  • Connect the Smartphone with your computer using a USB cable. 
  • After connecting, you enter into MTP (Media Transfer Mode) mode on your smartphone. Enter Windows Explorer, After that you enter into My Computer, There you will see the Drive from your SD Card (usually F or H) 
  • Right-click on your SD Card Drive. 
  • Then you select Tools, After that you select Error Checking, Wait until the process is complete. 
  • If you have already please click right on your SD Card Drive again and then click Eject. The last time you check on your Smartphone, has it been read or not? If we haven't used the next method.

3. Settings

If you decide to format your SD Card, you should use this method first.
  • Connect your SD Card with a computer using a card reader 
  • After connecting you click Properties. 
  • Select Tools> Folder Option> View> Show Hidden File And Folders. 
  • After that you remove the check mark on hide extensions for known types file '' and '' hide protected operating system file (recommended) ''. then click Ok. 
If you have tried all of the above methods, it might be the only way to save your SD Card by formatting it. If indeed you don't want to lose the data, you can find a backup tutorial on the SD Card.

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