Data recovery from an mobile phone SD card

An SD card is a mobile phone’s external memory card, which stores a lot of data. It will bring us great losses once SD card data loss occurs. Therefore, to master some method of SD card data recovery is very necessary.  

Normally, there are two common circumstances that will lead to data loss from a cell phone SD card. One is due to damaged SD card; the other is that you may deleted the SD card data accidentally during its using process.

Case 1, SD card got damaged

We all have encountered such situations, after a period of using, the mobile phones’ system prompts that "SD card is damaged, you may have to reformat". When the mobile phone SD card got damaged, the phone will not be able to read data any more. Following specific steps you will recover data directly.

1 First, connect SD card to your computer using a card reader,then you can see a removable disk in the interface, and that is your SD card. Pay attention, you should choose a good quality card reader, as the poor one may lead to unstable data recovery process, which will seriously affect the data recovery results.

2 Click on the “Start” menu on PC and select "Run". Then enter the location of your SD card in the box, e.g. chkdsk H: / F H. Here we assume that your SD card is a removable disk H.

3 And then the system will run a DOS window automatically. All you have to do is wait till finished, then DOS window will shut down automatically. In addition, remember to check the status of SD card’s properties to see if it is normal.

4 In the end, you only need to copy all the data to PC or other removable storage devices, format the memory card in the phone, and copy the backup directly to the phone.

Case 2: Deleted SD card data by mistake

1 Download a data recovery software on your computer.

2 then use the phone data cable to connect the phone to the computer.

3 Follow the software's operating procedures carefully until you have successfully recovered the data.

4 If you encounter any trouble in the data recovery process, you can refer to the software’s graphic tutorial.

Note that, you should choose a professional data recovery software. As a normal data recovery software can only restore lost files from the computer, and can’t solve the problem of mobile phone data loss. A professional data recovery software like Hdata Recovery Software can restore lost contacts, photos, text messages, chat logs and other important documents from the phone . It is easy to use and powerful.

Create data backup regularly, then you can use it to find you mistakenly deleted data quickly and totally.