How to Recover SD Card with Recuva
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7 May 2019 Senior Program Developer
Summary
SD card is a portable storage device. Data inside the SD card, however, may be lost due to mistakenly deleting and formatting. At such situation, how to recover the lost data? This essay will give you the answer.
Why Data is Lost from SD Card?
SD card, also called Secure Digital Memory Card, is a portable storage device. The reasons why data is lost from the SD card is complicated, mainly as follows:
1. Hardware damage;
2. Formatted or mistakenly deleted;
3. Plugged out during data transfer.
4. Be only readable due to file system error, unable to write data.
2. Formatted or mistakenly deleted;
3. Plugged out during data transfer.
4. Be only readable due to file system error, unable to write data.
TipsFor those formatted and deleted files, you can recover them from SD card with Recuva. Yet, the damage to the SD card, files or file system can make data loss too. At this situation, Renee Undeleter is suitable for you. This software can omit the damaged sector and rebuild the file system for the SD card, and recover data from the SD card.
How to Recover SD Card with Recuva?
Recuva is data recovery software. It can recover the deleted and formatted files from the SD card and the hard disks. If the data is lost from the SD card, please recover the data as soon as possible because Recuva cannot scan out the lost data covered by others, or cannot recover the lost files completely.
Steps:
① Download and install Recuva. Select which sort of files you try to recover.
② Select the target location where you saved your lost files. In this case, we select the SD card.
③ Follow the steps to begin scanning. As it is finished, select the target files and click [Recover] to save them.
TipsRecuva provides the limited recovery modes, which hardly works in the free edition. If you cannot recover the SD card with Recuva, you can try another data recovery software – Renee Undeleter. Renee Undeleter provides multiple scan modes — fast partition scan, whole partition scan and whole disk scan. Damaged, deleted and emptied files can be retrieved. It is also able to quickly recover data from the formatted, corrupted sectors and disks.
Comparison between Recuva and Renee Undeleter
| Recuva | Renee Undeleter | |
| Recover SD card | √ | √ |
| Multiple scan modes | × | √ |
| Deep scan | √ (Slow) | √ (Fast) |
| Preview after scanning | × | √ |
| Multiple languages | × | √ |
| Support Windows | √ | √ |
| Support MacOS | × | √ |
How to Recover SD Card with Renee Undeleter?
Renee Undeleter is professional data recovery software. All damaged/deleted/lost data in the SD card can be recovered. You can try the free edition beforehand, then you will know it is really an effective data rescuer！
Data Recovery Software- Renee Undeleter
- Fast partition scan – Quickly retrieve files deleted or emptied in Recycle Bin and recover files in SD card.
- Whole partition scan – Quickly retrieve files from the inaccessible or formatted partitions.
- Whole disk scan – Scan all partitions to get the disk information.
- Image creation – Clone a partition image to quicken the partition’s reading and backup.
Steps:
① Download and install Renee Undeleter.
② Launch the software and select one of the scan modes. In this case, we select [Fast Partition Scan].
③ Select the target SD card and click [Next].
④ After that, select deep scan or fast scan.
⑤ As the scan is finished, check the target files and click [Recover] to retrieve the data.
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