How to Fix an Unreadable SD Card

MMC or better known as Memory Card (Memory Card) or SD Card is one of the external storage media on your Smartphone. By using SD Card we can store more files like Music, Video, Photos, and so on. Seeing the rapid development of technology, I think SD Card is rarely used anymore, considering that many Smartphone Vendors now offer such large internal storage.

MMC or better known as Memory Card (Memory Card) or SD Card is one of the external storage media on your Smartphone. By using SD Card we can store more files like Music, Video, Photos, and so on. Seeing the rapid development of technology, I think SD Card is rarely used anymore, considering that many Smartphone Vendors now offer such large internal storage.

But sometimes when we need an SD Card to anticipate losing files, what do you mean? We can save our important files on the SD Card, if there is something unwanted 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, we do not have to bother to backup it first.

How to Repair an Unreadable SD Card

The name of the item is definitely not durable, so is our SD Card. The problem most often experienced by Smartphone Users on SD Card is SD Card which always asks for Format, SD Card is unreadable, and many 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 could be when we move the SD Card from one device to another device. The Yellow Plate is scratched.
2. The SD Card is dirty, Do you know if the Yellow Plate on SD Card is dirty, it will cause SD Card not to be read by your Smartphone.
3. Affected by the Virus, Maybe this is rarely experienced by Smartphone users, but not a few also have experienced problems like this.
4. Save too many large files, this will cause SD Card to work harder and this can also make SD Card performance decrease.
5. SD Card quality is not good, Before you decide to buy SD Card you should know the quality of SD Card from each vendor.

After we know the way, we can anticipate the damage to the SD Card by not moving the SD Card, Always cleaning the yellow SD Card, and so on.

1. Eraser

You can clean the Yellow SD Card Plate by using an eraser, Instead you have to format your SD Card which is feared there are important files in it. It is a good idea to try this first. Maybe your SD Card is dirty with dust, oil spills, and so on.

1. Remove the problematic SD Card from your smartphone, after that you prepare a white eraser.
2. Rub gently clean the yellow plate on the SD Card.
3. Make sure you rub it clean, so that your SD Card can be read again.
4. Finally, you try to insert SD Card into your Smartphone. If it remains unreadable, you can try the second method.

2. Check Error

If the above method doesn't work, we recommend checking the SD Card Error using a Computer or Laptop.

1. Connect a Smartphone with your computer using a USB cable.
2. Once connected, you enter MTP (Media Transfer Mode) mode on your smartphone.
3. Enter Windows Explorer, after that you enter into My Computer, there you will see the drive from your SD card (usually F or H)
4. Right-click on your SD Card Drive.
5. Then you select Tools, after that you select Error Checking, Wait until the process is complete.
6. If you have please click right on your SD Card Drive again then click Eject.
7. Lastly you checked on your Smartphone, has it been read or not? If we haven't used it the next way.

3. Settings

If you decide to format your SD Card, you should use this method first.

1. Connect your SD Card with a computer using a card reader
2. Once connected you click Properties.
3. Select Tools> Folder Options> View> Show Hidden File And Folders.
4. After that you remove the check mark in 'hide extensions for known file types'' and '' protected protected operating system file (recommended) ''.
5. After that click Ok.

If you tried the above method, it might be the only way to save your SD Card by formatting it. If you don't want to lose the data, you can search for backup tutorials on the SD Card.