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I had it on the phone, all of a sudden stopped working, I’ve tried inserting with the adapter to a PC but it’s not being recognized. It would be a shame to lose the data on it as I don’t really have a full back-up. What could I try to revive it or access it? Thanks.
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Try with the SD card inserted in pc and restart pc and see if that helps. -
After following Veeg’s suggestion, try booting from a Linux USB and view it/copy it from there.
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As others have mentioned - does the card show under diskpart? If not then the card has failed.
If it does & shows a drive letter but can’t open it then you may have limited success using disk imaging software like Macrium Reflect to image the drive which you can then mount to view &/or copy the files.Comment
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Reastarting the PC with the SD card in didn’t work.
Windows is not assigning a letter to the card.
No, the card doesn’t show in Disk Management.
Still have to try the Linux suggestion.
If the card has failed, means no chance of ever getting some data recovered?Comment
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Let us know. Also, try another adapter.Originally posted by Alistair_Comment
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If the card has failed then it’d require specialist recovery.Comment
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The adapter works fine with another SD card so I assume it’s not the adapter the issue.
Easiest way to try with Linux? Is installing Linux on a computer the only way? I had an old laptop on which I installed Linux but not anymore and currently I don’t have a laptop I could be tampering with.
“Specialist recovery” would mean taking it to a PC store/repair shop, right?Comment
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No not them a recovery specialistOriginally posted by Alistair_
No, you can boot from Linux - no need to installOriginally posted by Alistair_
Run straight from usbComment
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The use of a forensic data recovery lab is only an option if a) you have no backup of the contents and b) the data is critical.
These mobs charge VERY handsomely for their services. But they do tend to either guarantee results, or no fee is charged.
In the past I have had people use them and have paid as little as $450 and as much as $3500 - so yeah, you really need to be able to justify that.
Which is why we backup, and important data never lives on only on location!
Grave robbing programs like Recuva or Disk Drill require the drive to be assigned a drive letter, so they won’t help you here.
Your last roll of the dice will be putting a Linux distro on a bootable USB stick and booting your PC with that USB stick set as the first boot priority.Comment
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The card is burning hot and not recognized, I was documenting myself on the issue and apparently getting hot is most likely a symptom of physical damage.
I’ll try the Linux option once I understand what that involves. I’m afraid definitely not worth paying hundreds and hundreds to a professionalComment
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Originally posted by Alistair_Comment
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@Alistair_ - any news?Comment
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I finally managed to do it, inserted the SD card but I think it’s not reading it (and it’s not burning, like when it’s inserted when Windows is operating). See photo, this means it’s not recognized, right?
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Nice job!Originally posted by Alistair_
For me, without being there and physically seeing the action and reaction, I’d say it’s dead.
Just so I’m clear, absolutely nothing happens when you plug the drive in? No popups, no dialogues, no questions?Comment
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