4 Free Sandisk SD Card Repair Tools

Eleanor Reed

Dec 16, 2024 • Filed to: SD Card Solutions • Proven solutions

While the protocol may remain by and large similar for most cards, in this article, we would particularly address the issue faced by Sandisk users. Sandisk as a brand has earned a lot of accolades for its quality and value for money over the years. Although this company has a reputation for not failing its users, sometimes there may be a one-off issue that may require you to look for the repair. To that effect, the following article covers almost all that you need to do when your Sandisk SD card gets corrupted.

Part 1. Common Errors of Sandisk SD Card

Before we get into how to use top Sandisk SD Card Repair Tools, first you need to know the common errors and symptoms which reflect the corruption of the card:

• You may see a black screen reflecting the message of your SD card not being accessible. It may even say that the file or the directory is unreadable and corrupt.
• Your Sandisk SD Card is corrupted if most of the photos present on the card are not there anymore.
• When you read your SD card through a particular system, you are unable to see any folder at all. The folder does not open and even shows error messages. You get the error of- 'Read/Write error on the SD card'.
• Keep an eye out for error messages such as 'corrupt memory card' or even 'memory card errors' while you access the photos and the videos stored in the card.
• In some cases, when the Sandisk SD card is corrupted, you would be able to see the contents of the card in your camera or your desktop/laptop. However, when you try to copy this content, you will get an error that says- the disk is 'write-protected'.
• Even though the SD card is recognized by the PC, you would not be able to access any stored photos or videos. It would show the message, 'SD card not formatted', and prompt an alert asking you if you wish to format it now.
• Lastly, but one of the most common signs of a corrupted Sandisk SD card is when you are not able to delete, add or copy, or save anything in the SD card.

Part 2. 4 Free Repair Tools for Sandisk

Once you have understood whether your Sandisk SD card is corrupted or not, you can use the following Sandisk SD card Repair Tools to fix it:

2.1. Diskpart

This particular process involved using the built-in Windows command prompt. This process is known as CMD. You can use this as a Sandisk SD card repair tool:

1. Start by connecting the corrupted SD card to your computer or desktop.
2. You would then need to hover the mouse over the Start button and then undertake a right-click.
3. Click the command prompt. Here, a CMD window will pop up.

4. You would then need to type Diskpart and then press the enter button.
5. Type list disk and then again press the enter button. You will see a whole list of storage devices that are connected to your computer here.
6. After this, you would need to type *select disk and then press the enter button.
7. Post the aforementioned process, type *clean*, and then hit enter.
8. You would then need to type *create partition primary* and then press the enter button again.
9. After this, type *active*.
10. Go onto type *select partition 1*.
11. Lastly, type *format fs=fat 32* and then hit enter. The format process would finish quite quickly within a few minutes itself. You can alternatively also type NTFS instead of the command "fat32". This is in case, you want to carry files that are larger than 4 GB in size.

Caution: Make sure that you enter the right number. Otherwise, you may end up formatting the internal hard drive itself.

Note: You can type *list disk* again to check whether you chose the right disk or not. Also, do not close the CMD until the work is over.

2.2. Windows built-in error-checking tool

Windows is one of the most convenient programming systems to use for the SD card repair tool. There are plenty of compatible methods available for you to comply with if you use a Windows system. Here is how you can use Windows for Sandisk SD card Repair Tool to fix it:

1. Log on to your PC, press windows with the R button. This will open the "Run". Here, you can type "cmd" and hit the enter button.

2. Once the command prompt pops up, type: [chkdsk f:c/f]. You would need to replace the first f here with your own SD card drive letter.
3. Simply type the exit button after this.

2.3. Windows Disk Management

Next, you can also make use of Disk Management as one of the Sandisk SD card repair tools. Here's what you need to do to make use of this tool.

1. You would need to right-click on "My Computer" or "This PC". Here, you would need to select Manage and then click on the Disk Management option present under the storage section.

2. Right-click on partition in the SD card and select the "Format" option.
3. Choose the format window, check the box which mentions, 'perform a quick format', and then choose a file system along with the allocation unit size.
4. Lastly, click on the "OK" option.

2.4. Windows Explorer

Another solution for you to use when your Sandisk SD card is corrupted is to use Windows Explorer. Windows 10 and its older versions come with an in-built Sandisk SD card repair tool which you can access through the Windows explorer. This is the process to follow for the same:

1. Open My Computer or the option of 'This PC' (depending on what version you use).
2. Right-click on the USB drive option or the corrupt SD card.
3. Click the *Format* option from the drag-down menu available.
4. Then a pop-up window will appear. Click the *Restore Device Defaults* option.
5. Click on the *Start* button to begin formatting. You can then uncheck the *Quick format* option in case you want the computer to run a deep scan. However, this will take time. So, remember to uncheck only if the first attempt does not work.

6. When the next dialog box appears, click on the *OK* option. This will pop up with a warning wherein it will tell you that the data on the card will be lost. Post the formatting process, you will have a repaired SD card for you.

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Part 4. How to Recover and Repair Data from Sandisk SD Card after Mistaken Formatting

Recoverit Data Recovery is another excellent Sandisk SD Card Repair Tool that you can consider. It is a flagship product by Wondershare, one of the most trusted names used in the industry for data recovery. Recoverit Data Recovery is available in more than 160 countries. It is user-friendly software. You can use it by downloading a free version on your Windows PC or MAC computer.

It comes with a simple three-step process making the data recovery process much more comfortable.

Key features:

• You can use it for literally any storage device. Be it a laptop, recycle bin/trash, internal hard drive, external storage media, and even a crashed computer.
• It helps you get back all of your valuable, emails, videos, audio files as well as photos, documents quickly, and easily.
• A high recovery rate is another feature of this tool.
• It supports over 1000 file formats.
• Recoverit Ultimate even helps you recover the fragmented video.
• Moreover, it can repair corrupt/broken/damaged video.

Step by Step Tutorial: Standard Mode

If you wish to consider this for repairing your Sandisk SD Card which is corrupted, then here is a step by step tutorial for the same:

Step 1: First, you would need to go to the SD Card section, and select the SD card device where you lost data.

Step 2: Secondly, you would need to scan the location by clicking on Scan. You would need to wait for the scanning to complete

Step 3: Lastly, you would need to preview the file.

With all of these, you would be able to use the repair tool to fix the Sandisk SD Card which is corrupted.

Advanced Mode

In some cases, you may find that the video is corrupted after you use specific software. In such cases, Recovery Data Recovery will help you with its feature of Advance Video Recovery. It works by scanning, gathering, and then matching the spread fragments of videos which are corrupted. It will recover the data from Digital Cameras, Dashcams, PC, SD cards, and DSLRs, amongst other tools.

Key elements:

• Merge all the fragments from a similar video
• Recover almost all videos and then keeps them intact
• It also helps in recovering unlimited video files without any corruption

Step 1: The process is pretty straightforward. All you need to do is choose the "Advance Video Recovery" option for recovering the fragmented video files.

What's more? Repair Corrupted Video!

There is another feature of this software. Video Repair is a powerful feature that helps in repairing broken, damaged, and corrupt file formats. The file formats which can be fixed by this include MP4, MKV, MTS, MOV, 3GP, and FLV.

This particular model supports two repair modes. Quick repair helps in repairing different video errors. The advanced repair can also help in corrupt videos which will analyze the data of the sample video, which is shot by the same device:

The top features of this software include:

• A free scan of corrupt videos and a preview is also provided to the user
• It repairs multiple formats of the videos.
• The best part is that there are no limits on the size of the video files for repair
• 'n' number of corrupted video files can be repaired easily

Step by Step Tutorial: Advanced Mode

Step 1: Add your corrupted videos
Launch the application on your computer. To repair your corrupted video files, you can add it through clicking the Add button or "Add video and start repairing" area.

Step 2: Repair your videos
As soon as you have added all the corrupted videos, click on the Repair option to start the video repair process.

Step 3: Preview the videos
It will take some time to repair and once it has finished the repair process, a reminder showing info of successful fix will pop up on the screen. Press OK to close the operation.

Step 4: Advance mode for severely corrupted video (optional)
If the videos are severely corrupted and not repaired successfully, please go to the advanced repair mode. Just click the Advanced Repair button.

Then add a sample video and repair it now.

Step 5: Save repaired video
The advance repair will perform the repairing process and prompt a success message when the process is completely done. Now, you can play these videos and you will not see any error on the screen.

Final Words

We know that a corrupted memory card can be a complete hassle. Also, for people who are technologically challenged, it can turn into a complete waste of money because they would not know in what way to fix it. However, with the tools mentioned above, it will be much easier for you to repair your Sandisk SD card whenever it gets corrupted. In case, you are not really into technical know-how, then we recommend that you go for the Recover It software. We hope the aforementioned guide helps you in solving all your problems related to your corrupted Sandisk SD card.