Trying to recover docs off of screwed SD card

exalted512

So I have a SD card in my netbook that I save everything to (8gb HDD, everything gets saved to the SD Card). Anyway, between one class and the next, it decided to say the drive is not formatted.

I've put this on my netbook, the wife's netbook, my laptop, my desktop, and my printer...nothing...ha.

I've downloaded a couple of free recovery programs, neither of which have even attempted to try. I click scan and as soon as I do it says scan complete.

Its a 'adata' 16gb card...probably less than 2GB on it, but with all my class notes for the semester on it.

I'm emailing adata as well, maybe i can send it to them and they can see if they get the info off of it.

Does anyone know of (preferably free) data recovery plans? I dont mind paying for it, but I'd rather not spend $30 and be in the same boat I was in.

Help!
-Cody

Polk addict

You might want to try using Symantec for atleast searching for the files...

I have an SD card that will read but won't write correctly... Same kinda problem...

Sorry, but I think you're out of luck...

LessisNevermore

You might have some luck opening it on a Linux box. At the very least, be able to copy the files to another card.

BeRad

That's why I only use Sandisk cards. They apparently have a great recovery program that comes with every card. I have yet to need to use it however or know anyone who has. Kind of like a Snap-On tool. It has a lifetime warranty, but you'll never need it.

You could try to get a hold of the sandik recovery program and see if it works for ya.

ViperZ

BeRad wrote: »

That's why I only use Sandisk cards. They apparently have a great recovery program that comes with every card. I have yet to need to use it however or know anyone who has. Kind of like a Snap-On tool. It has a lifetime warranty, but you'll never need it.

You could try to get a hold of the sandik recovery program and see if it works for ya.

From what I remember, Lexar is the only company that will do the recovery on the "consumer" grade cards. Sandisk has a similar program, but not as good... In any case, I buy only Lexar and Sandisk, after brand new damn PNY card died on me on the 2nd day and with close to 200 photos on it (was able to recover ~26).

BIZILL

does any peripheral read off it? i'm talkin' even a digital camera or pda or ANYTHING that reads there is SOMETHING on your card.

i had this same issue with my sda card. somehow came to find out it wasn't the card in my case, rather it was windows vista playing games. SOMEHOW i managed to keep using it in my high def camcorder and all the sudden, lo and behold...it worked again without an issue. and my old files were still on there???

exalted512

I dont have anything that takes SD cards. But my netbooks run XP, so does my laptop, only my desktop has vista. My hp printer takes it, but it just says card error when i put it in.
-Cody