Micro SD recovery: PhotoRec doesn't recognize it, Win8 does!
Posted: 15 Oct 2014, 05:00
Hello!
Trying to recover a Micro-SD card; I follow the "PhotoRec Step By Step" instructions, but very early on I am unable to continue: PhotoRec only shows the HDD and the optical drive; it doesn't show the damaged SD card. Therefore, I cannot even select the SD and start the recovery process, because it's not there!
Now, I read from http://www.cgsecurity.org/wiki/PhotoRec page: " PhotoRec ignores the file system and goes after the underlying data, so it will still work even if your media's file system has been severely damaged "
However, I haven't been able to find anywhere a guide on what to do when the SD is not recognized at all.
Strange enough, Windows 8 does see and report the SD, hence it might not be terminally bad. However, its properties show " 0 GB free of 0 GB ".
I would really appreciate any help; my daughter had many hundreds of vacation and other photos on the SD.
Thanks and regards.
20141014
Trying to recover a Micro-SD card; I follow the "PhotoRec Step By Step" instructions, but very early on I am unable to continue: PhotoRec only shows the HDD and the optical drive; it doesn't show the damaged SD card. Therefore, I cannot even select the SD and start the recovery process, because it's not there!
Now, I read from http://www.cgsecurity.org/wiki/PhotoRec page: " PhotoRec ignores the file system and goes after the underlying data, so it will still work even if your media's file system has been severely damaged "
However, I haven't been able to find anywhere a guide on what to do when the SD is not recognized at all.
Strange enough, Windows 8 does see and report the SD, hence it might not be terminally bad. However, its properties show " 0 GB free of 0 GB ".
I would really appreciate any help; my daughter had many hundreds of vacation and other photos on the SD.
Thanks and regards.
20141014