Windows File Recovery
SD Card Not Detected on Windows 10
A number of Windows 10 users encountered SD card not working error after the Windows 10 upgrade. As a result, the card will not be detected by Windows 10 system. Behind this problem, there could be a number of reasons:
- Driver issue
- Malware attack
- File system corruption
- Not formatted properly
- Mishandling of the card
These can be some of the reasons behind the SD problem. One must take the right action to recover files from corrupted SD card. There are a number of methods to resolve this problem. So now, let's learn how to make the SD card detectable:
Method 1: Check Windows 10 USB Slot
If SD memory card is not showing up in Windows 10 then, you can insert SD card to a USB card reader and plug it to the USB port and check whether it works fine. If it works well the problem is solved, if not then try connecting the card to another computer and check. If this didn't solve your problem then go ahead with the next method.
Method 2: Update SD Card Driver
This method is simple, go to device manager and locate the card reader. If it contains a yellow sign beside it, then it is clear that this problem is caused due to the driver issue. So for that, you must update the driver. To do that, follow the below-given steps:
- Insert the SD card to the system
- Navigate to Control Panel
- Then, Select System> Device Manager> Disk drivers
- Locate the SD card and right click on it and select Uninstall> Scan for hardware changes to refresh the drives
Method 3: Take help of Disk Management to make SD card detected
- Insert SD card to PC
- Open Disk Management tool
- Press Windows + R
- Type "diskmgmt.msc" and enter
By using the above methods, if you are SD card is able to detect on your SD card then your problem is solved here. However, sometimes after these methods, you won't be able to access your data from card or data will be lost from this in that situation, you can make use of Windows File Recovery software.
The simplest method to restore files from undetected SD card on Windows 10 system
Step 1: Launch the software on your Windows PC.
Step 2: From the main screen, you are asked to choose the drive or the folder from where you want to recover files and click on the Scan button.
Step 3: The tool starts scanning the selected drive; you can use the Dynamic Recovery View option to view the file recovery process.
Step 4: A complete list of recovered files from the selected drive will get displayed on your screen. Options like the Advanced Filter option and the Search option come to help you effortlessly find the files that you are looking for.
Step 5: This software also comes with our most powerful feature to date, called the Augmented Preview option. To help you view the recovered files without having to save the data.
Step 6: The software also lets you select the file(s) that you would like to recover without bringing in any files and folders that you do not want to. The last step in the file recovery journey is to select a location where you want to save the recovered files.
In addition to SD card recovery, this tool helps you in recovering deleted folders from Windows 10, Windows 8.x, Windows 7, Windows Vista, Windows XP and Server 2003 and 2008.
