microSD card problem

[itishassans]

Hello, guys! I need your input. I had recently made a backup of my data in my microSD card. It is a 8GB Kingston microSD HC class 4 memory card. I was formatting it on my computer. I had connected my USB cable in the front USB port of my rig. I didn't know that my front USB port slot was lose. The formatting was stopped in the middle as my cable lost connection for unknown reasons. Ever since then, the card won't show up on my PC and neither can I mount it on my phone. Whenever I try to mount it, my phone gives a brief notification that tells that the SD card is being prepared yet nothing happens. I haven't tried connecting it to my PC through an SD card adapter because I could not find it. I do plan to use the SD card adapter as soon as I find it. 

 

Do you guys have any idea how can I revive it? I think it is more of formatting problem but I am afraid that it might have failed. While microSD card's are cheap, I don't want to buy a new one because I plan to buy a new phone in a week or two. I plan to get a Samsung S6. S6 does not have a microSD slot. 

 

Your help will be appreciated! Thank you for reading. 

[unknownmiscreant]

2 minutes ago, itishassans said:

Hello, guys! I need your input. I had recently made a backup of my data in my microSD card. It is a 8GB Kingston microSD HC class 4 memory card. I was formatting it on my computer. I had connected my USB cable in the front USB port of my rig. I didn't know that my front USB port slot was lose. The formatting was stopped in the middle as my cable lost connection for unknown reasons. Ever since then, the card won't show up on my PC and neither can I mount it on my phone. Whenever I try to mount it, my phone gives a brief notification that tells that the SD card is being prepared yet nothing happens. I haven't tried connecting it to my PC through an SD card adapter because I could not find it. I do plan to use the SD card adapter as soon as I find it. 

 

Do you guys have any idea how can I revive it? I think it is more of formatting problem but I am afraid that it might have failed. While microSD card's are cheap, I don't want to buy a new one because I plan to buy a new phone in a week or two. I plan to get a Samsung S6. S6 does not have a microSD slot. 

 

Your help will be appreciated! Thank you for reading. 

Do yourself a favor and throw it out. I had the exact same thing happen twice to me. Spent best part of 2 days trying to fix the 1st one. What happens is, the controller inside the card shuts down if the card is removed during a read/write operation. You can potentially take it to a data recover place, but they are likely to charge you alot of money for counselling.

 

Life lessons: don't store precious data ONLY on sd cards or USB sticks. Both are very prone to failures compared to HDDs or SSDs.

ALWAYS eject them properly, to avoid this sort of issue.

[EpochDeveloper]

Don't bother, I tried it too once and I wasted a lot of time trying to flash the system volume information back but never succeeded. They don't cost much so I'd just get a new one.

[itishassans]

I was lucky that I had the same backup on my HDD as well. Yeah, I will buy a new microSD card because that seems to be the only viable option. Well, it lasted me 2 years and was cheap, so I am not complaining! Thank you for your input, guys! 

Edited August 7, 2017 by itishassans

[unknownmiscreant]

2 minutes ago, EpochDeveloper said:

Don't bother, I tried it too once and I wasted a lot of time trying to flash the system volume information back but never succeeded. They don't cost much so I'd just get a new one.

Yeah its a huge nuisance, as my SD cards break, I'm slowly not replacing them, and moving to other forms of external storage such as mSATA <-> USB enclosures. They are significantly faster and more reliable, albeit expensive.