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MicroSD card is now RAW, in urgent need for files to be taken out

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May 12, 2014 10:32:00 AM

My phone (Samsung S3) hasn't been able to read my 16GB microSD card lately, so I have decided to take the card out and connect it to the computer.

It wrote "You need to format the disk in drive (X: ) before you can use it."

It contains 10+GB (if I remember correctly) worth of all kinds of files which I am unwilling to delete. I have thus tried Recuva, which wasn't able to read it, it also states the card is only 32MB (Failed to scan the following drives. Unable to determine file system type). I tried chkdsk, which stated that the drive is not NTFS, but RAW. I also tried PhotoRec and nothing is recovered.

I also tried formatting (hoping I could use Recuva on it afterwards), but it said 'Windows was unable to complete the format'.

Edit: Tried 4CardRecovery, iCare Data Recovery and EaseUS Data Recovery. The microSD card is not under the list of drives I can recover

*Currently using an external card reader...? Looks kinda like a box. Gotta use a wire similar to ones for external HDs to connect.
*Ejected and connected it again, it doesn't work
*Did a quick virus scan on my computer, no virus detected
*Used USBImage Tool, the file is only 30MB

Are there any other ways I can recover my files? I'm running on Windows 7.

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a c 253 G Storage
May 12, 2014 1:47:24 PM

Here's another that you can try, Minitool: http://www.powerdatarecovery.com/

Do you have another card reader that you can try? Another computer?

Yogi
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May 12, 2014 7:25:57 PM

If all these data recovery tools also cannot resolve your problems, you may send it to some professional data recovery companies for help. Just prepare to pay much money for the services.
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