Quick format micro SD card to use Recuva to recover files from corrupted micro SD card?

MrWakeup

Do not quick format the drive. The more you 'do something' to the drive the chances of recovering data gets slimmer and harder. Stop writing/altering/copying to the drive. Even connecting the drive to a computer as a slave could get windows OS to alter the drive slightly, by caching things to the drive etc. If data recovery is important and you need more than the initial grab of data, and you've exhausted all of your data recovery tools, then time to move on to the companies who do data recovery if the data is critical and worth it to you to recover.

Dick

What you don't tell us is what version of Windows you are using or if you are using Windows at all. That is critical info. HOWEVER, I'm going to suggest something to you with the assumption that you are using Win 10. Make sure your SD card is plugged into the computer. <<<<< At the bottom of your display on the Task Bar, look for the File Explorer folder icon and left click on it. In the new window that appears, look at the left pane of the window. It will be listed below the Local Disk (C:) drive and other internal drives that you may have: e.g. D: or E: etc. You may have to scroll down but your SD card folder should be visible. Left click once on the SD card folder to hilight it. At the top of the window look at the row of tabs and at the far right you'll see a tab labeled "Drive Tools". Click on that tab. Icons that describe actions you can take will appear. I'd give the "Optimize" icon a try and see if it can clean up and/or repair some files for you so that you can either perform a Move To or Copy function with those files. In my opinion, I'd copy whatever you can to the C: drive. e.g. Make a New Folder in the Downloads folder and name it something relevant, such as Saved SD Card Files. Then go to the SD card icon and double click on it to open it. Click the HOME tab at the top of the window. Look to the right at the top and click on Select All. Once you click on Select All the "Move To" and "Copy To" icons become active. I'd recommend that you chose the Copy To option. Just click on the Copy To option, and then select the Choose Location option at the bottom of the menu. Now select the Downloads folder. Double click on the Downloads folder and scroll down and select the folder you created (Saved SD Card Files). Click on the Copy button and it will begin copying automatically. Depending on the speed of your computer and the speed of the SD Card it may be a slow process. So just let the machine do it's job and only do anything if it stops and asks for an input to skip, replace, etc. >>>>> I sure hope this helps you out and that you can recover more than what you currently have. Good Luck!!!