Case 1: Memory card cannot be detected, and data disappeared from my phone

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'My Galaxy S7 screen suddenly turned black. I checked the phone and found that the wallpaper which was saved on my phone memory card and could not be detected by the phone. Meanwhile, all my photos, downloaded images, and some wallpapers are now undetectable on the phone's memory card.

I tried to reboot my phone several times, but it's still not detecting the memory card. How am I supposed to make the memory card work again on my phone and get all my lost photos, wallpapers, and other data back?'

Case 2: Android phone SD card is undetectable, how can I fix it

'I added an external SD card to my Android phone in order to extend the storage space and I saved a lot of valuable data such as photos, videos, and music files. However, the SD card suddenly became undetectable while I was trying to download a fancy video file.
The video app warned me that the downloading process could not finish since there was no device available to save the video. I checked for a reason for why the SD card in my phone couldn't be detected by the app. But when I tried to connect the SD card to my PC, it wouldn't work either. How do I fix this and get the SD card to be readable again?'

If you are having a similar problem that suddenly your memory card or SD card doesn't work or becomes undetectable or even disappears from your Android mobile phone? Relax. See below for an effective method to fix this issue with ease now.

Quick Fix: Insert/Connect memory or SD card to another phone or PC

Simply insert or connect the memory card or SD card that disappeared or cannot be detected by your Android phone into another mobile phone or PC. This will help you quickly identify if the issue is with your phone or with the memory/SD card itself.
If nothing is wrong with your memory card or SD card, you'll be able to read and find all your personal data contained on the card by using another mobile phone or PC.

If the memory card or SD card is still undetectable or nothing was read by the other mobile phone or PC, you'll need to follow the steps below to repair and fix it without losing any data.

Fix 'Memory/SD card not detected/recognized' error on Android phone without losing data

1. Update memory or SD card driver

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Due to an outdated memory or SD card driver, your Android mobile phone or computer may not be able to read or detect the memory/SD card properly. Just follow the steps below to update the memory SD card driver and make it readable again:

• Connect memory/SD card to your PC;
• Right-click on My Computer or This PC and choose 'Manage'.
• In the taskbar on the left, click 'device manager' and next to 'USB Serial Bus controllers' click '+'. Then you'll see a yellow exclamation mark.
• Right-click and choose 'Update Driver Software', then click 'Search automatically for updated driver software'...
• Wait patiently and let the driver to be installed and reboot your computer.

Then the memory card or SD card can be detected by your PC or new mobile phone.

2. Repair and fix 'Android memory SD card not detected' error with the CHKDSK command

If the memory card or SD card has an internal error or bad sectors, it will not be readable nor detectable by your mobile phone or PC. Fortunately, you can run CHKDSK command to repair and fix this issue.

Please follow the below guidelines to fix this issue right now:

1. Right-click on My Computer/This PC and select Manage, click on Disk Management and then find the device in the drive viewer to check out whether the computer can detect your memory card or not.
If it is detectable, jump to Step 3 to get all Android memory card data restored;
If it is not detectable, continue the process with the CHKDSK command, and follow these steps.
2. Press Win+R > Type: cmd and hit Enter;
3. Type: chkdsk D: / f and hit Enter; (D is the drive letter of your memory card)
Or you can type: chkdsk D:/f /offlinescanandfix and hit Enter.
This should fix the memory SD card error and make the card detectable again.

3. Restore data from memory card/SD card before formatting

In order to avoid an unexpected data loss issue with the Android memory or SD card, the first thing we highly recommend is for you to restore precious data from your card.

Professional data recovery software - EaseUS Data Recovery Wizard will help you to simply restore and extract all Android memory/SD card data using three steps:

All you need is to download it for free, activate it and follow the steps below to restore your personal files restored:

Stop using your SD card immediately once you lost files on it. Continuing using the card would hugely increase the chance of data overwriting, which makes data unrecoverable.

Step 1: Connect the SD card to PC

Insert the SD card to a card reader, and connect the card reader with your SD card to a healthy computer.

Step 2: Run SD card recovery software and scan the card.

• Launch EaseUS Data Recovery Wizard on your PC and select your SD card under theExternal Devices column.
• Then click Scan to start finding lost data on your SD card now.

Step 3: Check found SD card data.

After the scanning process, you can preview and find your lost SD card files from below listed tabs:

• Deleted Files: List your deleted files there.
• Drive X: All lost files can be found here.
• Lost Partition Files: Check first if it's for formatted recovery.
• Extra Files: Finds files that lost names or paths.

And you can use Filter and Search to quickly find your files.

Step 4: Restore SD card data.

• You can check and preview found files by double-clicking each one of them.
• Then click Recover to save found SD card files to a secure location on your PC or an external storage.

4. Finally, format memory/SD card into NTFS/FAT32/exFAT

After getting all data restored from the memory card, you may now format the memory SD card so it is usable again:

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• Go to Disk Management > Right-click memory or SD card and select Format;
• Set label, file system (NTFS/FAT32/exFAT) for your memory SD card and click OK.

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The memory card or SD card can now be read and detected by your Android phone. You can also import the previously restored data to your card and continue using them on your phone again.