memory card asking tobe formatted

[sports_brah]

Yes I'm stupid for not backing it up, but that's a lesson learned.

Basically memory card is asking me to format it and is not holdo g a y files.

Tried recuva but no luck. Any ideas? On mobile sorry.

 

[Efour]

Basically memory card is asking me to format it and is not holdo g a y files.

can it holdo h e t r o s e x u a l files?

 

[sports_brah]

Thanks mobile. That was meant to be any but my phone has other ideas for me.

 

[UncleRuckus]

I would suggest getting a dropbox account for next time.

 

[Cosimo]

You could try (from XDA):

Sometimes the filesystem on the card gets corrupted. It can happen for example if the card was ejected while a file operation on it was in progress. When that happens you might have trouble accessing some of the files, loading times for some directories in file explorer may be very slow.
You can attempt to fix it using the desktop windows' built-in chkdsk utility.

Open up command prompt (start->run->cmd.exe) and type

chkdsk /X /F <SD card drive letter>

My SD card reader is X:\ drive, so i wold use the following command:
chkdsk /X /F X:

SD card reader is recommended, but probably not necessary because it should also work with WinMo's built-in USB mass storage function or wm5torage.

Under linux you can check/fix the card's filesysterm and in some cases undelete a file using fsck.vfat or dosfsck (single tool, two possible names). Refer to its help for more details.

 

[sports_brah]

I would suggest getting a dropbox account for next time.

The sad thing is that I already have dropbox, it just never crossed my mind.

Oh that and my internet speed is 1mbps down, 0.1mps up!

You could try (from XDA):

Thanks! Will try now.

 

[sports_brah]

Just tried it and it spat out: "this type of file is raw. CHKDSK is not available for RAW drive.

 

[sports_brah]

Anyone?

 

[Cosimo]

Just tried it and it spat out: "this type of file is raw. CHKDSK is not available for RAW drive.

A search for "CHKDSK is not available for RAW drive" comes up with some options. This one looks like it's worth a try:

http://www.z-a-recovery.com/art-raw-filesystem.htm

The how to do it:

http://www.z-a-recovery.com/unformat-tutorial.htm

I think that this is your last chance at recovery.

 

[sports_brah]

Cosimo, I never properly thanked you. Managed to retrieve most of those irreplaceable photos. ^_^

Thanks!