{"id":4087,"date":"2024-04-03T17:39:59","date_gmt":"2024-04-03T17:39:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.catdatarecovery.com\/?p=4087"},"modified":"2024-04-03T17:40:01","modified_gmt":"2024-04-03T17:40:01","slug":"recover-deleted-files-from-sd-card","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.catdatarecovery.com\/data-recovery\/recover-deleted-files-from-sd-card","title":{"rendered":"Three Ways to Recover Deleted Files from SD Card\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

SD cards or Secure Digital cards have become vital parts of our digital lives. They serve as convenient and compact data storage solutions for various devices. From smartphones to digital cameras, laptops to portable gaming consoles, action cameras to dashcams, and audio or music recorders.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

These mighty devices play an important role in storing digital data and memories, such as photos and videos of loved ones or any memorable event. As well as storing any important files and documents. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

These tiny yet powerful devices, despite their convenience, might also cause you stress.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Data loss on SD Cards is not uncommon; tens of thousands of SD users in the US alone face it every month. Some might lose their data due to device failure or damage, a few might find that their storage device has become corrupted, some might accidentally format their drive, and others might accidentally delete some or all of the files, folders, and other data saved in the SD cards.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

These are serious problems that can’t be ignored. This article specifically discusses recovering deleted files from SD cards.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So, if you have accidentally or intentionally deleted a few or all of your files from your SD card, keep reading this article. If you follow the instructions mentioned here, I can assure you that by the end of this article, you will have restored deleted files from SD card in no time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So, let’s not waste any more time and start recovering your deleted SD card files.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

How To Recover Deleted Files from SD Card?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Retrieving deleted files from an SD card or any other storage device is a bit more complex and tedious than recovering deleted files<\/a> from Windows or Mac computers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The reasons can include the absence of a Recycle or Trash Bin and limited access to your data compared to Windows and Mac users (if you want to view your files, you need to connect your drive to a computer or laptop, whereas Windows and Mac users can directly search for their files and folders in the File Explorer), data fragmentation, complications arising due to physical limitations of the storage device, such as hardware failure, etc.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

SD card users, on the other hand, can only restore lost data from backups, File Histories, and Previous Versions or use specialized data recovery tools like CAT Data Recovery Software and other free tools like the Microsoft Windows File Recovery tool.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This section explains how to use each of these solutions to recover deleted files from the SD card. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

I recommend you try connecting your SD card to your Windows system. Then, navigate to the SD card location, right-clicking, and looking for the Undo Delete option.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This is one of the easiest ways to restore deleted files from your SD card for free.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If you did not find the Undo Delete option. Then, your files have been permanently deleted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In such cases, you can try the following solutions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

1: Restore Deleted Files from SD Card for Free Using Backups<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Restoring the backups of the deleted, lost, or missing SD card data is one of the most effective methods, and not to forget, it’s also absolutely free.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Users usually store backup copies on other external storage devices or in the cloud. Such as Google Drive, OneDrive, Dropbox, or iCloud. A few of you might also have configured backup utilities like File History, Previous Versions, or Time Machine (if you are a Mac user).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

You can restore those backup copies and start using them as a replacement for the original files.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Backups of external storage devices can be easily moved by simply copying the files and pasting them on your SD card or on your system.

Whereas if you want to restore files saved on Cloud storage, y<\/span>ou need to log in to your account, find the copies of files deleted from the SD card, and download them on your system or your cellphone or tablet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The first is the chance of losing recently saved or modified files that are not part of backups. Secondly, cloud backups can be expensive, and local backups can be damaged, corrupted, lost, or inaccessible.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Many of us are absolutely clueless when it comes to backups. Let alone having copies of vital data. If you are one of those who have not taken backups prior to data loss. Worry not; the next solution will help you recover accidentally deleted files from an SD card, as well as from any formatted, corrupted, or even damaged drive.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2: Recover Deleted Files from SD Card using CAT Data Recovery Software<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

As mentioned earlier, recovering data from external storage devices is much more complex than recovering files from a system.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So why rely on basic solutions? Use professional SD card recovery tools like the CAT Data Recovery Software<\/a> built specifically to recover files of any format from any SD as well as MicroSD card.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The tool\u2019s results-oriented algorithms are guaranteed to work regardless of the reason behind data loss, from the simplest, like file deletion, to the most complex, like formatting, virus or malware attacks, etc. The tool just works.<\/p>\n\n\n\n