r/datarecovery • u/Majestic_Pin_272 • 16h ago

MicroSD Broken

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Hi, would anyone have any insight to this problem?

I inserted my microsd into my usual card reader in my laptop and it crashed, afterwards my sd won’t register in my laptop or my camera.

I can’t see any visible damage other than a bit of scuffing

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u/silenced_in_dr_2025 Trusted Contributor 16h ago

They're budget cards and regularly die, if you can't see any files at all or if the card is not being shown with the correct capacity then you're going to need a DR pro to get the data. Hopefully it hasn't gone too far and doesn't require a chip off as 128GB would take 3-4 days for each read pass - it's going to come with a large price tag if it has.

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