Recovering a transcend 32 gb memory card. Online flash drive flashing
A variety of problems with USB drives or flash drives is something that, probably, every owner of them faces. The computer does not see the flash drive, files are not deleted or written, Windows writes that the disk is write-protected, the amount of memory is displayed incorrectly - this is not a complete list of such problems. Perhaps, if the computer simply does not detect the drive, this guide will also help you: (3 ways to solve the problem). If the flash drive is detected and working, but you need to recover files from it, I recommend that you first read the material.
If different ways to fix USB errors drive by manipulating drivers, actions in Windows Disk Management, or using command line(diskpart, format, etc.) did not lead to a positive result, you can try utilities and programs for repairing flash drives provided by both manufacturers, for example, Kingston, Silicon power and Transcend, as well as third-party developers.
On the official website of Silicon Power in the "Support" section, a program for repairing flash drives from this manufacturer is presented - USB Flash drive recovery. You will need to enter an address to download. Email(not tested), then the UFD_Recover_Tool ZIP archive is loaded, which contains the SP Recovery Utility (requires the .NET Framework 3.5 components to work, will be loaded automatically if necessary).
Similar to the previous program, SP Flash Drive Recovery requires an Internet connection to work and recovery takes place in several stages - determining the parameters of the USB drive, downloading and unpacking the appropriate utility for it, then - automatic execution necessary actions.
Download Silicon Power SP Flash Drive Repair Software Recovery Software can be free from the official website http://www.silicon-power.com/web/download-USBrecovery
If you are the drive owner Kingston DataTraveler HyperX 3.0, then on the Kingston official website you can find a utility for repairing this line of flash drives, which will help you format the drive and bring it to the state it had when you bought it.
You can download Kingston Format Utility for free from https://www.kingston.com/ru/support/technical/downloads/111247
ADATA USB Flash Drive Online Recovery
The manufacturer Adata also has its own utility that will help you fix flash drive errors if you cannot read the contents of the flash drive, Windows reports that the disk is not formatted, or you see other errors associated with the drive. To download the program, you will need to enter serial number flash drives (so that exactly what is required is loaded) as in the screenshot below.
After downloading - run the downloaded utility and run a few simple steps to restore the operation of the USB device.
The official page where you can download ADATA USB Flash Drive Online Recovery and read about using the program - http://www.adata.com/ru/ss/usbdiy/
Apacer Repair Utility, Apacer Flash Drive Repair Tool
Several programs are available for Apacer flash drives at once - different versions Apacer Repair Utility (which, however, cannot be found on the official website), as well as Apacer Flash Drive Repair Tool available for download at official pages some of the Apacer flash drives (search the official website for your specific USB drive model and check out the downloads section at the bottom of the page).
Apparently, the program performs one of two actions - simple formatting of the drive (Format item) or low-level formatting (Restore item).
Formatter Silicon Power
Formatter Silicon Power is a free low-level formatting utility for flash drives, which, according to reviews (including in the comments to the current article), works for many other drives (but use it at your own peril and risk), allowing you to restore their performance when no other methods do not help.
The utility is no longer available on the official SP website, so you will have to use Google to download it (I do not give links to unofficial locations within this site) and do not forget to check the downloaded file, for example, on VirusTotal before running it.
SD Memory Card Formatter for repairing and formatting SD, SDHC and SDXC memory cards (including Micro SD)
The Association of SD Memory Card Companies offers its own universal utility to format the respective memory cards in case of problems with them. At the same time, judging by available information, it is compatible with almost all such drives.
The program itself is available in versions for Windows (there is support for Windows 10) and MacOS and is quite easy to use (but you will need a card reader).
You can download SD Memory Card Formatter from the official website https://www.sdcard.org/downloads/formatter/
D-Soft Flash Doctor
The free program D-Soft Flash Doctor is not tied to any particular manufacturer and, judging by the reviews, can help fix problems with a flash drive through low-level formatting.
In addition, the program allows you to create an image of a flash drive for subsequent work no longer on a physical drive (to avoid further malfunctions) - this can be useful if you need to get data from a Flash drive. Unfortunately, the official website of the utility could not be found, but it is available on many resources with free programs.
How to find a program to repair a flash drive
Actually this kind free utilities there are much more to repair flash drives than listed here: I tried to take into account only relatively “universal” tools for USB drives from different manufacturers.
It is possible that none of the above utilities are suitable for restoring the health of your USB drive. In this case, you can use the following steps to find the right program.
Optional: if all the methods described are repaired USB stick didn't work, try it.
Transcend produces not only flash drives, but also memory cards of various formats. The most popular format is SD. The most common causes of Transcend SD card failure are:
- accidental deletion of information or formatting of the media;
- virus attacks;
- partition damage.
Transcend Memory Card Data Recovery
Of particular difficulty is the recovery of a Transcend microSD memory card in case of hardware failures. The bottom line is that given format smaller than SD or miniSD, but recovery is possible with a microscope and a soldering iron. If the card does not have valuable information, then you can first try the AutoFormat Tool application.
In some cases, the program can restore the flash card of Transcend and other manufacturers. If this measure did not help, you should find out the VID / PID and flash the controller. If information is accidentally deleted from Transcend memory cards, you can restore data if no new photos have been written to the card.
The safest way is to use R-Studio applications(picture 1). It supports all kinds of file systems that are used on flash drives, as well as operating system file systems. Mac systems OS and Linux. The utility also helps if you need to recover data from hard drives. This application paid, but its purchase is justified, since it provides a high probability of recovery.
microSD recovery in our time is a very popular topic, because flash drives break very often, and you don’t want to lose information from them.
Therefore, many people are looking on the Internet for information on the easiest way to get information from a medium that does not work.
Moreover, the problems can be very different - someone's flash drive simply cannot be restored, someone has errors, and so on.
And the answer to the above question is very simple - there is special program to restore MicroSD, and far from one.
The user only needs to use the most suitable of them.
MicroSD recovery software
CardRecovery
This program does an excellent job of recovering photos, video and audio content from storage media.
Unfortunately, it does not restore regular files, which is why it is intended only for those flash drives that are used in mobile phones, cameras and players.
How to use CardRecovery:
- Download the program from this link. Run it, read the greeting and click Next.
- We select the flash drive in the Drive letter section, the device type in the “Camera Brand and File type” section (check the boxes next to the types of files that will be restored there) and the folder where the recovered files will be saved in the Destination Folder section. Click Next.
- We are waiting for the end of the recovery process. Click Next.
- We see a list of recovered files. Check the boxes next to the ones you want to keep. Click Next for the last time. The process is over.
PC Inspector Smart Recovery
This is already a much more functional program that recovers almost all types of files available today.
It works for both fixed hard drives and removable media. To use it, you must do the following:
- Download the program from this link. Open it.
- In the start window, select the "Restore logical files" item. You may need to click on the tab with the green up arrow on the left.
- Next you need to choose desired disk on one of the tabs (it can also be among logical drives). Click on the checkbox on the right.
Hint: You can find out the letter and name of the flash drive in Windows in “My Computer” (“Computer”, “This Computer”, depending on the OS).
- Select a start and end sector. You need to do this so that the scan size matches the size of the media. Click on the checkbox on the left.
- Next we will see a list of all files. Green indicates those that can be restored, and yellow indicates those that do not require restoration. After that, you need to click on the floppy disk icon on the left.
R-studio
On the official website they write that today it is the most “exhaustive” software to restore files.
Users do not resist this conclusion. To recover data from using R-Studio you need to do the following:
- Download the program (here is the link) and run it.
- In the Drivers section, click on the media from which the data will be restored. The Properties section will display its properties.
- Further, the folders will be displayed in the Folders section, and the files in this folder will be displayed in the Contents section. To restore them, you need to click on the Recover button on the top panel of the program window.
Easy Recovery
Many experts say that this is indeed good program to restore files. There is only one way to check this:
- Download free version programs from this link and run it.
- In the start window, click "Continue". In the next select "Memory cards".
- Click "Continue" again. Select "Data Recovery" and check the box below file system this carrier.
- Click "Continue" again. Wait for the end of the scan deleted files and windows with a report on the list of deleted files and folders. On each, you can right-click and select "Save As ...".
Flash Memory Toolkit
This is a very versatile program.
In addition to recovery, it can also perform the functions of testing, destruction confidential information, backup and get detailed information about the device.
To recover data, you just need to select the flash drive in the Device section, click on the File Recovery item in the menu on the left and follow all the instructions of the program.
Clue: All of the above programs can be downloaded for free on the non-commercial resource flashboot.ru.
Read our other articles about flash drive repair:
Sometimes the recovery of a MicroSD flash drive using the above programs does not go as smoothly as you would like - some problems may arise.
Consider the most common of them.
Problems with microSD recovery
MicroSD not detected
It happens that you need to restore the MicroSD card, but the computer - tritely - does not see it.
Interestingly, this usually happens completely unexpectedly and without visible reasons: the user inserts the card again, and suddenly the computer stops seeing it (it used to insert it, and everything was fine).
In this case, there are three options:
- The letter of the disk name matches the letter of the already connected disk. Indeed, it is possible that some kind of storage medium is already connected to the computer, and for some reason the flash drive is indicated by the same letter when connected. In this case, open standard utility"Disk Management" (Win + R and enter "diskmgmt.msc"), select the flash drive there, right-click on it and select "Change drive letter or drive path." After that, it remains to specify some other letter of the Latin alphabet and save the changes.
- Lack of drivers. In some cases, both the old tested and the new computer with a freshly installed operating system there may not be drivers for some media. There is only one way out - download and install them. The best thing to do is to search on the official website. You can use the program. You can download it from . It independently determines which devices are connected to the computer and whether there are driver updates for them. It is convenient that the program itself will determine whether the drivers for the flash drive are installed. If this is not the case, they will be installed in bulk, along with everyone else. To do this, the user just needs to click on the "Drivers" tab on the left and click on the "Install automatically" button.
- You can also try connecting the memory card to another device. This will give you a chance to read necessary files and use the recovery program. For example, you can insert a MicroSD into your phone and restore not the card itself, but the entire phone as a carrier.
Read other GeekNose materials about data recovery from disks:
Another common problem is that the computer sees the flash drive, but does not see the files themselves on the flash drive.
The computer "does not see" microSD files
This means that the flash drive itself is detected by the computer, but some files (or even all) are not on it.
The user may immediately think that the problem is in the card itself and it needs to be restored. But things can be much simpler.
The solution to such a problem is to scan the computer for viruses, in particular, Trojans, and remove them.
Indeed, the "trojan" can make files hidden. Therefore, feel free to turn on and use your antivirus before lamenting about lost data.
It is worth saying that in some cases, the MicroSD recovery process may differ depending on the device manufacturer.
MicroSD recovery from different manufacturers
Recovery MicroSD Transcend
For MicroSD cards Transcend has its own file recovery software. It's called RecoveRx.
This program takes into account the individual characteristics of the cards of this manufacturer and is able to perform its functions much better than all of the above programs.
In addition to recovery, RecoveRx can format the card and put a password on it.
To perform a restore, you must do the following:
- Download and run the program (here is the link). Select Recover from the top menu. In the program window, select Transcend (it may differ depending on the name of the card, by default it is as shown here).
- Select file types.
- Wait for the process to finish and see the list of files available for saving. Save the ones you want using the drop-down menu (the one that appears after right-clicking on a file).
Recovery MicroSD Kingston
The problem with flash drives from this manufacturer is that they mainly use Phison controllers.
And this means that the user will have to resort to low-level recovery.
Other methods may simply not work. In short, the process is as follows:
- Determine the Vendor ID and Product ID parameters so that you can then use them to find the desired utility. This can be done using the USBDeview program (link). Open the program and find desired card in the list. Click on it with the right mouse button and select the item "Html-report: selected elements". We scroll the window that appears until we see the Vendor ID and Product ID.
- We go to the site flashboot.ru/iflash/ and enter the necessary parameters in the appropriate fields. As a result, we will see a list of all cases where there were problems with this model. And on the right, in the UTILS section, there will be programs for low-level recovery of this model. The user needs to try them all - usually you can find more on the official websites detailed instructions by use.
MicroSD Kingmax Recovery
Kingmax also has its own software. There are two programs - one for U-Drive and PD-07 series drives, and the second for Super Stick.
You can download both programs.
Their use is extremely simple - you need to insert a USB flash drive, run the program and click on the desired drive.
Sandisk microSD recovery
After that, the flash drive will work like a new one. The use of the programs is very simple.
In Silicon Power Formatter there is generally only one small window with two buttons (you need to click Format there), and in SDFormatter there are more options, but it will still be enough to click on the Format button.
Smartbuy microSD recovery
Working with flash drives from this manufacturer is characterized by one interesting point - if the flash drive does not work, you can simply wait, up to several years, and after that it will work again.
If you don’t want to wait, you need to try all the recovery programs that you can find.
This application looks like a regular folder.
After selecting the media, you need to click on the Recover button at the top, wait for the process to end and see a list of files that can be recovered.
Qumo microSD recovery
MicroSDs from Qumo are notorious for the fact that they just suddenly "die". Once they stop working, and after that it will be very problematic to see at least some signs of life in them.
Some users advise using the aforementioned R-Studio and CardRecovery programs. But not in all cases they will be effective.
There are special companies that are engaged in the restoration of "dead" flash drives using hardware methods, but such services are not cheap, and it is usually cheaper to purchase a new drive.
Recovery A-Data MicroSD
In this case, too, most programs do not help. Paragon Partition Manager Free works best with A-Data flash drives.
First, in this program, you need to format (Format Partition button in the main menu), and then create a new empty partition (Create new partition).
Oltramax microSD recovery
In this case, full formatting with the SD Card Formatter also helps a lot. In some cases, it is possible to restore the drive's performance using ALCOR MP.
Full instructions for its use can be read.
Recovery of damaged microSD
In some cases, when using the drive, the message “Damaged memory card” or something similar may appear on the screen.
The following programs help here:
- Smart Data Recovery - you need to select the media and click the Find button, after which it will search for all files that can somehow be recovered;
Rice. No. 14. List of files available for recovery in Recuva
- BadCopyPro - click on the Memory card on the left, then Next, Next again, wait for the process to end and see a list of the necessary files.
The same operations can be performed on an Android device. The following applications help here:
Prevention
It is better to use the flash drive correctly first, so that later there are no problems with its malfunction. Here are some tips to help avoid microSD breakdowns:
- Do everything possible to prevent the drive from being dropped, bumped, bent, subjected to extreme temperature changes, or other influences that could damage it.
- Avoid ionizing radiation (such is, for example, in x-ray machines).
- Do not touch the contacts with your fingers and generally try to keep them always covered with a special cover.
- Defragment the card from time to time and generally use it regularly - MicroSDs don't like to just lie on a shelf.
- Try to make backups from time to time so that in case of a breakdown you don't lose all your data. To do this, you can use the "cloud" storage.
- Do not fill the entire volume of the drive, let there always be some free space.
- If the card is in some device, try to remove it less often.
See our other materials on formatting hard drives and flash drives:
Step by step instructions for USB recovery flash drives in which I will try in plain language answer the question How to recover a flash drive independently and without much effort.
It happens that you help a person, and then he will tell everyone that you are so good and there are already crowds of people who are thirsty for help. Something like this happened when I restored several flash drives colleagues.
Now the people carry not only their flash drives, but also flash drives their friends, acquaintances and relatives. Well, at least someone else dragged a bottle of beer or a cookie - figurines.
It's not difficult for me to help, but when I suggest that you learn how to do all this yourself, you refuse. I'll just make those next time. If you don't want to learn, move on.
With the lyrics, I end here and go directly to the topic of the post ..
If your flash drive stopped determined like a drive, doesn't want to be formatted, does not allow information to be written down or something else happened to her, BUT she does not have mechanical damage know that not all is lost. Most likely glitched controller and it will take a little fiddling with it. In time, this procedure takes approximately 5 minutes.
I must say right away that there is no universal programs for recovery all varieties flash drives. You will need to find exactly the one that can work with the controller of your flash drives.
First, we need to define VID and PID non-working flash drives.
Determine VID and PID for flash drive recovery
Plug in flash drive to the computer and run Device Manager. Start – Run - mmc devmgmt.msc.
Then go to section USB Universal Serial Bus Controllers.
Find yours in the list flash drive. Usually, everything flash drives have a name USB mass storage device.
Press the right key on the device and open Properties.
Go to tab Intelligence.
In the drop-down list, select the item Instance code device or Equipment codes (ID).
In this window we see PID and VID.
Finding a flash drive recovery program
We go to the FlashBoot.ru website and enter the received VID and PID.
Click on the button Search.
In the results, we are looking for our manufacturer and model of the flash drive. I have this Kingston DataTraveler 2.0.
In the right column there will be the name of the program we need or a link to it.
All. Now search in Google program by name or download from the link provided. Launch and follow the instructions. Usually, in such programs for recovery there is only one button, so you should not have any questions.
That's all!
Any questions - ask in the comments.
Portable USB-Flash drives have firmly entered our lives. They help us in work, study and leisure. But, probably, everyone was faced with the fact that one day the flash drive stops working as it should or is not detected by the computer at all. Many in this situation will prefer to send a broken flash drive to the trash and buy a new one in return. Fortunately, the prices for flash drives are now quite low. But do not rush to commit this rash act, as you can try to bring the flash drive back to life.
Today we will consider the issue of restoring the performance of a flash drive using the example of Transcend JetFlash 300 8Gb, which “hangs” while writing data and after extraction was not detected as a drive.
When the flash drive was connected to the PC, it blinked a diode with a smooth decay, as if telling us: “Ooops! There is a problem". The following picture was observed in the device manager:
In the properties of the device, it was clear that the flash drive was detected, VID and PID correspond to the model, but it was not displayed as a disk and was absent in the disk manager.
Any flash drive has a controller (control chip) and one or more memory chips inside. Due to failures, power problems or other reasons, the controller may be blocked, and in memory, like hard drives, "bad" sectors may appear.
In the event of a software failure, which occurs in our case, the flash drive resuscitation algorithm is as follows:
- We determine the manufacturer of the controller.
- We find the manufacturer's service utility.
- We put the controller into test mode, if required.
- We are restoring.
Considering the fact that the warranty for our Transcend JetFlash 300 8Gb has been out for a long time, we will not hesitate and analyze it:
Carefully pry the edge of the sticker from the side of the cover with a knife, lift it up. Under the sticker we see the latch tooth:
We press something thin on the latch tooth and pull the connector forward. You can use a thin screwdriver inserted between the housing and the colored plug:
The body separates quite easily:
And here we have a completely disassembled Transcend JetFlash 300 8 Gb flash drive in our hands:
Let's see what kind of controller chip? — SM3255Q AB.
On the reverse side we find a memory chip - Samsung K9BCG08U1A-MCB0
We have decided on the initial data. Now we begin the search for a utility from the wonderful site flashboot.ru
We have a chip from SMI, which means we are looking for a service utility that can work with the SM3255AB controller. Through trial and error, the utility was found - SMI MPTool V2.03.20 v2 J0324. Please note that there are a lot of versions of this utility, but only this version (v2 with J0324 at the end) saw our flash drive.
At first, no utility wanted to detect a USB flash drive. In specialized forums, in such cases, it is recommended to transfer the controller to test mode, in which the memory chip is not polled during the initialization of the flash drive (details on flashboot.ru). Then install the factory driver (complete with the utility).
To put the controller into test mode, you need to close two of its legs. But not any, but special! But, unfortunately, it is not always possible to find a datasheet (documentation) for the controller, and there is a high probability of shorting the wrong legs and completely burning the control chip. Therefore, they usually go the other way, namely, they look for a datasheet on a memory chip, and close the legs on it. The data bus of the memory chip and the controller is usually connected directly.
If we have a datasheet for our microcircuit, then in the circuit we look for pins signed as F0D0, F0D1, etc., this is the data bus. We close them in pairs with a thin screwdriver or tweezers before connecting a USB flash drive (it is convenient to use a USB extension cable), and try to determine in the utility (F5). for microchip samsung memory K9BCG08U1A-MCB0 the desired legs were 19-20. The legs are counted from the key (a point in the corner of the microcircuit) in the direction of the legs counterclockwise / clockwise, depending on the case. In our case, the outputs are arranged clockwise.
In our case, the flash drive was detected by the system, so the factory driver was installed without the need to put the controller into test mode. The driver is located in the folder with the utility, along the path ..\UFD_MP\FactoryDriver\WinXP\SMIInfUpdate.exe
Although the driver itself is designed for XP, it was successfully installed on 7-ke.
Here we enter the VID and PID of our flash drive and press the SMI Factory Driver button, after which the driver installation will complete. We reconnect the flash drive to the PC. Now in Device Manager it should look like this:
