Recover Data After MMC Memory Card Corruption

Updated on January 30, 2023

“Hi everybody, I have a 2GB MMC memory card which consists of many pictures in it. But when I connected this MMC memory card to the computer for transferring pictures, it showed an empty card. I can’t find any of the image files inside the memory card.

Don’t worry; this is not only your problem, there are many people who lose pictures from their MMC cards due to one or another problem. Before going to know the solution to your problem, let me tell you why MMC memory cards get corrupted and what are the causes for it.

What are MMC Cards?

MMC cards are memory cards and They’re different from SD cards in various aspects including usage, storage size, and physical dimensions.

MMC cards are mostly available in sizes of up to 512 GB and can be used for almost any device where you’d use an SD card such as cell phones and digital cameras.

Why do MMC Memory Cards Get Corrupted?

MMC memory cards get corrupted due to various reasons, Here are some of the reasons for MMC Card corruption.

• You might have accidentally formatted or reformatted MMC memory cards
• If your MMC card is infected by a virus, then while scanning anti-virus application may delete certain files from it
• You could have unintentionally deleted some of your essential files stored on your MMC memory card when it is connected to computer
• If your MMC memory card file system gets corrupted, then data saved on it will be lost or becomes inaccessible
• You may lose your crucial data from MMC memory card, if any interruption occurs while transferring data from MMC memory card to system

If you have lost data from the MMC memory card due to any of the above-mentioned problems, then calm down. If your MMC memory card is corrupted, then you must format the MMC memory card first, and later you can recover it by using the card recovery tool. You can recover lost, deleted or formatted data from corrupted MMC memory cards by using a professional card recovery utility. Yodot Photo Recovery is a specially designed tool to get data back from MMC and other memory cards on Windows PC.

Method 1: Recover Data From Corrupted MMC Card Using Yodot Card Recovery Software

Yodot Photo Recovery is an excellent memory card recovery tool that has the ability to recover data from corrupted or inaccessible MMC memory cards. You can retrieve photos, videos, music, and other files from various MMC memory card brands like SanDisk, Transcend, Sony, Kingston, etc.

Steps to Recover Data From MMC Memory Card

• Connect your MMC Memory Card to the Windows computer by using a card reader
• Then download and install the Yodot Photo Recovery application to the MMC memory card connected computer
• Select the “Delete Photo Recovery” option to retrieve deleted data from the MMC memory card
• Choose the particular MMC memory card logical drive from which you need to retrieve data and click on the “Next” option
• Save the retrieved data from the MMC memory card to your desired location on your system (except the drive from which you are trying to retrieve the data)

Method 2: Repair the MMC SD Card Using CHKDSK

• Open Command Prompt
• Enter the command: chkdsk X: /R
• Wait for CHKDSK to finish.

Method 3: Assign a New Drive Letter to MMC Card

Steps to recover MMC SD Card by assigning a new drive letter

• Connect the MMC card
• Enter MSC
• Select Disk Management
• Now, Click on the Change Option
• Choose the desired letter

Method 4: Reinstall Device Drivers to Fix MMC Card

If your SD card isn’t properly recognized when you insert it into your MMC SD card, there’s a chance that there might be an issue with drivers. In that case, you should uninstall them and try again.

• Open Device Manager
• Select Uninstall Device
• Reconnect your MMC card and insert your SD card

Precautions:

• Check whether you have left any essential photos or video files before formatting your MMC memory cards
• Keep extra backup of your MMC memory card data on other reliable storage device
• Don’t connect your MMC memory card to virus infected computer, it may delete your important files from it

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