How to Fix SD Card Full but it’s Empty| SD Card Reading Full Memory but it’s Empty- SD Card Repair

How to Fix SD Card Full but it’s Empty| SD Card Reading Full Memory but it’s Empty- SD Card Repair

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Timestamp
Video Introduction 00:00
Why does the SD card show empty? 00:35
How to fix this issue? 01:02
Method 1: Show hidden files with CMD 01:33
Method 2: Formatting your SD Card 02:25
Bonus Tip: How to Recover Data from Formatted SD Cards? 03:25

Is your SD card showing full but shows empty? Or maybe your SD card is showing blank suddenly? And along with that there were some important files which are lost now? Don’t worry you’re in the right place because we have some methods which will surely fix your issue and you’ll have your SD card working fine again.
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Why Does the SD Card Show Empty?

Well, it is quite natural to freak out when your SD card is showing as empty when you have files on your SD card and you don’t know what really happened? Basically, there are a few reasons why the stored data is not recognized on your SD card. Some of which are: memory card corruption, virus attack and bad sectors. So, let’s start fixing our SD Card.

How to fix this issue?

Now, as you know the reasons for this error, now let’s learn how to fix it. Basically, we have three methods for you in this video. First is by using CMD, second is by formatting the SD card, and if you have important files on your SD card then we have the third method which is the ultimate solution.

Method 1: Show hidden files with CMD

There might be a possible chance that there are hidden files stored on your SD card. And in many cases the stored data is kept as hidden which is causing this issue.
First connect your SD Card to your computer and go to start, there search for “CMD”. Right click on it and click on “Run as administrator”. After that type in “attrib -h -r -s /s /d X://*.*” Make sure you replace the letter X with the letter of your SD card. Next press the “Enter” key.
Now check if your SD card is showing any files.

Method 2: Formatting your SD Card

Formatting your SD Card will usually fix any sort of corruption on it. But all your data on your SD card will be lost. Hence try this method only if you’re sure that you don’t have any important data or if the data is not important at all.
First, connect your SD card to your computer. Open “ThisPC”, right click on your SD card and click on format option. In the opening dialogue box click on Quick format. Select your file system as NTFS and click on format.
Once formatted your SD card will be fixed and you’ll be able to use it normally.
Now, if you have important files on your SD card and you cannot even think of formatting, then this
Following method is for you.

Bonus Tip: How to Recover Data from Formatted SD Cards?

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Besides, it supports many different scenario data recoveries, including accidentally deleted, system crash, formatted, lost, corrupted, and so on. It can also recover over 1000+ different file types, such as photos, documents, audio, etc.
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After installation, plug in your SD Card and run 4DDiG. Next, select your drive and click on scan. Select the file types that you want to recover, but if you ask me, I’d suggest you to scan all file types.
Now 4DDiG will scan your SD Card for your lost data. This process takes a bit of time, so, I’d suggest you to call a good friend of yours while you wait.
Alright, now select the folders or files that you want to recover. And click on the recover button.
After that select the location where you want to paste in your recovered data and finally click on recover.
Now, within short time you’ll have your lost data back, and to view them click on “View Recovered”

As you can see, recovering files using 4DDiG is extremely easy and effective. Well, in this way you can recover your lost files from your SD Card. Now, you can format your SD card with no hassle and hence fix your SD card is full error.

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