How To Repair A Corrupted xD Card with 3 Easy Ways?
Published: 2021-01-22 12:12:57

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<p style="text-align: justify;">Are you facing any issue with your xD card like the card is inaccessible, photos from xD card are missing, read/write error on xD card, etc.? If ‘<strong>Yes’</strong> then it’s possible that your xD picture card is corrupted. Well, in this specific blog, I am going to share effective &amp; working solutions that will help you to <a href="https://www.rescuedigitalmedia.com/repair-xd-card" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><strong>repair xD card</strong></a>. So, without wasting any time, just go through the best solutions on <strong>how to repair a corrupted xD card</strong>.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">But before that, have a look at the major factors that can lead to xD card corruption issue.</p>

<h2 style="text-align: center;"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>What Reasons Are Responsible For xD Card Corruption?</strong></span></h2>
<p style="text-align: justify;">There could be various reasons for the xD picture card becoming damaged or inaccessible. Below I’ve mentioned the common scenarios that can cause xD card corruption problem:</p>

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 	<li>Physical injury to xD picture card</li>
 	<li>File system corruption</li>
 	<li>Virus/malware in the xD card</li>
 	<li>Bad sectors in a card</li>
 	<li>Due to removing your xD picture card while transferring the media file process</li>
 	<li>Using the same xD card on numerous devices &amp; operating systems.</li>
</ol>
<h2 style="text-align: center;"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>How To Fix Olympus xD Picture Card?</strong></span></h2>
<h3 style="text-align: left;"><strong>Method #1: Change Card Reader</strong></h3>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Many times, it may happen that the memory card is not detecting due to the faulty card reader. Because of this, even you can’t access the data present in xD card. In order to solve this issue, you need to change the faulty card reader and try a new one.</p>

<h3 style="text-align: left;"><strong>Method #2: </strong><strong>Repair xD card Via CHKDSK Command</strong></h3>
<p style="text-align: justify;">To <strong>repair corrupted XD card </strong>using CMD command, you need to follow the below-given instructions very carefully.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><strong>Step 1:</strong> Just connect your damaged xD card with a computer using the card reader</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><strong>Step 2:</strong> Next, go to the <strong>Start</strong> &gt;&gt; choose the <strong>Computer</strong>.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><strong>Step 3:</strong> Search for the memory card in the <strong>Devices with Removable Storage</strong>.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><strong>Step 4:</strong> Again, make a tap on <strong>Start </strong>option &gt;&gt; type the “<strong>cmd</strong>” in that search box.</p>
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<p style="text-align: justify;"><strong>Step 5:</strong> Make right-click on <strong>cmd </strong>&gt;&gt; choose the <strong>Run as administrator </strong>option.</p>
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<p style="text-align: justify;"><strong>Step 6:</strong> After opening the command window, you need to type the “<strong>chkdsk</strong>” followed by a drive letter equivalent to a memory card, by a colon &amp; /f. <strong>(For example, chkdsk E: /f</strong>)</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><strong>Step 7:</strong> Press the <strong>Enter</strong> key.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Now, chkdsk will start checking for possible issues and errors &amp; will fix and <a href="https://www.rescuedigitalmedia.com/xd-picture-card-recovery" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><strong>recover lost files from xD card</strong></a>.</p>

<h3 style="text-align: left;"><strong>Method #3: Format The xD Card</strong></h3>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Formatting xD card is another technique that can make memory card detected &amp; recognized. It will delete all the data saved in it so make sure that you take a backup of the complete data. here are the easy steps to format the xD card:</p>

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 	<li>At first, connect the corrupted and damaged xD card to the system.</li>
 	<li>Next, you’ve to open the <strong>Device Management </strong>through <strong>Run prompt,</strong> and to do so you have to press <strong>Win + R keys</strong></li>
 	<li>Then type the <strong>diskmgmt.msc</strong> &gt;&gt; press <strong>Enter</strong> key.</li>
</ul>
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 	<li>Now, you have to locate the card and then make a right-click on it and then select <strong>Format</strong></li>
 	<li>After this, you have to select <strong>Perform a quick format</strong> and then click <strong>OK</strong>.</li>
</ul>
<p style="text-align: justify;">After this, <strong>Olympus</strong><strong> xD picture card</strong> should become readable and detectable, but it will not have any data it used to contain previously.</p>

<h2 style="text-align: left;"><strong>Conclusion</strong></h2>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Since there might be various scenarios &amp; unexpected errors that can make your xD card unrecognized and unreadable by digital camera. Therefore, you should always be prepared to handle such situations.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">As of now, I hope you can easily <strong>repair xD card</strong> by trying the solutions mentioned above.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Thanks for reading this article.</p>
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