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1. My Sd Card Is Not Showing My Files In Pc

Is your SD card not showing up or working on PC? Here you can find a list of solutions to fix the SD card is not showing up, detected, recognized, working, reading or mounting issues effectively. If it has caused data loss, apply EaseUS Data Recovery Wizard for fast and effective data recovery on your SD card.

If you are having one of the below-listed problems on your SD card, it means that your SD card has got some tricky issues and you may even lose saved data in your card:

• SD card is not recognized
• SD card is not detected by PC, Android phone, camera or camcorder
• SD card is not reading on cellphone, computer, camera or video player
• SD card doesn't show up on PC, camera, Android phone, etc.

To find solutions to fix the SD card problems that you are having, you may first check and find how and why the detecting, recognizing issues occurred to your SD, SDHC, SDXC, Micro SD cards.

Why is SD Card Not Showing up

Use a standalone SD card reader (or whatever card that camera use) and use Windows Explorer and see if you can locate your files. The camera itself may also function as an external usb storage (you need to look at the manual and see if it can do that). FIX: SD Card Music Not Showing Up on Android Phone If the issue is with your Computer or a Laptop you should try using Reimage Plus which can scan the repositories and replace corrupt and missing files.

It is a common issue that SD is not showing up in Window PC. Check the list of possible reasons and you may find the exact reason that caused your SD card not showing up or recognized.

• Poor contact between SD card and computer.
• The drive letter of your SD card is missing.
• The file system of the SD card is unrecognized or corrupted.
• The device driver is outdated.
• The SD card is infected with a virus.

These problems are not exclusive to PC users. Thus, it's really necessary for you to know how to solve these problems. The similar issue also occurs to Mac users now and then, you can follow this link: flash drive not showing up on Mac to get rid of this issue from your SD card on Mac.

Based on the reasons above, we have collected a list of solutions to fix this issue. You can try them one by one to repair corrupted memory card not detected, and no data loss will happen.

Solution 1. Test SD Card on Another PC or A New Card Reader

Applies To: SD is not showing up, not reading issues

When you encounter this issue that the SD card or hard drive is not showing up on your PC, the first thing you should check is whether the SD card has a connection issue. Here, you’ll have two ways to test your unrecognized or undetectable SD card:

• Change a new SD card reader or a new SD card USB adaptor
• Connect the SD card to another PC

Then you can test your SD card and see if it shows up on your PC or not. If it does work with the new SD card reader or the new computer, then it’s not a faulty card. Your card reader should be faulty.

If your SD card neither works on the other PC nor the new card reader, the problem exists in your SD card. Read on and you'll find better solutions to resolve this problem.

Solution 2. Change the Drive Letter of Unrecognized SD Card

Applies To: SD is not showing up, reading or detected

If your SD card is connected to computer well but it fails to show up in File Explorer, you can go to Disk Management to see whether its drive letter is missing or disappearing.

If it's so, you can assign a new drive letter to your card and make it recognizable again with steps below:

• Step 1: Press 'Windows' + 'R' at the same time to open Run dialogue.
• Step 2: Input 'diskmgmt.msc' and press 'Enter' key to open Disk Management.
• Step 3: Located the SD card, right-click the partition on it and select t 'Change Drive Letter and Path…'.
• Step 4: In the pop-up window, click 'Add' to assign the drive letter to your SD card.

Solution 3. Run CHKDSK to Make the SD Card Detectable

Applies To: SD is not detected, recognized

• Step 1: Right-click on My Computer/This PC and select 'Manage', click on 'Disk Management'.
• Find the device in the drive viewer and check out whether the computer can detect your memory card or not.

If it is not detectable, continue the process with the CHKDSK command with the following steps.

• Step 2: Press 'Win+R' keys > Type: cmd and hit Enter.
• Step 3: Type: chkdsk D: / f and hit Enter. (D is the drive letter of your memory card).
• Or you can type: chkdsk D:/f /offlinescanandfix and hit Enter.

This will check and fix the found errors in your memory SD card automatically and make the card detectable again.

Solution 4. Update the SD Card Driver

Applies To: SD is not working error

Go to Device Manager, here you will see the card reader in the list. If it has a yellow sign beside it, the problem is most probably caused by a driver issue. Then you need to update the driver. Here's how to do:

• Step 1: Connect the SD card to the PC
• Step 2: Navigate Control Panel -> System -> Device Manager -> Disk drivers.
• Step 3: Find and select your USB device, right click and first choose 'Uninstall' and then choose 'Scan for hardware changes' to refresh the drivers.

Solution 5. Force SD Card to Show Up from Virus or Malware

Applies To: SD is not working, reading

Sometimes, virus attack or malware may encrypt or even hide your SD card on Windows PC. You can run a virus cleaning software to clean up virus or malware on your SD card and PC. And follow the guidelines below to force SD card showing up:

• Step 1: Plug in your SD memory card to your computer.
• Step 2: Go to the start menu, type in 'cmd' in a search bar, hit enter and then you can see something named 'cmd. exe' under a list of programs.
• Step 3: Right-click 'cmd. exe' and then you will get the command windows that allows you to recover virus infected files. Type in 'attrib -h -r -s /s /d drive letter:*.*', for example, 'attrib -h -r -s /s /d G:*.*'.

Solution 6. Recover Data and Format SD card for Reusing

Applies To: SD is not working or reading

If the SD card is still not working or recognized, or your SD card can be detected but you lost important files after trying all the methods above, we advise you to apply EaseUS disk data recovery to recover data from your SD card. Then format the sd card to make it reusable again.

To recover data from an SD card, follow these steps:

Stop using your SD card immediately once you lost files on it. Continuing using the card would hugely increase the chance of data overwriting, which makes data unrecoverable.

Step 1: Connect the SD card to PC

Insert the SD card to a card reader, and connect the card reader with your SD card to a healthy computer.

Step 2: Run SD card recovery software and scan the card.

My Sd Card Is Not Showing My Files In Pc

• Launch EaseUS Data Recovery Wizard on your PC and select your SD card under theExternal Devices column.
• Then click Scan to start finding lost data on your SD card now.

Step 3: Check found SD card data.

After the scanning process, you can preview and find your lost SD card files from below listed tabs:

• Deleted Files: List your deleted files there.
• Drive X: All lost files can be found here.
• Lost Partition Files: Check first if it's for formatted recovery.
• Extra Files: Finds files that lost names or paths.

And you can use Filter and Search to quickly find your files.

Step 4: Restore SD card data.

• You can check and preview found files by double-clicking each one of them.
• Then click Recover to save found SD card files to a secure location on your PC or an external storage.

After restoring and saving the SD card to another secure location on your PC, you can then format your SD card and convert the file system to FAT32 or NTFS, make it available for saving data again.

Hi,

Thank you for your interest in Windows 10.

I suggest you to follow the methods below and check if it fixes the issue.

Method 1

I suggest you to run Hardware and Devices Troubleshooter. Follow the steps below:

1. Press Windows key + W and type troubleshooting.
2. Select Troubleshooting.
3. Select View all on the top left corner.
4. Click Hardware and Devices.
5. Follow the on-screen instruction to run the troubleshooter.

Method 2: Reinstall USB controllers

First, please disconnect all USB devices and then perform the following steps:

1. Press Windows key +R.
2. Type “devmgmt.msc” (without quotation marks) in the “Search” bar and press 'Enter'. Click “Continue” if necessary.
3. In Device Manager, double click to expand 'Universal Serial Bus controllers', right click on the Host Controller, click 'Uninstall' and click 'OK'.
4. Uninstall all items under 'Universal Serial Bus controllers'.

Then, restart your computer and Windows will reinstall all USB controllers automatically.

Method 3: Update the latest chipset drivers

Try to access the computer manufacturer's website and download the latest chipset and USB drivers for your computer and install the same.

Hope this information is helpful. Please do let us know if you need further assistance, we’ll be glad to assist you.

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Hi Alexis,

Thank you for posting your reply.

I suggest you to download and install the latest drivers for USB from the manufacturer website and install all the pending and latest Windows Updates and check if the issue persists.

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I have the same issue and have gone through the recommended steps regarding the USB controllers and drivers and the problem persists.

I have a Nikon D3000 and there is NOT an issue with the camera being detected when I connect it to my computer via USB. Windows 10 sees the camera and the SD card but when I open the card's directory, there are no files found. If I remove the card from the camera and place it directly into the SD slot on my laptop, the files are there. Although a workaround in a pinch, constantly removing the SD card is NOT a viable solution as it drastically increases the chance of the SD card becoming corrupted.

Please advise.

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Hi Lauren,

If you are using Camera app, I suggest you to run the Windows Store apps troubleshooter and check if it helps.

a) Press Windows and X key together and select Control Panel.

b) Click on Troubleshooting.

c) Click onView all option on the left side of the Windows.

d) Click on Windows Store apps option.

e) Click on Next and follow the onscreen instructions to troubleshoot the issue.

If the issue persists, try to update the apps and see if it makes any difference.

Hope it helps. Please update us with the status. We will be glad to assist you.

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Hi and thanks for getting back to me.

I'm not using any app - simply opening File Explorer to see/select the photo files. No files are listed under the SD card in File Explorer and they were in Windows 8.x. The only difference is my upgrade to Windows 10.

Thanks!

Lauren

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Hi Lauren,

1. Does it happens with other SD cards?
2. Have you checked the issue using any other Camera if you have?

You may also check with the Nikon support and see if there are any known issues with this model with Windows 10.

Please get back to us with the status.

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I actually checked with Nikon first and the driver I have is update and the correct one for Windows 10. As far as Nikon is concerned, everything should work properly and this is a Windows issue.

As for another camera, I do not have another camera to use, but, if you search the Microsoft Community, you can see that there are many other people having the same issue with all brands of cameras, such as:

Other SD cards react the same way as the one currently in my camera. Windows sees the camera and the card, but none of the content.

Thanks!

Lauren

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