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How do you fix a broken sandisk flash drive or memory card? If this troubles, here is the guide for repairing damaged sandisk media with free sandisk recovery/format tools.

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7 Free Sandisk Repair/Recovery Software

#1 Sandisk SD/Pendrive/SSD Data Recovery Software

The first recovery tool comes for the Sandisk inside data when your flash memory stored files and became corrupted, it is essential for performing sandisk data recovery ahead of all the rest repairing.

You may go to the #2 repair tool if you don't care about the data inside of your sandisk flash memory.

Step1. Download iCare Pro Free, and connect your flash memory to your computer

Step2. Wait the software to scan your Sandisk card/drive.

Step3. Restore them to another destination.

Once your files in Sandisk usb/sd/ssd are recovered, you may use what ever programs to repair the damaged Sandisk storage devices, we just won't recommend you do a low level formatting.

#2 Repair Sandisk USB/SD with Windows Error Checking

Windows provides built in utility called 'Error checking' for any digital devices that you may use it for repairing unknow bad blocks, bad file systems.. This could be ranked as the easiest Windows 10 Sandisk repair tool.

How to open Windows error checking? Follow this route.

This PC -> Flash Drive/SD, right click -> Properties

Right click Sandisk usb drive properties to start repairing in Windows 10

The repair tool in Sandisk flash memory located under its Properties -> Tools -> Check, and you may start the repairing.

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Video - how to repair corrupted sd/usb flash drive

#3 Repair Sandisk Registry by Sandisk official guide

Sandisk official site shares the damaged sandisk could be caused by corrupted registry that they recommend delete this registry and then reinstall the Sandisk flash memory device to get the problem fixed. Here are the steps to follow.

Step 1. Back up the registry

1. Remove your Sandisk flash memory from your computer.

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2. Run regedit.

Window 10: Type regedit, in the 'Search the web and Windows' field and start it
Windows 7, 8 and Vista: Click the Start button, type regedit in the search box, and then press Enter.
Windows XP: Go to 'Start' > 'Run', type in regedit and then click 'OK'.

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3. From the registry menu, choose 'File' > 'Export'.

4. Name the file SNDK.reg and save it to your computer.

This backup would restore everything back to normal if you have mistakenly edited the registry incorrect.

Step 2. Remove VID_0781, the SanDisk registry info (Only the Sandisk Registry VID_0781)

1. Start 'regedit' from the 'Search the web and Windows' in your computer, click 'Edit' and choose 'Find'.
2. Type in VID_0781 and click 'Find' Next.
3. Delete it by right clicking the registry key VID_0781 and select 'delete' in the option. Not finished, more VID_0781 to delete in the following steps.
4. Press the F3 key on your keyboard to find other keys that includes VID_0781.
5. Right-click every key that includes VID_0781 and delete them one by one.
6. Repeat this process until No results Found.
7. Reboot your computer and insert your Sandisk storage device into your computer for new installation by the pc.

NOTE: If some registry keys containing VID_0781 reported as '* be protected and cannot be deleted', just skip them.

Source: https://kb.sandisk.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/205/~/sandisk-device-not-detected-by-windows-pc

Recommend: more solutions for Sandisk usb flash/disk not detected fixing which provides an easier way to fix the registry error on Sandisk device by deleting it in device manager and then reload in computer, scan for hardware changes to bring the not detected Sandisk back to computer.

#4 Sandisk Repair Tool - HP USB Format Tool to format sandisk sd/usb fat32/exfat

When your Sandisk usb flash or sd is not working, Sandisk format tool like HP USB Format Tool can fix the errors by formatting it. You may choose file system fat32/exfat/ntfs as you wish in HP USB Disk Storage Format Tool.

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More about: HP USB Format Tool and 5 free alternatives, or usb format tools free

Note: when we Google 'sandisk usb repair tool', Sandisk website pop up in the list with its page, included below, telling users to format sandisk usb flash drive to fat32 format using third party applications, however the tool fat32 format linked on Sandisk page to https://www.ridgecrop.demon.co.uk/guiformat.htm was not opening, probably due to server overload or server down time.

It proves one thing - Sandisk recommend users to fix damaged sandisk flash memory by formatting.

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You may fix your sandisk usb/sd/ssd by formatting
Good news, here are a few sandisk formatters as options, see 8 usb/disk format tools here

#5 Repair Damaged Sandisk with cmd chkdsk

You may use 'chkdsk h: /f' to fix your sandisk usb/disk (h shall be replaced with your own sandisk drive letter in your computer).

#6 Repair Corrupted Sandisk with cmd diskpart format/convert

#7 Repair Corrupted Sandisk with Partition Master Free

Easeus Partition Master Free provides many functions for repairing your flash devices including formatting Sandisk usb drive, deleting Sandisk usb, creating new partition for Sandisk device, repairing damaged MBR in this free tool that worth a trial for your corrupted device.

Download url: https://download.cnet.com/EaseUS-Partition-Master-Free-Edition/3000-2248_4-10863346.html

Common Errors on Sandisk Flash Drive SSD SD Card

EASY, EASY, EASY!!! It's not big deal when your Sandisk usb stick or SSD became damaged when you have restored your files successfully and there is no important files inside of the Sandisk usb flash drive. You should get files rescued the first time.

The manufacturer never want to produce Sandisk to get damaged, however there are risks for digital devices to get damaged due to three kinds of causes

Life span limits, the least problem causing
Manual errors brought by human improper operations, the errors caused by users themselves
Third party damages like a malfunction caused by third party programs, virus, antivirus software, software failure..

Here are a lists of errors that may happen to your Sandisk usb flash drive or Sandisk SSD, memory card.

Error #1 - SanDisk USB Flash Drive Cannot Be Recognized, Not Showing UP

Sandisk usb drive not recognized in computer

When your Sandisk flash drive could no longer be detected, it won't show up in Windows 10/8/7 Computer, or it shows blank in computer.

Sandisk usb drive not recognized in computer

Or you Sandisk sd card cannot be detected in camera or mobile phone

Also read: Sandisk usb drive not recognized

Error #2 - SanDisk USB Drive No Media or SSD Shows No Media

When you connected you sandisk flash drive, ssd or memory card to your computer, it may show no media in disk management or it reported there is no media in the device by diskpart.

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