Is there a free, fast way to recover the contents of an sd card? I have an sd card that originally belonged to a camera, with videos and photos on it. Recently, the camera no longer can take pictures, and the sd card looks like this on a computer.
The files and folders are replaced with random symbols, and are impossible to open.
I've tried multiple computers, and a software that didn't let me recover the images without paying. Is there a way to do it?
I recommend using a data ripper - it looks up file magic bytes, and copies the whole files into separate location. If your camera has corrupted the SD card when plugged out and in, I suppose you'll be able to recover min. 70% of data, but don't assume this, as it is computing black magic. There are many free data rippers.
Anyways, this question belongs to your camera or SD card vendor's support tracker.