Surely there are completely unnecessary files on your smartphone that only take up extra space. You can always delete them so that they don't fit. You will learn how to do this in our article.
I would like to note right away that the user can delete any files except the system ones, although the latter can also be deleted if available, which in turn can turn the device into a brick. Therefore, if you are not sure whether it is possible to delete a particular file, it is better not to touch it.
Deleting files is possible not only with the device itself, but also with the help of a computer - when the device is connected to it. Let's go in order.
Deleting files through the file manager
You will need any file manager. We use ES Explorer in our examples.
Downloading FM from Google Play Store if you don't already have it, install and run. When you start, you will see something like this:
Highlighted in red is the device memory and memory card, respectively. Select the section where you want to delete files.
Let's say the deletion will occur from the memory card. We select this section and see a list of folders and files.
To delete a folder, tap on it and hold your finger for about a second until it becomes highlighted, for example:
Then click on the trash can icon at the top of the screen to delete.
If you need to delete a file in a folder, go to the folder and do the same trick. File deleted.
Deleting Files Using a Computer
In this case, you need to connect the device to the computer using a cable. After that, open the contents of the device - either internal memory, or a memory card.
You see the files. Choose the ones you need and remove them to the trash in the usual way.
If necessary, delete files from the recycle bin on your computer. This is how easy and simple it is to delete files on Android. The main thing is not to delete something superfluous.
Memory cards are often used as additional storage in navigators, smartphones, tablets and other devices equipped with a corresponding slot. And like almost any device used to store user data, such a drive tends to fill up. Modern games, high quality photos, music can take up many gigabytes on the drive. In this article, we will tell you how you can destroy unnecessary information on a SD card in Android and Windows using special programs and standard tools.
To clear the entire drive of information, you need to format it. This program process allows you to quickly delete all files from the memory card, so you do not have to erase each file separately. Below we will consider two cleaning methods that are suitable for the Android OS - using standard tools and one third-party program. Let's get started!
Method 1: SD Card Cleaner
The main purpose of the SD Card Cleaner application is to clean the Android system from unnecessary files and other rubbish. The program independently finds and sorts all files on the memory card into categories that you can delete. It also shows the fullness of the drive by certain categories of files as a percentage - this will help you understand not only that there is not enough space on the card, but also how much space each type of media takes.
- Install this program from the Play Market and run it. We will be greeted by a menu with all the drives that are in the device (as a rule, these are built-in and external ones, that is, a memory card). We choose "External" and press "Start".
- After the application checks our SD card, a window will appear with information about its contents. The files will be divided into categories. There will also be two separate lists - empty folders and duplicates. Select the desired data type and click on its name in this menu. For example, it could be "Video Files"... Remember that after moving to one category, you can visit others to delete unnecessary files.
- Select the files that we want to erase, then click on the button "Delete".
- We provide access to the data storage on the smartphone by clicking "OK" in the pop-up window.
- We confirm the decision to delete the files by clicking on "Yes", and thus delete various files.
Method 2: Android built-in tools
You can also delete files using the standard tools of the most popular mobile operating system.
Please note that depending on the shell and version of Android on your phone, the interface may differ. Nevertheless, the procedure remains the same for all versions of Android.
Cleaning up a memory card in Windows
There are two ways to clean up a memory card in Windows: built-in tools and using one of the many third-party programs. The following will introduce methods for formatting a drive in Windows.
Method 1: HP USB Disk Storage Format Tool
HP USB Disk Storage Format Tool - powerful utility for the cleaning external storage... It contains many functions, and some of them will come in handy for cleaning the memory card.
Method 2: Formatting using standard Windows tools
Standard markup tool disk space copes with its tasks no worse than third-party programs, however, functionality contains less. But for a quick cleaning, it will also be enough.
Conclusion
In this article, we reviewed SD Card Cleaner for Android and HP USB Disk Format Tool for Windows. Also mentioned were staff funds both operating systems that allow you to clear the memory card, like the programs we have reviewed. The only difference is that the formatting tools built into operating systems provide the ability to only clear the drive, plus in Windows you can give a name to the cleaned volume and indicate which file system will be applied to it. While third party programs have a slightly broader functionality, which may not be directly related to cleaning the memory card. We hope this article helped you solve the problem.
IN modern world Millions of terabytes of digital content are created every day, which includes photos, videos, software and more. All this is stored on hard drives, flash drives, memory cards.
Every day, our smartphones also accumulate information that can be lost at any moment. This is because the data that are on memory cards can be lost at any time due to accidental deletion or improper removal of the flash drive. In general, there are very, very many reasons, but now this is not the most important thing.
In this article, I would like to tell you how to recover data from a memory card that has been deleted. Unfortunately, the standard Windows tools it is impossible to carry out this process, so we will turn to the help of programs for recovering photos, video and audio records.
As an example, I will use microSD card from the MP3 player, which was previously mentioned on the site in articles about, as well as about. I will intentionally erase all audio tracks from it, and then, using the programs described below, I will restore it back.
You, in turn, will be able to recover not only music from your memory cards, but also photos, videos, documents and many other files.
Recuva (for Windows)
Recuva is a freeware program that runs on all versions of the Windows operating system (XP, 7, 8, 10, Vista). You can download it below:
Free download of the Recuva program
When installing the program, you should not have any difficulties, so I will not describe this process. I'll get straight to the point. To recover files from your SD card, you need to connect the USB flash drive itself to the computer via a card reader, mobile phone, digital camera etc.
Then open “ My computer"And right-click on the corresponding removable drive... In the context menu that appears, select the command “ Search for deleted files».
At the end of the scan, a list of files on the memory card (both current and previously deleted) will appear. To restore a deleted file, right-click on it and select the command “ Restore Selected».
Pandora Recovery (for Windows)
Pandora Recovery is a free utility that is also designed to recover deleted data from SD cards, hard drives, USB flash drives etc. You can download it belowFree Download Pandora Recovery Utility
For the reliability of the experiment, I again formatted my flash drive. To recover files, you need to reconnect your storage device to your computer or laptop.
Now let's dwell on an important point that will arise when you first start the program - you need to choose a scanning method. I recommend choosing deep scan, since this method allows you to recover photos, music tracks, documents and other files, even from damaged media.
Have you set up? Then we turn to the search and restoration of the lost. Launch Pandora Recovery and go to the tab Search... Next, select the disk on which the search will be carried out, and then click on the " Search".
At the end of the search, you will see a list of files at the bottom of the screen. Find the one you want to restore and right-click on it. Then, in the context menu, select the command Recover to.
A dialog box will open in which you need to click on the "Browse" button, and then select the location where the file will be restored. Then just click on the " Recover now"and you're done.
Stellar Phoenix Mac Photo Recovery (for OS X)
Unfortunately, I am not able to demonstrate how it works in this program, but I know for sure that Stellar phoenix Mac Photo Recovery is one of best programs to recover deleted files from media for Mac computers running OS X 10.5 or higher.
Among other things, I would also like to highlight the following free programs recovery deleted photos, songs, videos or documents from memory cards:
- R.saver
- USB Flash Drive Recovery
- CardRecovery
- chkRepair
In general, now you don't have to worry about an accidentally deleted photo on your phone, because you know that having at least a USB cable and 5 minutes of free time, the image can be restored without any problems.
By the way, I almost forgot, in the next article we will consider best apps for devices based on the operating room Android systems, with which you can also restore deleted files.
The most frequent reasons loss of SD card contents are: unintentional formatting, failure software and mechanical damage to the media. Knowing the root cause of the problem, you can choose the most appropriate resuscitation method that would allow you to recover lost data with maximum efficiency.
Data recovery procedure from SD card
If you find any problems with the operation of the flash drive (it is not recognized by the gadget or PC, its volume is incorrectly displayed, etc.), you need to copy files as soon as possible, format the device, scan it antivirus program and diagnose errors.
If you are unable to access the contents of the memory card, you should try to recover the lost files on your own. To do this, you can:
- use special software;
- perform hardware intervention.
The first way to recover files and folders is simpler, so everyone can handle it. With its help, you can most likely recover data deleted after formatting or a software failure.
To carry out resuscitation at home, you need to have on hand:
- PC with installed operating system not lower than Windows XP;
- an SD card reader (card reader) or the corresponding connector on the computer;
- connected internet;
- a special program.
The procedure for restoring the contents of a flash drive after an unplanned formatting or failure will be as follows:
- The reanimator program is installed. It can be downloaded on the Internet from free resources or purchased a licensed version. For private use, free software is sufficient.
- The device in which the SD card is installed turns off, then the media is removed and connected to the computer.
- The installed program is launched, which searches for files deleted after formatting or failure and saves them on the PC.
Hardware intervention is performed when the SD card is mechanically damaged... In this case, the final result depends on the extent and nature of the damage. Repairing a carrier or recovering information from it is a complicated procedure, so it is better to entrust it to a specialist.
Resuscitation programs after data deletion
The success of restoring access to lost information directly depends on the software used. On the Internet, there are a huge number of resuscitation programs that allow you to complete the task. In this case, the most effective are:
- Recovery-studio;
- R.Saver;
- PhotoRec.
Recovering files after formatting an SD card using R-studio
Recovering a damaged SD card
Recovering deleted files from a damaged flash drive is much more difficult, but with the right approach, it is still possible to do this. Each SD card is equipped with a microcontroller, for the functioning of which is responsible special program... If you remove the media from the slot incorrectly, it can fly off, as a result of which the flash drive will stop working.
So, good afternoon, dear readers of the Fans-Android site. In this article I will try to tell you how to deal with the problems of files and folders disappearing from the memory card and what to do if different audio and video players partially cannot see the files written to the memory card.
Let's first look at the LOST.DIR folder - why is it filling up? This directive is created when Android launches File System ChecK (analog Windows Chkdsk) and search for lost file chains. These files appear if you pull out the memory card at the moment when something will be written to it. After all, Windows tries to write files using the caching mechanism. When you unplug the cable, the contents of the cache will not have time to successfully appear on the disk and these files are considered to be defective. After the device is disconnected from the computer, Android launches scanned maps and detects such "broken" files, and after that they are automatically moved to the LOST.DIR folder.
Now let's start looking at the issue from a practical point of view. First of all, so that you do not have such problems, you should always select "Safely Remove" before disconnecting the device from the computer, and then in the device itself already "Disconnect USB storage" (the name may differ slightly, depending on model and firmware of the device).
In addition, it is worth checking the memory card regularly using the ScanDisk application - after all, the problem may lie in the memory card itself. Try to format it and, following the advice above, write files to it.
How do I format it?
- To completely format the card on the phone, you will need to follow the path: Menu-Settings-Memory-Unmount memory card (Eject card) -Clear card-Connect SD card (the names may vary slightly depending on the phone model).
- Also, there is an option to format using a computer with a choice of different cluster sizes.
- Format using the special SD Formatter application or the Hard Disk Low Level Format Tool. This is the so-called "low-level" formatting.
You can also try changing the cache on the memory card using the ® SD Speed Increase application. If formatting does not help, then it is worth trying to replace the card with another option. There is also a situation when the files you have recorded on the computer are visible, but they are not displayed on the device. In this case, check if there is a .nomedia file in the folder where they were written. If there is, remove it immediately.
If the files that were written there disappear from your memory card
- We have noticed that some of the files may be missing due to installed applications... Try to remove the last ones from installed programs, after which you noticed this problem.
- There is a solution to the problem using the QuickPic gallery. From the menu, select Show hidden folders»- thumbnails folder, missing photos and video files can be located in it.
- If none of the suggested methods helped you, try doing a factory reset - this can help identify if the problem was in the program or in the firmware - which is also quite likely.
- Try updating the firmware version.
If your music player can't see most of the audio files
- Try looking at the length of the file name, and whether it contains any characters (punctuation marks, etc.). If the names are too long, try shortening them. In some cases this procedure was helpful.
- If files a large number of, and they are all in the same folder, then most of them may not be displayed. Try to distribute them into several folders, approximately equally.
- Go to Settings - Applications - Manage applications - Applications, find the item "Media storage" and select "Clear data".
- If you are using a standard player, then try installing any of the third-party custom application catalogs on your smartphone.
- Also, formatting the memory card often helps in solving this problem.
