Is my SD card toast?

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peejayw

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#294038 1-Mar-2022 16:14

I have a SD card (a Samsung Evo Plus 128gb from PB Tech approx 3 months old) in my Samsung Galaxy phone. The other day my phone reported that the SD card had a problem and it had been set to read only.

No problem I thought, I was able to copy all the data off it to my PC but when I went to reformat the card, Windows was unable to do so. I then used SD Card Formater and it reported a successful format but in fact the original files were still on the card. I tries Easus Partition Manager with the same result.

I also tried diskpart attribute disk clear readonly in case the disk was locked but that didnt work either.

Has the phone locked the card and if so is there a way to unlock it or is it bin material?

Thanks.

I'm supposed to respect my elders, but it's getting harder and harder for me to find one now.

pih

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#2877187 1-Mar-2022 19:20

Do you have it in a microSD-to-SD card adaptor when connected to the PC? These sometimes have a read-only tab, check it's not set. If not, yeah, it could be toast. Check with another card reader/adaptor on another computer to be sure.

peejayw

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#2877192 1-Mar-2022 19:38

No, I just have it in a card reader, no lock. Also tried in another computer, same deal. I thought Samsung would be a good brand :-(

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#2877199 1-Mar-2022 19:47

peejayw:

No, I just have it in a card reader, no lock. Also tried in another computer, same deal. I thought Samsung would be a good brand :-(

it is, but remember nothing made is every perfect and there will be a small % that just dont last.

Remember that bell curve from statistics?

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#2877203 1-Mar-2022 19:55

peejayw:

I have a SD card (a Samsung Evo Plus 128gb from PB Tech approx 3 months old) in my Samsung Galaxy phone. The other day my phone reported that the SD card had a problem and it had been set to read only.

No problem I thought, I was able to copy all the data off it to my PC but when I went to reformat the card, Windows was unable to do so. I then used SD Card Formater and it reported a successful format but in fact the original files were still on the card. I tries Easus Partition Manager with the same result.

I also tried diskpart attribute disk clear readonly in case the disk was locked but that didnt work either.

Has the phone locked the card and if so is there a way to unlock it or is it bin material?

Thanks.

Once had the same issue. Last try (otherwise bin) with Windows as Admin -> open Terminal -> enter chkdsk d: /f (if SD-Card reader is in d:)

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