SD card problem. please help. - General Topics

Format my sdcard but the same files comes up after re mounting the card to pc.
+try to copy files to it and un mount frm pc but after re mounting again they are lost.
i tried to format it with
1 windows disk manager
2 Sd Card Formatter
3 CMD
4 mini tool partition
But after i re mount sdcard to pc or phn those files appear again.
P.s tried to scan with Kaspersky virus removal tool and with microsoft security essential but no virus found.
Any help?

Whats the file?!?! Maybe it is a default system file that is required for it to work!
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Instead of formatting, you can try wiping the entire disk (in mini tool partition you get 5 different ways for wiping a disk). Theoretically every bit of data is gone afterwards

aakashasaj said:
Format my sdcard but the same files comes up after re mounting the card to pc.
+try to copy files to it and un mount frm pc but after re mounting again they are lost.
i tried to format it with
1 windows disk manager
2 Sd Card Formatter
3 CMD
4 mini tool partition
But after i re mount sdcard to pc or phn those files appear again.
P.s tried to scan with Kaspersky virus removal tool and with microsoft security essential but no virus found.
Any help?
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Sounds like they are system files that the phone automaticly copies to your sd card when it is remounted, if this is so, then it is normal, if this is not the case then try a different sd card.

If you change the File System then all files should be gone too

Boot up a Linux distro, pop in the SD card, and run "sudo dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/((YOUR_SDCARD))" in a terminal, where ((YOUR_SDCARD)) is the name of the device file representing your SD card (make sure that you know for sure that the "of=" parameter is pointing to your SD card's device file; "sda" is often not an SD card, but is actually your first SATA hard drive).
Assuming you got the right device file as the output file, your SD card should now contain nothing but binary zeros. You can also create a text file with a witty message and write that (change the "if" parameter to "if=/path/to/your/file".
Godspeed.
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stubornman said:
Sounds like they are system files that the phone automaticly copies to your sd card when it is remounted, if this is so, then it is normal, if this is not the case then try a different sd card.
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Nope, i am not talking about android system files.

spaz1201 said:
Whats the file?!?! Maybe it is a default system file that is required for it to work!
Sent from my LG-P705 using xda premium
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No defaults file of android system, it is my titanium data files and some other custom roms and media.

joskevermeulen said:
Instead of formatting, you can try wiping the entire disk (in mini tool partition you get 5 different ways for wiping a disk). Theoretically every bit of data is gone afterwards
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Yes i tried mini tool partition indeed. not helpful.

YellowApple said:
Boot up a Linux distro, pop in the SD card, and run "sudo dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/((YOUR_SDCARD))" in a terminal, where ((YOUR_SDCARD)) is the name of the device file representing your SD card (make sure that you know for sure that the "of=" parameter is pointing to your SD card's device file; "sda" is often not an SD card, but is actually your first SATA hard drive).
Assuming you got the right device file as the output file, your SD card should now contain nothing but binary zeros. You can also create a text file with a witty message and write that (change the "if" parameter to "if=/path/to/your/file".
Godspeed.
Sent from my SPH-D710
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this method sounds for nerdy, i might wipe my c: or d: or might brick my sd card, any other simple solution?
also thanks for your help.
Appreciated.

try formatting it on android on the SD card , that might help

SDFormatter 3.1 View attachment sdfmt3_1.zip
Did you try FULL format not QUICK? It will remove bad sectors from SD Card.

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How to repair corrupted sd card?

does anyone know how to undelete or repair an sd card? It's happened a few times and I usually format and start over. Any help would be appreciated.
Chris
undelete-plus
Try this
http://undelete-plus.com/
yeah when connected to a sdcard reader any pc undelete software will work on it
like the link AthenaLod gave
Rudegar said:
yeah when connected to a sdcard reader any pc undelete software will work on it
like the link AthenaLod gave
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thanks I will give it a go....
Chris
If you have problems with your memory card in 80% of all cases the controller of your card is damaged and no software or card reader can help. You must separate the memory chip and dump the raw data to recover your data, look here: CF xD SD memory card/stick photo recovery
Repairing a corrupted SD card.
If the SD card is corrupted then it will be because it has boot sector errors. Download DriveRestore Professional and you can scan your corrupted card for errors... you can then repair the card's errors when the product is activated. You can download a free trial at: www.pcrecovery.com/driverestore
don t format in the name of GOD!!!
Please all keep in mind>>>> drive recovery pro is a nice solution,but formatting a hard drive is ok,and important.NOT A SD CARD!!!The continous files are different from the usual hard drive files!!
NO NEED FORMATTING!!!
In fact>>formatting an SD card lower the life time of the card with a good year or more!!Anyhow they made to survive only around two years!!!
The continous upload and erase sssions are killing the SD card.BUT FORMATTING IS TH BIGGEST KILLER.Check the experts,what they say???
Corrupted cards can be deffected from factory as wel,but drive check and restore is the best.The sectors are damaged,and not the fragmantation....
helios
Repairing a corrupted SD card.
DriveRestore Professional will not re-format a corrupted SD card. Formatting is NOT recommended as formatting will erase all the data on the SD card. DriveRestore Professional will analyse the boot sector (that ALL drives have e.g. FAT16 and FAT32 file systems on an SD card), it will detect errors in the boot sector and then repair the errors. When the card is repaired, ALL the files will be accessible and the card is fully repaired.
Sometimes the filesystem on the card gets corrupted. It can happen for example if the card was ejected while a file operation on it was in progress. When that happens you might have trouble accessing some of the files, loading times for some directories in file explorer may be very slow.
You can attempt to fix it using the desktop windows' built-in chkdsk utility.
Open up command prompt (start->run->cmd.exe) and type
chkdsk /X /F <SD card drive letter>
My SD card reader is X:\ drive, so i wold use the following command:
chkdsk /X /F X:
SD card reader is recommended, but probably not necessary because it should also work with WinMo's built-in USB mass storage function or wm5torage.
Under linux you can check/fix the card's filesysterm and in some cases undelete a file using fsck.vfat or dosfsck (single tool, two possible names). Refer to its help for more details.
mr_deimos said:
Sometimes the filesystem on the card gets corrupted. It can happen for example if the card was ejected while a file operation on it was in progress. When that happens you might have trouble accessing some of the files, loading times for some directories in file explorer may be very slow.
You can attempt to fix it using the desktop windows' built-in chkdsk utility.
Open up command prompt (start->run->cmd.exe) and type
chkdsk /X /F <SD card drive letter>
My SD card reader is X:\ drive, so i wold use the following command:
chkdsk /X /F X:
SD card reader is recommended, but probably not necessary because it should also work with WinMo's built-in USB mass storage function or wm5torage.
Under linux you can check/fix the card's filesysterm and in some cases undelete a file using fsck.vfat or dosfsck (single tool, two possible names). Refer to its help for more details.
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Thank you man, you are a life saver.....
mr_deimos said:
Sometimes the filesystem on the card gets corrupted. It can happen for example if the card was ejected while a file operation on it was in progress. When that happens you might have trouble accessing some of the files, loading times for some directories in file explorer may be very slow.
You can attempt to fix it using the desktop windows' built-in chkdsk utility.
Open up command prompt (start->run->cmd.exe) and type
chkdsk /X /F <SD card drive letter>
My SD card reader is X:\ drive, so i wold use the following command:
chkdsk /X /F X:
SD card reader is recommended, but probably not necessary because it should also work with WinMo's built-in USB mass storage function or wm5torage.
Under linux you can check/fix the card's filesysterm and in some cases undelete a file using fsck.vfat or dosfsck (single tool, two possible names). Refer to its help for more details.
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wow..thankz
AthenaLod said:
Try this
http://undelete-plus.com/
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Thanks for sharing.....
I only recently became a (sort of) expert on this as I had a corrupted NTFS bootable partition on my macbook pro with a messed up Master File Table. Man, that was a nightmare.
Anyway, the answer to this question varies greatly depending on the filesystem and the type of corruption you have. Standard Chkdsk might work (the windows utility) although I admit I have no idea how well that works on flash removable media.
Other good options are TestDisk, and there are some other free options out there.
Depending on how important your data is to you and how severe the corruption is you may need to go with a paid application. This is what I had to do because Master File Table corruptions in NTFS are particularly nasty (although some versions of them can be corrected by TestDisk). I recommend GetDataBack which worked great for me.
In any case, try TestDisk out because its a very powerful tool and it is totally free. Read up on the documentation before playing around with it though, because you can cause irreparable damage to any one of your disks if you don't know what you are doing. Ideally make an image of your card using dd (built in linux utility, just type 'man dd' at the cmd line) before attempting to fix it so you can't do anything you can't undo.
hey i formatted my card using card studio in qtek 9100 it formatted 100 % but when i attached it on the card reader then to PC! PC doesn't show this cardddddd help meeee
Instructions
things you'll need:
* SD Card
* Computer
* Internet Connection
*1
If your aim is to repair a corrupted SD card so that you can use it to store files then proceed to step #2.
If your aim is to recover the files on the SD card without erasing them, proceed to step #5.
*2
Insert the SD card into a digital camera card slot and choose to format your card. If this doesn't work then move on to the next step...
*3
Place the SD card into your computers SD card slot.
Right click on the SD card drive letter IF it appears and choose to "format."
If this doesn't work, proceed to the next step...
*4
www.sdcard.org
You will need to go to the website
http://www.sdcard.org/consumers/formatter/eula/
Here you will download, install, and run the program to format your SD card. This is the most advanced step of the three, but most likely to work 99% of the time.
*5
www.cgsecurity.org
If you want to recover files ON your SD without erasing them, then you need to download and run the software on this site.
http://www.cgsecurity.org/wiki/TestDisk_Download
This is the best free software available for this type of problem.
thanks mr deimos for the chkdsk tip.this tip is way quicker fix than the programs mentioned in other posts in this thread
yeah, thanks guys for all your advice and help
mr_deimos said:
Sometimes the filesystem on the card gets corrupted. It can happen for example if the card was ejected while a file operation on it was in progress. When that happens you might have trouble accessing some of the files, loading times for some directories in file explorer may be very slow.
You can attempt to fix it using the desktop windows' built-in chkdsk utility.
Open up command prompt (start->run->cmd.exe) and type
chkdsk /X /F <SD card drive letter>
My SD card reader is X:\ drive, so i wold use the following command:
chkdsk /X /F X:
SD card reader is recommended, but probably not necessary because it should also work with WinMo's built-in USB mass storage function or wm5torage.
Under linux you can check/fix the card's filesysterm and in some cases undelete a file using fsck.vfat or dosfsck (single tool, two possible names). Refer to its help for more details.
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Thank you for this, saved my uSD card after flashing a kernel messed it up!
On Linux you can try dd_rescue. It creates copy like normal dd but it does not abort on errors.
Copy card to file and then mount this file like drive
Thanks for the chkdsk /X /F
I just had a currupted sd card this morning and was banging my head until I saw this and it fixed it.
THANK YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Any idea how to format a corrupted sdcard?

I got a class 10 micro sdcard yesterday but when I tried to put music on it the write was like 2M/s. The computer froze in the process so I took the sdcard out before the process was finished. After I restarted my computer the computer wouldn't recognize the card anymore (no show in Computer). It wouldn't be recognized on my phone neither. It did show up on my friend's computer but if I clicked on the disk icon, it asked me to insert a card.....so I guess it might be corrupted because I got it out before the transfer was done.
So is there anyway to format the sdcard (micro sdcard)? I know there are many software that can format the sdcard but they won't work since the computer won't even detect the sdcard....
Wish I knew this as well. I have a corrupted 16GB Micro as well. Trying to format using SDFormatter tells me that it's in read-only mode or some nonsense like that.
Try this first:
http://hddguru.com/software/HDD-LLF-Low-Level-Format-Tool/
Even though windows won't say anything when it's inserted, doesn't mean it wasn't detected, just means windows couldn't mount it. Insert the sdcard and theh download and run the program, selecting the proper drive to wipe.
If that doesn't work u both could try linux. Download any live distro, I recommend slax. Burn it to a CD and boot ur computer from it with the micro sdcard inserted via adapter.
Then use this command with variation to ur specific hardware setup
dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/???# bs=1M
icenight89 said:
Try this first:
http://hddguru.com/software/HDD-LLF-Low-Level-Format-Tool/
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there is an official tool by the SD Association https://www.sdcard.org/downloads/formatter_3/
You could try right clicking my comupter>manage>storage and look for your card and format it from there may work may not.
kishke said:
You could try right clicking my comupter>manage>storage and look for your card and format it from there may work may not.
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wont work, need a low level format
zefie said:
there is an official tool by the SD Association https://www.sdcard.org/downloads/formatter_3/
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for this specific task, the fs is corrupt, I think my methods would be better
icenight89 said:
for this specific task, the fs is corrupt, I think my methods would be better
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SD Formatter has revived many of my cards, it will also re-partition them and format it to a single FAT32 (or FAT if its a small card) partition. All you need is the PC to see the device (such as the card reader) in device manager. Also, if you have a supported card reader (90% don't though) it can do low-level functions such as Flash NAND (of the SD Card) erase.
If it doesn't show up, I would agree to try the /dev/zero method under linux, followed by a SD Formatter wipe once the card is back to appearing in device manager.

No internal sd

Hello everyone.
I have been completely stupid, after formatting my internal SD card with a Mac, my phone can no longer recognize it. I have searched all of the forums, and can't find a solution. And after googleing forever in a day I still can't find a way tobreformat it for my phone. It won't mount due to the wrong format. Please help!
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xdaweaver said:
Hello everyone.
I have been completely stupid, after formatting my internal SD card with a Mac, my phone can no longer recognize it. I have searched all of the forums, and can't find a solution. And after googleing forever in a day I still can't find a way tobreformat it for my phone. It won't mount due to the wrong format. Please help!
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What phone do you have?
Is it rooted? (you could reformat it thru recovery if it is)
Does the computer recognize it when you plug it in?
xdaweaver said:
Hello everyone.
I have been completely stupid, after formatting my internal SD card with a Mac, my phone can no longer recognize it. I have searched all of the forums, and can't find a solution. And after googleing forever in a day I still can't find a way tobreformat it for my phone. It won't mount due to the wrong format. Please help!
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Please confirm that you had done an "eject" SD card from the MAC to unmount the SD card properly. This is the same as "Safe to Remove Hardware" for Windows. If not ejected (unmounted) properly, the next time you use it on another device, it may not be recognisable. If this is the case, simply insert the SD card back to the MAC and then eject it.
Otherwise, you can try re-initialise/re-formatting to FAT32 using software tools. Your phone recognises SD cards formatted in FAT32. If you format it with a MAC, it will not be in FAT32.
First, you can try formatting by using software for for SD cards, SDFormatter 4.0 - download from:
https://www.sdcard.org/downloads/formatter_4/
If that does not work, use a partition manager to re-partition and format to FAT32.
1. MiniTool Partition Wizard Home Edition - download from:
http://download.cnet.com/MiniTool-Partition-Wizard-Home-Edition/3000-2094_4-10962200.html
2. EaseUS Partition Master 9.2.2 - download from:
http://download.cnet.com/EaseUS-Partition-Master-Free-Edition/3000-2248_4-10863346.html
Hope this helps.
Phone - Samsung galaxy s 2 gti9100
Rooted-yes
Rom-super nexus
Kernel-stock
When I plug my phone into my comp I can only see my external. My internal cannot mount due to the wrong format.
Thanks for the feedback though. Do you guys have more ideas please!?
xdaweaver said:
Phone - Samsung galaxy s 2 gti9100
Rooted-yes
Rom-super nexus
Kernel-stock
When I plug my phone into my comp I can only see my external. My internal cannot mount due to the wrong format.
Thanks for the feedback though. Do you guys have more ideas please!?
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If you have a Mac, use the Disk Utility app (you can find it in the Applications/Utilities folder) for format the SD card.
After doing that you should be able to read and write the card on the phone, Mac or Windows without problems:
1. On your Mac, connect the card
2. Open Mac HD on your desktop
3. Open Applications
4. Open Utilities
5. Open Disk Utility
6. On the left you should see the hard drive listed. It should show the drive size with a second indented line beneath it that shows the volume of the drive.
7. Click "Erase" at the top of the screen.
8. Select MS DOS(FAT) File System for the volume format option.
9. Change the name of the drive if desired.
Click "Erase" at the bottom of the screen. You will get a warning and will need to click "Erase" again.
It doesn't show in disc utility. Cause its internal and won't mount
xdaweaver said:
It doesn't show in disc utility. Cause its internal and won't mount
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IF you formatted it in mac , it should be visible in mac, anyway go here and try the SD formatter for mac or any of the other tools for SD card recovery
Check this out! Links to useful Guides and " Banned " Documentaries ​
Go into recovery and hit format /internal sd
aaarrrgghhh!!!
Thank you very much for the help so far, i really apprieciate it.
Basically, when i turn on usb storage, only one card comes up, because the other cant mount, it wont mount the phone or anything atm
When I go into cwm recovery, and click format /sdcard it reads
formatting /sdcard
Error mounting /sdcard!
Skipping format...
Done.
when i click mount sd card, it just gives me the whole error mounting sd card
YESSSS!!!!!
OK!!!
after formatting emmc in recovery it worked for some apparent reason.
Thankyou all for your support and help, as it has been much apprieciated.
All The best,
Callum

[q] sd card issues

Hi guys,
I hope this is the right section to post this issue.
Does anyone have a solution to completely erasing data from a sd card, my problem with my sd card is that i am not able to delete files from the card or add any new files. I am able to copy files from the sd card to the pc though. I have tried formating it on various computer operating systems as well as on an android system.
What i get is the format completes but after reconnecting the card to the pc or phone, all the files that were previously on the card have somehow returned and the files are not corrupt or anything because i am able to view images and play music from the sd card. Is there any method I could use or is it time to let the memory card go?
Check for Errors
Try check your SD card for errors on the computer (Mount it first).
JBmorris said:
Try check your SD card for errors on the computer (Mount it first).
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Hi JBMorris, i have tried mounting it to the computer still no luck, I used a program called active kill disk to format it and check for errors but the program freezes on the verify and checking for errors section. I think something about the sectors not being readable so I might as well get a new sd card and thanks for the suggestion!
JazzedMontage said:
Hi guys,
I hope this is the right section to post this issue.
Does anyone have a solution to completely erasing data from a sd card, my problem with my sd card is that i am not able to delete files from the card or add any new files. I am able to copy files from the sd card to the pc though. I have tried formating it on various computer operating systems as well as on an android system.
What i get is the format completes but after reconnecting the card to the pc or phone, all the files that were previously on the card have somehow returned and the files are not corrupt or anything because i am able to view images and play music from the sd card. Is there any method I could use or is it time to let the memory card go?
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use a external card reader and then try to format
if not then use a software utility " low level format "
try if it helps
singh_aman said:
use a external card reader and then try to format
if not then use a software utility " low level format "
try if it helps
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Hi Singh, i tried using a software utility also tried the windows disk management and I'm still stuck with the same problem.I have decided to get a new card as my apps are not able to write to the sd card. Thanks for the help.
JazzedMontage said:
Hi guys,
I hope this is the right section to post this issue.
Does anyone have a solution to completely erasing data from a sd card, my problem with my sd card is that i am not able to delete files from the card or add any new files. I am able to copy files from the sd card to the pc though. I have tried formating it on various computer operating systems as well as on an android system.
What i get is the format completes but after reconnecting the card to the pc or phone, all the files that were previously on the card have somehow returned and the files are not corrupt or anything because i am able to view images and play music from the sd card. Is there any method I could use or is it time to let the memory card go?
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I think you had encrypted it with some device before.... So if you insert in that device and remove encryption...
But if you have factory reset your device and remove encryption key.. Then it will be very hard (may be impossible) to format it or change permissions
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Killwish said:
I think you had encrypted it with some device before.... So if you insert in that device and remove encryption...
But if you have factory reset your device and remove encryption key.. Then it will be very hard (may be impossible) to format it or change permissions
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Hi killwish, that makes sense it is possible it was encrypted before as i used a different rom, so would you advice me to install the previous rom and try to format it?
JazzedMontage said:
Hi killwish, that makes sense it is possible it was encrypted before as i used a different rom, so would you advice me to install the previous rom and try to format it?
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Bro you have flashed new rom... And encryption key is deleted.... So now I think it is impossible to do what you want....
May be some hacker will help you... Wait if someone give you the solution
now you have only 1 option left
try replacing it from service centre for free
singh_aman said:
now you have only 1 option left
try replacing it from service centre for free
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Oh.. Yeah it is the solution.. If your card is in warranty
You should format your SD card through CMD
To format a memory card from command prompt, follow the below procedure:
Connect the memory card to your PC through card reader.
Click on Start > Run > Type CMD and click on OK.
Assuming the letter of the memory card drive is G.
Now enter this command.
format /q /x G: and press Enter.
Note: Don't forget to replace the letter "G" with your drive letter.
snehashish93 said:
You should format your SD card through CMD
To format a memory card from command prompt, follow the below procedure:
Connect the memory card to your PC through card reader.
Click on Start > Run > Type CMD and click on OK.
Assuming the letter of the memory card drive is G.
Now enter this command.
format /q /x G: and press Enter.
Note: Don't forget to replace the letter "G" with your drive letter.
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I think it will also not work
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snehashish93 said:
You should format your SD card through CMD
To format a memory card from command prompt, follow the below procedure:
Connect the memory card to your PC through card reader.
Click on Start > Run > Type CMD and click on OK.
Assuming the letter of the memory card drive is G.
Now enter this command.
format /q /x G: and press Enter.
Note: Don't forget to replace the letter "G" with your drive letter.
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Hi Snehashish, i have tried using the cmd and get an "access denied error" even though i am using cmd with administrator rights. It seems to me there's nothing i can do as i have tried formatting using different methods.
Replacing Card
Hi guys,
Thanks for all the effort, my card doesn't have warranty and I will be replacing it, what I have learned from all this is to stay clear of encryption if you not sure of what it fully entails!
Cheers Fellas!

Help with 128GB SD card needed

Hello!
My 128 GB SD card (Sandisk) had corrupted files. Every time I delete files, they appear again. I even tried to quick-format the card on Windows, but the files appear again. I also formated it without quick-format which took about 24 hours and the files were again on the card.
Is there a tool that could delete everything? A partition manager maybe?
Is there a way to find logs of what is happening exactly to that SD card? The card is 17 months old.
Thank you!
fetito666 said:
Hello!
My 128 GB SD card (Sandisk) had corrupted files. Every time I delete files, they appear again. I even tried to quick-format the card on Windows, but the files appear again. I also formated it without quick-format which took about 24 hours and the files were again on the card.
Is there a tool that could delete everything? A partition manager maybe?
Is there a way to find logs of what is happening exactly to that SD card? The card is 17 months old.
Thank you!
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Run chkdisk on it, it may have errors that need to be fixed.
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TechARoid said:
You should consider formatting SD Card on Android platform rather than Windows.
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Ok, but does Android give it a new partition and file format?
Ok, I formatted it from Android within, but there are no changes. All files are still there again.
Is there a write protection on my SD card?
fetito666 said:
Ok, I formatted it from Android within, but there are no changes. All files are still there again.
Is there a write protection on my SD card?
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Have you tried running chkdisk on it yet?
If it were write protected, it would prompt you when you went to format it in Windows.
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fetito666 said:
Hello!
My 128 GB SD card (Sandisk) had corrupted files. Every time I delete files, they appear again. I even tried to quick-format the card on Windows, but the files appear again. I also formated it without quick-format which took about 24 hours and the files were again on the card.
Is there a tool that could delete everything? A partition manager maybe?
Is there a way to find logs of what is happening exactly to that SD card? The card is 17 months old.
Thank you!
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Use this tool in your PC and format sd card in FAT32 format.
@Droidriven: I deleted the partition, but was unable to create a new one. As a result, I was unable to format it again and Windows does not assign any drive letter. Thus, I was unable to use chkdsk. However, Android still recognizes the card, but I cannot make any changes to it. Even when I format it again on Android 7, it says "format succesfull!", but the old data is still there.
@ Ashwinrg: Thank you! But now Windows does not even recognize the card because of the reason I mentioned above.
Update: I manually assigned a drive letter, started CHKDSK, but it says that during "examining the map bits of the volumen" ("el mapa de bit del volumen" in Spanish) errors have been found, but the lost archives cannot be recovered.
fetito666 said:
@Droidriven: I deleted the partition, but was unable to create a new one. As a result, I was unable to format it again and Windows does not assign any drive letter. Thus, I was unable to use chkdsk. However, Android still recognizes the card, but I cannot make any changes to it. Even when I format it again on Android 7, it says "format succesfull!", but the old data is still there.
@ Ashwinrg: Thank you! But now Windows does not even recognize the card because of the reason I mentioned above.
Update: I manually assigned a drive letter, started CHKDSK, but it says that during "examining the map bits of the volumen" ("el mapa de bit del volumen" in Spanish) errors have been found, but the lost archives cannot be recovered.
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To fix the errors
chkdsk X: /f
Where X is the SD assigned letter
To recover some deleted files or files that you couldn't move from SD card you should have used programs like : testdisk or photorec to restore them before you did a format.
@-Hope-: CHKDSK does not work because it throws some error messages.
How do I know if the card lost its abbility to write data? All I can do is read data. I don't want to recover data. I just want to fix the card.
fetito666 said:
@-Hope-: CHKDSK does not work because it throws some error messages.
How do I know if the card lost its abbility to write data? All I can do is read data. I don't want to recover data. I just want to fix the card.
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Hello
Seems that the SD is write protected
We can try to disable the protection using diskpart tool in windows
Connect the SD card -via card reader is a recommended step- or if your laptop have a buildin reader
Open a CMD (admin)
Type diskpart then enter
Type list disk then enter
You will see a list of disks and partitions etc..
Type select disk <number of the disk> for example
select disk 2 then enter
Type then
attributes disk clear readonly and enter
Then type exit and enter
The method is explained here with pics on wikihow
http://www.wikihow.com/Disable-Write-Protection
There are some other methods you may try too
-Hope- said:
Hello
Seems that the SD is write protected
We can try to disable the protection using diskpart tool in windows
Connect the SD card -via card reader is a recommended step- or if your laptop have a buildin reader
Open a CMD (admin)
Type diskpart then enter
Type list disk then enter
You will see a list of disks and partitions etc..
Type select disk <number of the disk> for example
select disk 2 then enter
Type then
attributes disk clear readonly and enter
Then type exit and enter
The method is explained here with pics on wikihow
http://www.wikihow.com/Disable-Write-Protection
There are some other methods you may try too
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Unfortunately that did not help.
fetito666 said:
Unfortunately that did not help.
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Unfortunately, I think after all of this, your card might be too corrupted to repair/reclaim. You might be chasing your own tail with this but I guess it is worth continuing to try.
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I already contacted the manufacturer Sandisk which offered me a free RMA. It seems that the SD card is physically broken.
THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR HELP!

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