So I've been searching around for hours about my SD card not working anymore and can't find a answer.The problem is I can't put anything on it or delete anything off it on my tablet or on my computer.If I delete the files they come right back after I reboot or if I delete in computer they delete but don't go to recycling bin and as soon as I take it out and put it back in the files are all backI've tried to reformat with numerous programs and some say it can't do it,some say I need to remove write protection and some it says it does it but it doesn't.It isn't write protected,I made sure the switch was in position it is supposed to be in.
I've tried multiple readers and still no luck.I was able to copy the data on my computer but can't add anything to it.It is the sandisk 64 GB one.I've been using it for about 6 months now in my Asus tablet and haven't had one problem with it.I use root folder mount to store all my game data on it so I can play all my games.I'm just curious if anyone else has had this problem.I can't find a answer anywhere about my problem.I've found hundreds of things about the card having errors but I'm not having any errors.I'm trying to run a program now and I'm hoping that this works but its still running now.I'm using HP USB disk storage format tool now and doing the long format.Any help would be appreciated.Thanks
mikep2323 said:
So I've been searching around for hours about my SD card not working anymore and can't find a answer.The problem is I can't put anything on it or delete anything off it on my tablet or on my computer.If I delete the files they come right back after I reboot or if I delete in computer they delete but don't go to recycling bin and as soon as I take it out and put it back in the files are all backI've tried to reformat with numerous programs and some say it can't do it,some say I need to remove write protection and some it says it does it but it doesn't.It isn't write protected,I made sure the switch was in position it is supposed to be in.
I've tried multiple readers and still no luck.I was able to copy the data on my computer but can't add anything to it.It is the sandisk 64 GB one.I've been using it for about 6 months now in my Asus tablet and haven't had one problem with it.I use root folder mount to store all my game data on it so I can play all my games.I'm just curious if anyone else has had this problem.I can't find a answer anywhere about my problem.I've found hundreds of things about the card having errors but I'm not having any errors.I'm trying to run a program now and I'm hoping that this works but its still running now.I'm using HP USB disk storage format tool now and doing the long format.Any help would be appreciated.Thanks
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this the best sd formatter that ive found mate https://www.sdcard.org/downloads/formatter_4/SDFormatter4exe.zip and if that dont work and its a micro sd card ive used a psp to format problem cards before you just need mmc adapter and as soon you turn on the psp it will ask to formate it and once its done you should be able to format how you want it
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this the best sd formatter that ive found mate https://www.sdcard.org/downloads/formatter_4/SDFormatter4exe.zip and if that dont work and its a micro sd card ive used a psp to format problem cards before you just need mmc adapter and as soon you turn on the psp it will ask to formate it and once its done you should be able to format how you want it
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thanks ill try that one today.I just had one formatting all night and it said the volume is to big and didnt work.It was going for hours and at the very end it said the volume error.Ill try the one you put here after work.
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im runing all kinds of roms for the past 6 months and noticed that i cant format my micro sd card in thuse roms...is there some kind of a program that can help me do it thru mydevice. i even tryd to format it through my pc but the only thing i can do is delete files.. not wnough since theres allways around 1600mb thats always inuse and a format is the only way to "clean it"..
im runing duty 4\29 now and have no issues or problems..same was with l26 v4 diamond...my device is working great... just that memory card is driving me bananas ,,,
howe somone can help..and thanks a lot...
Did you you try using the start=>run=>cmd=>FORMAT on a pc to format it. Did you make sure the write protection tab is set to unlock on the sd adapter. If it's set to locked remove the card first, then set it to unlock and reinsert it.
Also on the pc when you format it check the file system.
usually it wont do FAT32.
Just FAT will work.
Also the card should be unlocked anyway as you can delete individual files, so as ricethief says, you dont need to check that.
Hi,
for a few days im not able to write anything to my sdcard (SanDisk 8GB). Im sure its not permission related (read only mode..). My computer (linux) can read flawlessly, just like my phone (Moto Milestone/TheFroyoMod 2.4c). But when i copy files to the sdcard and plug it back in, the new written data is lost. Same for my phone. I can take photos but the files cant be stored on the sdcard. I already tried to format the sdcard with GParted but it wont let me do ANY changes. Even if i format it to another FS, when i plug it back in, its still FAT 32 with all the data still on it. Windows wont let me format it at all.
Does anyone have a similar issue and manged to solve it?
ty!
Is it an old card, been used a lot? It may not be the case, but it sounds like nand that has run out of write cycles.
well ive been using it for 6 months now. Just regular usage.
It sounds like you've tried everything available to you. I'd recommend copying the contents of the SD card onto your PC for safe keeping and try to source another card.
I have a T-Mobile G2 with stock 8GB microsd card. I was recording a video about 45 secs into it and all of a sudden the phone froze, I am not sure if it got full caz just before taking the video I checked and there was ~1.8GB free space. After a while an message came up saying "Please insert a SD card" (something along those line), so I figured my card must be full.
So I decided to go try and delete some file on it, only to find out all my apps installed on SD card was now unavailable, this is when I started to worry. I rebooted the phone, no luck. I shut it down and removed and replaced the SD card, no luck.
Plugged it into a Windows PC (Win XP 32 bit), it would see it in My Computers for few seconds and would disappear, even if I try to access it, it was just disappear.
I have some pictures and videos that I had taken on vacation which I really need, any ideas?
Currently as a temp solution I have a 4GB Microsd card in it and everything is fine (obviously, apps still not available), but I need the data from my original 8GB as this is my main concern, please help.
Btw, I have tried using recovery software such as Recuva and testdisk but since windows won't even see the drive I cannot use such software.
Thanks a ton.
if the sd not detected in phone or pc, maybe the sd card already dead.
anyone please?
Thanks
Im not sure what else can be said. If you computer and phone cant see the card, then it's probably dead. All you can at this point is attempt to do a quick format of the card and try to use the recovery software on it to see if you can restore the file structure
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Im not sure what else can be said. If you computer and phone cant see the card, then it's probably dead. All you can at this point is attempt to do a quick format of the card and try to use the recovery software on it to see if you can restore the file structure
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Yeh that is my last resort, but the problem is I cannot do anything as the drive disappears 2-3 seconds after windows detects it and when I try to do anything to that drive it just freezes for a while and closes itself.
any ideas??
if you have a digital camera insert the micro-sd via adapter make sure though to unmount the micro-sd via CWM for example, you should now be able to format the micro-sd card over the menu of your camera. if this doesn't work there's still hope you can try to format it on a linux based system but for now try to format it on your cam
Regular recovery methods won't work too good on an sd card, they were meant for spinning drives. Flash memory either works or it doesn't usually. Try cleaning the contacts and using different card reader/adapter combos. Try a linux live cd etc. If it's dead or corrupted, your kinda stuck. Even a format worked I wouldn't trust it again.
hey guys,
1 month ago i've buyed a new sd card(16 gigs, class4) it works pretty good until now.
now i can't erase anything, when i try it the datas seemd to be away, but on the next plug they're there again...
and the phone doesn't recognize the card either, so what i can do?!
Corrupted. Use minitools to do a full wipe and try.
doesn't work anyway,
or explain what i have to do exactly
Have you tried it on a different device to make sure the problem is the sd card and not your phone. Tried backing up and formatting the sd card?
on different devices it's like read/only...
formatting doesn't work,
Assuming the sd card is MicroSD ( it is isn't it?), and you've tried formatting it on a phone as well as from a computer, always making sure the lock of the microSD adapter was off, the only thing i would think of, is trying with different formatting tools software, there are plenty of them on the internet.
A program that might work:http://en.kioskea.net/download/download-127-hp-usb-disk-storage-format-tool
yes it's micro sd but it hasn't any lock,
when i try that program there's written: the device is write-protected..
When you plug your micro sd card to the computer you do it with an adaptor in wich you should find a lock, if it's off or doesn't exist the following tutorial should help.
http://www.troublefixers.com/remove-write-protection-on-usb-pen-drive-or-memory-card-or-ipod/
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doesnt work...
what type of format does it have? did you formatted it at first use? with which kind of format ? i'm running out of possible solutions.. argh!
it has 1 gig ext, and the other's fat32..
Repartitioning, trying with the disk utility on ubuntu...or if your on time, or return it to the store and change it for a new one... i've no idea what so ever apart from what i've already answered. Sorry mate. May be someone around the forum can help you further...
cannot partitioning it, read only,...
when someone knows how to fix that he would answer..
So I had this 8gb micro Sdcard that came with my phone and for Christmas I got a 16gb one. I had a lot of precious stuff on the older 8gb, so I put it into an adapter and connected it to my PC, planning to backup the contents and then put it on the 16gb. But when i connected it in, it said "This card needs to be formated before using". I first i thought the adapter was broken, so I put the micro sdcard back into my android phone so I could connect my phone to the computer and do it that way but when it turned on it said "Sdcard ready to remove". The phone wouldn't recognise it either!
I have already put other micro sdcards in the adapter and they work perfectly.
I have a lot of precious stuff on the micro sdcard so if there is a way to fix it without wiping everything, I'd be really happy to hear it.
Will give the person who answered best thanks in all of their last 15 posts.
Maybe try disk manager on your PC and see what format is says the card is..
otherwise try the phone again and again hopefully it will work. Ive had that before and a combination of playing with disk manager and the phone I managed to get the stuff off my card
Nooby Arc S User said:
So I had this 8gb micro Sdcard that came with my phone and for Christmas I got a 16gb one. I had a lot of precious stuff on the older 8gb, so I put it into an adapter and connected it to my PC, planning to backup the contents and then put it on the 16gb. But when i connected it in, it said "This card needs to be formated before using". I first i thought the adapter was broken, so I put the micro sdcard back into my android phone so I could connect my phone to the computer and do it that way but when it turned on it said "Sdcard ready to remove". The phone wouldn't recognise it either!
I have already put other micro sdcards in the adapter and they work perfectly.
I have a lot of precious stuff on the micro sdcard so if there is a way to fix it without wiping everything, I'd be really happy to hear it.
Will give the person who answered best thanks in all of their last 15 posts.
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i would try inserting it into your phone several times to try to get it to catch..also reboot phone while card is inserted..if you have to format the card you can still get everything off of it by using a program like "recuva" .. ive used it many times and it works like a charm..nothing is ever erased on a sd card..its only overwritten..so as long as you havent overwritten anything on the card you can easily get it back..formatting will not overwrite anything
Connect your card to pc, open mini partition tool wizard. Click on your memory in program and next open.
I tried putting the sdcard back into my phone several times and always didn't work . I went onto diskmanager and see screenshot below for info (it's g/ drive). I then tried formatting with various settings and always got a failure see second screenshot.
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Format exfat next fat32. BUT first try use http://download.cnet.com/MiniTool-Partition-Wizard-Home-Edition/3000-2094_4-10962200.html,Install and open with this program your sd. I had this same problem, i opened sd in partition manager and i didn`t have to format. Do you have ex or swap partition on this card?
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Format exfat next fat32. BUT first try use http://download.cnet.com/MiniTool-Partition-Wizard-Home-Edition/3000-2094_4-10962200.html,Install and open with this program your sd. I had this same problem, i opened sd in partition manager and i didn`t have to format. Do you have ex or swap partition on this card?
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very handy tool,thanks for posting that.
sonymanw said:
Format exfat next fat32. BUT first try use http://download.cnet.com/MiniTool-Partition-Wizard-Home-Edition/3000-2094_4-10962200.html,Install and open with this program your sd. I had this same problem, i opened sd in partition manager and i didn`t have to format. Do you have ex or swap partition on this card?
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Hey. Thanks for the reply, I installed that program but it confuses me. How do i access my sdcard with it?
My sdcard is not partitioned or used for swap or anything.
Oh and I've tried formatting with exfat, fat, fat32 and NFTS and always fails
Do you see your sd card in this program? If yes try wipe volume
I checked your screens and your card is RAW- file system is broken or is unknown to the windows , try this:
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close ALL your programs, insert your sd card to your computer and ONLY WAIT,(15 min.) do nothing, dont touch mouse (weird? yes but your computer will try to repair file system, fot 2gb is less 5-10 minutes, but your is 8 gb class???, that wait more)
2 (optional, but you should try 3 point)
Format your sd with windows installerr (format it during window installation using windows setup disc) you can cancell instalation after format without probles
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If still nothing (after 25 minutes) try this program http://panasonic.jp/support/global/cs/sd/download/index.html - IT IS LAST OPTION WITHOUT SPEND MONEY
Tell me if it worked.