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    16gb sd card is unreadable after a failed format

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by hydrocyanic, Jan 11, 2009.

  1. hydrocyanic

    hydrocyanic Notebook Evangelist

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    is there any way to resolve this or it is dead?

    i couldn't get it to read through my two card readers, is there any way to fix it?

    thanks
     
    hydrocyanic, Jan 11, 2009
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  2. Ayle

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    Put it in a camera and try to format it from there.
     
    Ayle, Jan 11, 2009
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  3. hydrocyanic

    hydrocyanic Notebook Evangelist

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    this i can try later at work, thanks

    any other solution if this fails?
     
    hydrocyanic, Jan 12, 2009
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    Try doing it in Linux.
     
    lixuelai, Jan 12, 2009
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  6. hydrocyanic

    hydrocyanic Notebook Evangelist

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    since i am working at a retail store part time, i tried almost every brand of camera + a few more notebook/TV/etc

    none is working, a pentax k200d actually told me that the card was electronically shocked

    anyone knows about this a little more?

    ps. thanks for the program, i will look into it with my pc a little later
     
    hydrocyanic, Jan 13, 2009
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    On windows, does it show up in disk management under computer management? Maybe you can format it from there.
     
    bhattsan, Jan 13, 2009
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    Looks like the card is busted for good. Once I also had a MicroSD card die on me after a format. Tried with a couple of cameras and a mobile phone, but none of them could format it. I don’t think it was the format that killed it, it was giving me trouble even before I formatted; but formatting made it completely unusable.

    Some manufacturers have lifetime warranties and others have at least 1 year warranty, check if you can get a replacement.
     
    PhoenixFx, Jan 13, 2009
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  9. hydrocyanic

    hydrocyanic Notebook Evangelist

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    i am expecting the worst already so yeah :(
     
    hydrocyanic, Jan 13, 2009
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