What to do with a corrupted SD card: reformat it or trash it?
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Mar 15, 202615751 viewsConfidence Score0%
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I recovered all the files from my corrupted SD card today. What should I do with it now? Reformat and continue using it or throw it away and buy a new one Here's the details on the card and how it got corrupted, if that matters: Transcend 16 GB SDHC card (class 6) I had it for seven months I used i…
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Start by using a utility like fsck or chkdsk to check the file system for bad sectors. If you don't find any, that implies the corruption was caused by a transient data problem, and might be safe to reuse--although I wouldn't use it to store anythin…
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