Trying to Save An SD Card With Errors

snake · 12-29-2012, 03:08 AM

Samsung C10 32gb micro SD-

Luckily offloaded my essential pics and don't go all the way to 32gb. It was just what I had on hand. Yesterday it was fine until the end of my day shooting, when nothing would write. Formatting didn't work, either.

Recovering the files written all of yesterday didn't work.

"Errors" indicated. Could not format on my computer, departition, change formats, etc.

Are there any programs out there that can get through the error sectors somehow upon analysis to and help recover a card? I'm using also EASEUS partition manager, which had massive difficulty, unfortunately. I was wondering if even the bitter cold might have screwed things up, but I guess I'm back to using Sandisk Extreme cards exclusively.

LeDave · 12-29-2012, 04:34 AM

Wow, never heard of this case before. Maybe this card is completely gone and out of it's ability for repair. I am guessing the chip fried out or froze out or something.

snake · 12-29-2012, 04:56 AM

Some files are recoverable, but before I write it off, I want to see if I can save it in any way and if it's only an error with toc and tabling, or something else, due to a false write, for instance.

reeftool · 12-29-2012, 03:45 PM

I don't know if I would trust it again regardless.

snake · 12-29-2012, 04:13 PM

I wouldn't trust it with pics that are crucial, but I'd still use it in my phone, for instance.

Just hoping there's a more powerful partitioner/formatter that will be able to give a proper analysis and fix of the problem areas.

12-29-2012, 03:08 AM	#1
snake Banned Join Date: Jun 2012 Location: NY/Germany Posts: 1,183	Trying to Save An SD Card With Errors Samsung C10 32gb micro SD- Luckily offloaded my essential pics and don't go all the way to 32gb. It was just what I had on hand. Yesterday it was fine until the end of my day shooting, when nothing would write. Formatting didn't work, either. Recovering the files written all of yesterday didn't work. "Errors" indicated. Could not format on my computer, departition, change formats, etc. Are there any programs out there that can get through the error sectors somehow upon analysis to and help recover a card? I'm using also EASEUS partition manager, which had massive difficulty, unfortunately. I was wondering if even the bitter cold might have screwed things up, but I guess I'm back to using Sandisk Extreme cards exclusively.

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12-29-2012, 04:34 AM	#2
LeDave Veteran Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Minneapolis - St. Paul Photos: Gallery Posts: 3,067	Wow, never heard of this case before. Maybe this card is completely gone and out of it's ability for repair. I am guessing the chip fried out or froze out or something.

12-29-2012, 04:56 AM	#3
snake Banned Join Date: Jun 2012 Location: NY/Germany Posts: 1,183 Original Poster	Some files are recoverable, but before I write it off, I want to see if I can save it in any way and if it's only an error with toc and tabling, or something else, due to a false write, for instance.

12-29-2012, 03:45 PM	#4
reeftool Pentaxian Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Upstate New York Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 9,555	I don't know if I would trust it again regardless.

12-29-2012, 04:13 PM	#5
snake Banned Join Date: Jun 2012 Location: NY/Germany Posts: 1,183 Original Poster	I wouldn't trust it with pics that are crucial, but I'd still use it in my phone, for instance. Just hoping there's a more powerful partitioner/formatter that will be able to give a proper analysis and fix of the problem areas.