Battery/sd card issue!!

Button Witch · 07-16-2017, 06:41 AM

Hive had my K50 camera a few years and love it but having a problem. My SD card corrupts and cannot be read by camera it seems to happen when my battery pack or batteries go flat. I Any ideas why and anything I can do to stop it.
I lost so many lived photos this way! Tips to recover the photos would be good too as there is nothing wrong with the cards themselves

**pepperberry farm** · 07-16-2017, 07:02 AM

does it happen to just one SD card or any other cards you use?

if it's just the one - replace it...

Button Witch · 07-16-2017, 08:40 AM

All off them! I have four!

**AstroDave** · 07-16-2017, 08:46 AM - **1 Like**

If the power fails while the camera is trying to write to the SD card, things will get corrupted! Change out your battery before it gets too low!!!

Do you have an external SD card reader for your computer? If so, do your cards read with it? Try some file recovery software - if there is anything salvageable on the card, it should be able to read it. Do a web search for "file recovery software."

Button Witch · 07-16-2017, 11:41 AM

Thank Astrid Daventry, I will we thought it might be something like that good to get it confirmed

Button Witch · 07-16-2017, 03:14 PM

Astro Dave even,!!!!

**AstroDave** · 07-16-2017, 08:43 PM

Originally posted by Button Witch

Astro Dave even,!!!!

No problem - I kinda like Astrid Daventry! Have to think about it (although a gender change might seem necessary!)

Prakticant · 07-20-2017, 06:40 AM

Check at your SD card manufacturer website, most of SD card makers offer recovery software for their products.
Good software has different modes available (i.e. quick mode or deep & thorough mode).
Get decent external card reader, I recommend fast, reliable and cheap Kingston MobileLite G4 (USB 3.0).

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Originally posted by AstroDave

Try some file recovery software - if there is anything salvageable on the card, it should be able to read it.

07-16-2017, 06:41 AM	#1
Button Witch New Member Join Date: Jul 2017 Posts: 4	Battery/sd card issue!! Hive had my K50 camera a few years and love it but having a problem. My SD card corrupts and cannot be read by camera it seems to happen when my battery pack or batteries go flat. I Any ideas why and anything I can do to stop it. I lost so many lived photos this way! Tips to recover the photos would be good too as there is nothing wrong with the cards themselves

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pepperberry farm amateur dirt farmer Join Date: Dec 2014 Location: probably out in a field somewhere... Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 41,755	does it happen to just one SD card or any other cards you use? if it's just the one - replace it...

07-16-2017, 08:40 AM	#3
Button Witch New Member Join Date: Jul 2017 Posts: 4 Original Poster	All off them! I have four!

07-16-2017, 08:46 AM - 1 Like	#4
AstroDave Loyal Site Supporter Join Date: May 2007 Location: Flagstaff, Arizona Posts: 1,644	If the power fails while the camera is trying to write to the SD card, things will get corrupted! Change out your battery before it gets too low!!! Do you have an external SD card reader for your computer? If so, do your cards read with it? Try some file recovery software - if there is anything salvageable on the card, it should be able to read it. Do a web search for "file recovery software."

07-16-2017, 11:41 AM	#5
Button Witch New Member Join Date: Jul 2017 Posts: 4 Original Poster	Thank Astrid Daventry, I will we thought it might be something like that good to get it confirmed

07-16-2017, 03:14 PM	#6
Button Witch New Member Join Date: Jul 2017 Posts: 4 Original Poster	Astro Dave even,!!!!

07-16-2017, 08:43 PM	#7
AstroDave Loyal Site Supporter Join Date: May 2007 Location: Flagstaff, Arizona Posts: 1,644	Originally posted by Button Witch Astro Dave even,!!!! No problem - I kinda like Astrid Daventry! Have to think about it (although a gender change might seem necessary!)

07-20-2017, 06:40 AM	#8
Prakticant Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2010 Posts: 274	Check at your SD card manufacturer website, most of SD card makers offer recovery software for their products. Good software has different modes available (i.e. quick mode or deep & thorough mode). Get decent external card reader, I recommend fast, reliable and cheap Kingston MobileLite G4 (USB 3.0). ----- Originally posted by AstroDave Try some file recovery software - if there is anything salvageable on the card, it should be able to read it.