DEAD sd card - suddenly no contact.

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GNUbahn
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Joined: 02/18/2016

I have an sd card that suddenly went dead. A video camera and two different computers (wit different OS) do not recognise it when it is inserted to the otherwise functioning readers.

I have searched a bit but I only seem to find suggestions for cards that are some how corrupted but accessible - maybe this has a good reason!

Any one with a good advise (other than throwing it out)?

loldier
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Joined: 02/17/2016

I've had it happen to me. A phone SD card suddenly went corrupt. There was no way to initialize or reformat it let alone reveal the contents.

onpon4
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Joined: 05/30/2012

All flash memory becomes useless after a certain number of writes. If it was a reasonably old SD card, that might have happened to it. You might just have to recycle and replace it. (Note: always offer electronics up for recycling rather than throwing them away. Best Buy will take them.)

loldier
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Depends on where you live. Some of us are Europeans.

In Finland, SER is the way to dispose of and recycle electronic devices and parts.

http://www.serkierratys.fi/en/frontpage

http://www.serkierratys.fi/sv/startsidan

Gigantti will take scrap electronics.

https://www.gigantti.fi/cms/20151123_145511/ymparisto/

akito
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Joined: 05/10/2017

i agree with tha. i had a microsd for a raspberry pi which is used 24/7 and it died after 1.5 years of use. I do not know if my country has laws for e-waste disposal but I think *they just throw electronic waste in the garbage and be taken to junk shops