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Corrupt Micro SD

3 posts · originally from https://geek.digit.in/community/threads/corrupt-micro-sd.193019/

Empirial
Empirial Original post #1
Aug 6, 2015 at 12:08 PM
Hi,

I've a Strontium 32GB Class 6 SD and it seems to be severely corrupted.

*Windows 7 can't access or Format Files.
*Tried CHKDSK method in Dos Prompt but it Cannot Access Volume.
*My Ubuntu 14.04 can't read the Card
*3rd Party Apps like HP Format Tool, SD Formatter, W7 Disk Management Trick etc didn't work
*Also, tried formatting it in my Kitkat 4.4.4 based smartphone but files reappear. Even I manually selected and deleted files but they reappear upon restarting.
*Sometimes MicroSD won't mount and phones turns laggy but after restarting phone can access DATA but can't delete or copy new files via phone.
*I can copy new files in MicroSD if I connect it via phone to pc then Card Reader but cannot delete, format or modify files.
*When I inserted this Card in a different smartphone, it hanged. A basic feature phone too couldn't detect.

As you might have noticed, card id is not entirely dead but then why can't I format?

Regards.
rhitwick
Aug 6, 2015 at 12:29 PM
Its dead. Move on.
Empirial
Aug 6, 2015 at 12:45 PM
Its dead. Move on.
Is there nothing we can do?
Like I said, whenever my phone successfully mounts the card, it can play music, videos etc without any issue.