SD Card

Forum discussion tagged with SD Card.
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    Question SD card recognised in Nokia 301 but not in laptop's SD slot ?

    My SD card works in an old Nokia 301 phone. I have formatted it there. But when using it in a PC it doesn't show. If I put it into the SD slot on a laptop the card shows in the list of windows explorer, but I can't access it in any way. Disk part doesn't recognise it. Neither does Macrium. How...
  2. NOT_PROVIDED_16

    Question I'm unsure what MicroSD card to purchase for my phone ?

    Hi, it's been a while since I purchased a microSD card and could benefit from a little help. My current Samsung Evo MicroSD card (128GB) keeps corrupting in my phone. I only use this for offline music, plus anything from the camera gets saved here. My question is: what MicroSD card would I need...
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    Question Moving or replacing SD slot on Lenovo Ideapad 3i

    I bought a Lenovo Ideapad 3i, and i like to have a 256GB SD card inserted into my laptop that acts as "permanent" storage so that I can keep my work on an encrypted removable device, even though it is almost never removed. It's a bit idiosyncratic but it's what I like. Anyway, the Ideapad has a...
  4. D

    Question SD card either won't write or breaks apps

    I have an android tablet that has limited space, so I bought an SD card for it. The problem is, when it asked if I wanted to transfer data over to the SD card and I allowed it, it transferred over what I assume to be some important files that keep the device functional, because afterwards I...
  5. Trytomiss2

    Question Corrupted SD card

    Hi!, Long story short, i backed up a corrupted SD Card using "Disk Drill" and some files are encrypted and/or spread anywhere and some pictures are ruined while the rest is missing. My real question is: if i were to format the card after backing up the inside and then put the files inside the...
  6. Indra Constantine

    [SOLVED] SD Card Formatted as Internal on Android 12 Device ?

    My Phone: Asus Zenfone Max Pro M1 with Custom ROM A12 My SD Card: Sandisk Class 10 64GB If the SD Card is formatted as internal in this device, that means the card only work in this device, so another device can't READ this SD card anymore! And what if the device is damaged or dead, can the SD...
  7. ddmcpherson

    [SOLVED] SD card detected by Ubuntu but not by Windows.

    Hi Hard Toms, I have an issue with working with SD cards on my ThinkPad T550. The laptop has a built-in SD card reader. Windows 10 absolutely does not detect the SD cards, not in the Partition Manager, not with diskpart. In the Device Manager, I don't even find anything that looks like the...
  8. N

    [SOLVED] Flash Driver and SD card Heat Resistance

    You guys, i need some help. Which one is better on handling Heat? Flash Drive or SD Card? and can you guys give me some advice what FD or SD card should i buy? or maybe there is another soulution that i didnt know. its used for 24/7 audio power amplifier. Help are really appreciated!
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    [SOLVED] 32 GB MicroSD Card filesystem got corrupted. Asks formatting. Any chance to recover data before?

    Hi. On my 32 GB Apacer microSD card the filesystem got corrupted. Either of due of a faulty USB port, or ejecting the drive while was some in process. Now the device see the microSD card as RAW a filesystem, and both PC and smartphone asks me to format the SD card. C:\Windows\System32>chkdsk...
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    [SOLVED] Why won't SD card work ?

    Hello. So last week I bought a security camera, which has a sd card slot, capable of 128 gb. I bought a 128gb sd card for the camera and after some days I wanted to check the playback history through the app "ICSee pro" , but it did not worked. It gave me some errors, so I decided to take the...
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    [SOLVED] Saying 256GB SD Card is full only showing 68 GB worth of data

    Hi all, Am on android, but also analysing it in Win 10. Have an SD card that is 256GB in my Note 10. It's saying it's full, but I'm only showing 68GB worth of space used. Unhid files, used a storage analyser. Can't find the reason. Any ideas what to do? Thanks in advance.
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    [SOLVED] unable to delete corrupted data

    I am having an issue while deleting certain files on my sd card which I guess are corrupted I am unable to access my memory card on my phone but can open it on my computer it has certain files that are corrupted and has names like "└²₧┼ΩÖ .πö " special character names and shows that it was...
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    Question Temporarily removing SD card with Readyboost

    I'm using my SD card for Readyboost. Can I remove SD card when I shut down laptop and connect it again when I turn on my laptop, and use it with Readyboost normally?
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    [SOLVED] Samsung a7 Tablet 10.4inch (2020) Unable to move apps to SD card?

    I just bought this tablet with a 128Gb high speed Sandisk SD card and there is no option to transfer apps to the formatted SD card. I even used apps such as APP2SD and it came back with errors. I spoke to Samsung support, who told me this version of android (10) has that feature disabled due to...
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    [SOLVED] Curveball - does dual-booting Linux making high-capacity SD cards not work in Win10?

    Here's the rundown: -I have three laptop computers, two Dells and a Lenovo, all of which I've installed (or tried to install, prepped the BIOS for) Linux Mint on -the SD card readers work, for low-capacity cards, including SD and Micro-SD card-with-adapters -I have used several Samsung EVO...
  16. M

    [SOLVED] 256GB SD Card not dectected or mountable on Lubuntu 20.04

    So I installed Lubuntu 20.04 on my laptop to replace KXStudio 14.04 cause it was too buggy with LMMS. But after I installed the new OS my 256GB MicroSD Card doesn't seem to be fully detected by the OS. I tried putting a 64GB MicroSD card in my laptop & it worked perfectly. Also after I put my...
  17. SneakyIntel

    Question Why does my SD card inaccurately show available storage?

    I recently bought a SanDisk ExtremePro microSDXC UHS-1 card with 64gb storage memory for my phone (Realme 3). I haven't been using it for that long but it started saying that my SD card was full at around 500mb space left unused. So it's supposed to mean that I have taken up around 63gb of the...
  18. R

    Question micro sd card issue

    Hi all, I have an issue with micro sd 64gb memory card. I had 2 cards with same issues but managed to fix one. The card is not detected in windows 10 but can see it in partition software and disk management. It says it is using gpt and one of my issues is making it mbr as this seemed to fix...
  19. M

    [SOLVED] Laptop SD card slot issue (Please help)

    Hello, In my laptop's SD card slot when ever it insert a SD card it shows the disk is write protected. So I thought my SD card ADAPTER has problem, there is a lock in the SD card adapter to lock it right? which makes the SD card right protected. So I thought that was the issue, that part is...
  20. adarshrs

    [SOLVED] How do I get my SD Card Working again?

    View: https://imgur.com/6o4fFa6 Screenshot of partitions on the card I have a Micro SD card on which I was trying to burn a Raspberry Pi boot image. The write process stopped at about 2% saying "Fatal error: Hardware flaw". It created two partitions in the disk, and now it's entirely...
  21. N

    Question files in sd card are damaging rapidly

    Today i noticed that some files in sd card are damaged . It happened two weeks ago too.some Images and videos were damaged and can only see their thumbnails. some Apk files were damaged too. What can i do for this issue ?
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    Question What governs the speed a drive can shred (file overwrite) files?

    Hey, I want to know what aspect or parameter governs the speed in which a drive can shred a file (file overwrite). I'm asking because I cannot find an SD card reader that can shred files faster the one built into my 5 year old laptop. It's immensely faster at this task than multiple so called...
  23. howtobeironic

    [SOLVED] Odd SD card behaviour

    So, I have this 8 GB Kingston SD (class 4) for years and it started putting up SD broken warnings on my phone (which was plugged into) so I hooked it up to a PC and started copying stuff so I can format it. However, it does these weird things: 1)If the speed/data transferred exceeds a level...
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    Question [Samsung J7 Pro] Won't let me move apps/games to SD card

    Android version 9 One UI version 1.1 I've had this phone (J7 Pro) for about 2 years. The phone comes with 16GB of internal storage, well... that got filled up quite quickly considering about 5GB is for RAM. Anyways I got a 64GB SD Card a while back. I can move some apps to the external storage...
  25. klippenwald

    Question internal storage on T-Mobile Alcatel 3 T8 Tablet

    I'm having no end of difficulty with this tablet and storage problems. We got the tablet as a "freebie" when you add a line to a plan. I've never had an android mobile device before, but I pretty much expected some intuitive menus and a decent OS. Initially, I thought I was right. Simple...
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    [SOLVED] New Build. How to add slot for Memory Card?

    Working on system build. Need to add capability to pop-in an SD Card or Micro Card from cameras to read them. What do I need to add to (or look for in) the build to get this function?
  27. Fran2005

    Question Urgently recovering deleted files from a preserved SD card

    I'm in an urgent situation. About two years ago I was browsing a micro SD card in my phone through my Windows 10 computer when I accidentally deleted my folder with photos. I immediately started panicking and clicked "cancel" and it got stuck for a while. I immediately unplugged my phone and...
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    Question SD Card not detected ?

    Hey guys and girls, a while ago i bought a Samsung 64gb and was working great until a week when for some reason it stopped detecting it. I tried using it on a different platform and still not detected while different cards work on the phone. I tried plugging it in the PC to format it but to no...
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    Question SD Card No Longer Showing Up in SD Card Slot on Laptop - How to fix?

    Hi everyone. The SD card slot on my HP 14-DF0023CL laptop no longer seems to work, meaning when I insert an SD card into the SD card slot, the SD card doesn't show up on the screen as it used to. I know the SD card is good because it shows up on the screen when I plug it into the laptop using...
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    [SOLVED] Will this micro sd card work with my phone?

    Would this SanDisk 128gb micro sd card work with the Huawei P10 Lite? If I copy all my files off my Android phone onto my PC and then replace my current sd card with this one can I carry on as normal or would I have to reinstall my phone or anything? I know it's not like PC's but would it work...
  31. J

    Question How to make files either Video or audio on sd card or pendrive files not to copy ?

    Hi, I want to distribute my lecture videos and pdf files in the sd cards or Pendrives. Is there any way to protect them from copying from sd card or Pendrive to subscribers pc or laptop or smartphones?? I dont want them to piracy my content. And also is there any way that the particular sd card...
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    Question Case compatibility/ front panel cables

    hey, I'm buying a new case, how would i know if the system i already have will be compatible The base of my system will fit (e.g. PSU, motherboard, drives, fans etc.) How do i know if my current optical drive and cables to front panel will be compatible with a new case? I currently have a...
  33. CyrusWazHere

    Question Looking for a replacement for a GTS250

    My current PC Build: AMD Athlon IIX3 445 3.1GHz 12GB Ram 240GB SSD 1 TB HDD NVDIA GeForce GTS250 500W Power Supply M4A77TD ASUS Motherboard Windows 10 Home I was wondering what video card would be compatible with my current build until I have the urgent need to upgrade everything or build a new...
  34. M

    Question i5-4440 + GTX 970 in 2019?

    To Tom's Hardware community: I have the following gaming-centered build in mind: Intel i5-4440 (stock cooler) Nvidia GTX-970 16GB DDR3 RAM ASRock Z97M Killer motherboard Samsung 960 Pro/SM 961 Any 1TB mechanical hard disk I am able to acquire all of these parts for less that $400, and I...
  35. R

    Question Does PCI-e 2.0 x1 bottleneck SATA3 speed?

    i want to buy an adapter which is convert PCI-e x1 to 2 SATA3 but the motherboard is only support for PCI-e 2.0 Speed, mean the PCI-e 2.0 is bottleneck the SSD speed (550mb/s) and other sata port.
  36. Technology & more

    Question Corsair RGB expansion kit without node pro/commander pro

    Hi I was wondering if there is a way to use corsair RGB Light strips without a Node pro/Commander Pro Like some other RGB Light strip controller that does not require a pc and can plug into a wall outlet If there is some other way to use it please send a link for it
  37. Manrajji

    Question Can I play GTA v

    Can a hd8470d run GTA v in low settings
  38. alexpetifer

    Question i5 8250U performing way below expectations

    Hi, I have HP 440 G5 laptop, i5 8250U + 8GB RAM + Intel M.2 SSD. I run UserBenchmark test and this is the first time I got "CPU performing way below expectations" result. I installed all the drivers, also Windows is newly installed, I have Windows 10 1803, I do not knot if it's Windows 10...
  39. D

    Build Advice Novice needs help with Video Edit Build

    Hey guys, I'm taking a break from my career to learn how to video edit and create content (and just have fun.) I'm having difficulty in picking out computer parts that will allow me to have great flexibility for at least the next 3+ years with programs like Adobe Premiere CC and other similar...
  40. R

    Question microphone problems

    I accidentally spilled water a little while ago on the internal mic on my laptop (acer vx15) and when I used it with no sound playing it works fine. However when sound is playing the mic sounds all messed up and bad. This even happens when i have headphones plugged in and when i used the builtin...