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Hey I have a sandisk 512gb card that I’m currently running through disk drill to recover what was on it. But I was wondering if anyone has info on, once I format it to reuse, if the chances of corruption rise because of what happened prior. If anyone has any info or suggestions that would be great. Thanks!!

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[–] oswaldcopperpot@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago (3 children)

I can't remember a time I had corrupted files and it was the card itself. All the last few times have actually been the reader.

Try getting a new reader always as the first step.

If it was the card, I would never use it again. A card is like $20. A group of photos is for me like over a thousand.

My favorite recovery tool is ZAR.

Google has ruined search so almost any search for memory card recovery is 100% scamware even the free tools. Which are free only to the point where they find your images and then expect payment to actually recovery anything.

[–] NecessaryCaviar56@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago (2 children)

And by the reader you mean what I use to get the photos from my card(in this case to my phone with the sd to lightning adapter)?

[–] GioDoe@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago

I have lost count of how many times I have corrupted cards and ssd drives when connecting them directly to my iphone. I have repaired the file system and reformatted, then they are as good as new. That connection is so slow and bad that one can consider a miracle when it works without issues.

[–] NecessaryCaviar56@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago

Damn yeah. I’ll look into that