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Do SD cards go bad? (alien.top)
submitted 1 year ago by project_seven@alien.top to c/photography@viewfinder.pro
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So I take hundreds of photos a day, 5 days a week for work and have never had this happen to me before. I was copying my work onto my computer after working all day and 3/4 of the way, my sd card got corrupted and lost the ability to view/download my photos. On my computer and even on the camera. It's like the information was there, but my camera said "Can't play back" or something when trying to view, and my computer just showed it empty.

Luckily it was my biggest client, so it was not an issue to go back to reshoot my shots needed. But I'm very worried it will happen again. I have a big shoot today, with a potential big new client, and can't have this happen again. Do I need a new sd card? I only have another micro sd with the adapter, so I'm just debating going to get a new one right before my shoot.

Has this happened to anyone before? And how do I prevent this in the future?

Thank You

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[โ€“] beermad@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Sometimes the filesystem itself (rather than the card) can crash. I had this problem on my first photography expedition after buying a new one which came pre-formatted with ExFAT. Fortunately I managed to salvage most of the photos with recovery software (exfat-utils on my Linux computer). I reformatted the card as VFAT (as I've read that ExFAT is more prone to crashes) and have been using it ever since.

[โ€“] kinnikinnick321@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago

It's a good practice to reformat cards for this vary reason. Doesn't hurt anything and moreso of a sanity check.