Why is my SD card not completely recognized?

[AC Question]

I've had a 64GB SD card in my Galaxy S7 since I got the phone in April. Working fine. Then suddenly all of my recent pictures and music and podcasts were unavailable. When I use MyFiles to look at the SD card it said there were no files, but I pulled the SD out and put it in my laptop and everything is there. I put it back in and I have my pictures back but neither my podcast app nor Google Play Music can see their audio files on the SD. When I try to change Google Play Music back to the SD card for storage, the app crashes. Every time. I could use some advice. Thanks!

 

[B. Diddy]

Welcome to Android Central! The SD card could be corrupt, defective, or counterfeit. Install SD Insight to see if the card is genuine or counterfeit. Counterfeit cards are programmed to report more storage than they actually have, and if you try saving more than the card can actually hold, then files can start getting corrupt.


If it's a valid card, then go to Settings>Storage, Unmount the card, remove it, and insert it into your computer. Can the computer read these files? Backup as much as you can right now, then run chkdsk to look for bad sectors: http://forums.androidcentral.com/am...guide-using-chkdsk-fix-corrupted-sd-card.html. If it finds bad sectors, and the photos aren't crucial to save, then go ahead and allow chkdsk to try repairing those sectors. If the photos are really precious, then you'll have to try recovering them using 3rd party software: http://forums.androidcentral.com/am...-s/500142-guide-recovering-deleted-files.html

 

[B. Diddy]

Did you update it ?

Update what? Google Play Music? The OS?