Rukbat
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At least it told me that my bargain SanDisk (16GB for $8 over a year ago) is a real SanDisk.This is a good tip! I wasn't aware of this app. Will file this away and suggest to others!
At least it told me that my bargain SanDisk (16GB for $8 over a year ago) is a real SanDisk.This is a good tip! I wasn't aware of this app. Will file this away and suggest to others!
The problem is most likely mechanical - one of the springs in the SD socket isn't making good contact with the card. The solution is simple - replace the socket. It's a very cheap part (a few dollars retail) but the labor for someone who knows how to do it right is going to shock you.
How to retrieve it back?
If the card went bad, you might be able to recover some data. Connect the card to your computer (use a card reader if your computer doesn't have an SD slot) and run PhotoRec - CGSecurity on the card. It'll get anything that can still "be gotten" from the card. Everything else is lost. (This is why ANY file that you MIGHT consider important should be backed up to at least 2 independent destinations. Even if Dropbox crashes with a total loss of data, the odds that both Dropbox and your laptop's hard drive will fail on the same day are astronomical.)