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!!
Depends why it failed.
- Cosmic ray (yes really)? Reuse it. It’s fine, just hilariously bad luck.
- Software glitch? Formatting the card would solve it if it was the card. If it was a camera glitch then the card is fine. Reuse it.
- Physical fault with the card? It’s dead, get a new one.
If you don’t know which one of these three it was it’s your choice on rolling the dice. Personally I wouldn’t but we each make our own risk assessments.
If it goes bad once, I toss it. Not worth the risk of it failing again.
Just like everyone else said. I wouldn’t use it again.
Last time I had a card corrupt, it ended up being the reader. Run the card through a health check software if you’re still unsure.
I won’t reuse any card that’s been corrupted. I also don’t use large cards either. Max I use is a 32 gb card on my still cameras. I usually won’t put more than 40 images either. I come from film-based photography back in the early 70s. I have no problem loading another card.
I’ve known too many colleagues committing hundreds of images on a card only to get fucked with a corrupted card. A 24-70 on one camera and a 70-200 on the second camera works fine for me.
On my video no more than a 32gb card which gives me about 30 minutes at 4:2:2 1080 24P. I use 8 and 16gb cards the most for my video.
Can’t you warranty it?
depends on what failed.
The card
Or its just a bad file that wasnt written on it properly ( like pulling a battery off a camera while its writting)
This is the reason all my cards are 32 or 64 GB. If one fails they’re cheap enough to throw away without breaking the bank and if it’s unrecoverable I won’t lose many images.
If I had your card, after recovering what I could I would throw it away
Yeah it could get fixed but whos to say it wont corrupt again. Dont rely on this card. i wouldnt even use it at all.
You’re most likely risking losing data again
I use Recovr software always work for me
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.
PhotoRec is pretty reliable
Damn yeah. I’ll look into that
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)?
Correct.
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.
if the chances of corruption rise because of what happened prior.
Depends on what happened prior, did it get borked by your camera not shutting down correctly, by a bad reader, by you not ejecting an exFAT formatted card correctly, or by just sitting on a shelf unused? Only the last one on that list means it’ll keep getting worse.
You might check it out with crystal disk info (Not sure it works for solid state media? I’ve only ever used it for Hard drives). But I wouldn’t trust it with anything I wouldn’t mind losing
Don’t reuse cards that fail in some way. Far too risky.