TIL: SD cards break in relatively short amount of time 16GB SanDisk Ultra. RIP ~2013-2017 :(
Copying something to it has high chance of ending corrupted (checked hashes). Format (both quick and not), while deleting the files it says it fails to complete. Also can't change the filesystem anymore.
Flash memory = unreliable
Ayden Harris
Most SD cards can't do wear leveling properly if not formatted to FAT32 or exFAT.
William Powell
Yeah? Well, I didn't know that. I'll look into it. Indeed, by the looks of it only a portion of it is gone, there's high chances of writing on it and resulting in no errors.
Evan Jones
That's fucking 4 years. Even HDDs went bad after roughly 2 to 3 years. By now you should've thought of replacing it with something way better and bigger in capacity
Anthony Ward
I have HDDs from like 2008 with zero bad sectors.
Jackson Hughes
Stop shit posting and make my dinner
Christian Jenkins
Teach me your magic
Andrew Gutierrez
Not him but... 5400 RPM, never spin down EVER, never depower the drive, use checksums on your filesystem, do not physically disturb the disk and be gentle with it run it in a cool and quiet area.
Most people get an external, bang it around, and then wonder why it dies so quickly.
Zachary Jenkins
I managed to fuck up a 64gb Sandisk card in like 8 months. The saddest part is that it was mostly used on my MP3 player so it's not like I was using it as my main means of storage.
James Wright
Everyone remember to fight Femanon's namefagging by setting your name to Femanon.
Dylan Bell
It's even a laptop HDD. But as this Do not physically disturb the disk. Especially when they are running.
Daniel Long
+1
5400 rpm and never powering down are extra level though. 7200 is just too good and powering off sometimes, like a couple times a month, probably isn't bad
Eli Sanders
Mine from 2011 still works fine.
Ryan Rodriguez
>open CMD as admin >diskpart >list disk >select disk # (whatever your USB Stick is) >clean
Your USB Stick is good to go again
Brody Kelly
I did that rght now. The clean operation completed instantly. Still the same.
Daniel Cruz
I have a 2.5" 250GB hard drive that came with my first laptop in 08, took it out and used it as OS drive in my first desktop circa '12, switched to using it as a steam game drive 14-16, now its in an external enclosure storing all my porn. I don't have the strength to delete my porn but if the drive fails I have an excuse to just ditch it. Drive still works perfectly but its only a matter of time.
Lucas Brown
Have you tried variing the allocation unit size?
Lucas Morgan
Yes, I can't change anything related to filesystem anymore. It's now blocked to NTFS 64kB.
Kevin Thompson
Do you have a linux live iso with gparted on hand?
Connor King
That's why companies like GoPro do not recommend SanDisk Ultra. I have a SanDisk Extreme and Extreme Plus from 2012 that its still kicking.
Mason Reyes
Yes, GParted live.
David Hill
Try it with gparted then. It might work
Aiden Morgan
Done. Regardless of what I format into, it stays on NTFS.
Caleb Robinson
Delete partition table within gparted and then try again
Caleb Young
I did. I tried deleting the partition altogether. The partition just stays there even though GParted reports successful.
Charles Phillips
well then spend 5 bucks on a new 16GB flash drive. Don't waste your time
Alexander King
I did. Although it's more than that. I paid about 15EUR for a 32GB SanDisk Ultra.