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Title: Format a corrupt SD Card? Or not. It's done?
Post by: jabbamonkey on June 15, 2024, 12:20:59 am
So, I've been trying to get my Raspberry Pi 3B+ Arcade machine together...  Had a question about SD cards. I was placing an image onto an SD card (using Win32DiskImager) and got a message:

"Writing to a physical device can corrupt the device. Are you sure you want to continue."

So, I had a question ... if the SD card isn't working (is probably corrupted), can I format the SD card and use it as normal (burning another image onto it). Or, is the SD card completely done and corrupted, and can't have any other images placed onto it?
Title: Re: Format a corrupt SD Card? Or not. It's done?
Post by: lilshawn on June 15, 2024, 11:13:58 am
sometimes windows for some reason will just.... NOT format an sd card for some reason. something goes sideways and it will just refuse to create or delete partitions.

in these cases i found that i can resort to the guys who made the whole sd card standard...

https://www.sdcard.org/downloads/formatter/

sdformatter has formatted quite a number of cards that widows just errors out trying to do anything with.
Title: Re: Format a corrupt SD Card? Or not. It's done?
Post by: jabbamonkey on June 18, 2024, 12:58:29 pm
That def didn't work. Once formatted with that program ... now windows just says the entire SD card is corrupt.
Title: Re: Format a corrupt SD Card? Or not. It's done?
Post by: Kobe24 on October 19, 2024, 12:49:34 pm
1. Try putting it into another Win computer
2. Try running chkdsk via command line ( checking consistency of the SD card )
3. Try changing the drive letter
4. Format the SD Card ( data will be lost )
5. Buy new SD card