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Is SanDisk sd cards becoming corrupt common? What kinds of things will cause it even when used regularly? (alien.top)

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Is SanDisk sd cards becoming corrupt common? What kinds of things will cause it even when used regularly?

Had years of pictures deleted today even though it didn't touch water or it was never dropped and all it did was stay in the camera now it says card unusable until formatted

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

SD cards are ephemeral. All SD cards. SanDisk SD cards are popular, so that may bias your perception.

There are some SD cards that are better than others. The best cost much more and are often slower. They usually have the word "Endurance" in the model name. Like "Max Endurance" or "Pro Endurance".

There is a very strong correlation between low price and poor endurance. And a slightly weaker correlation between high price and good endurance.

Saving stuff to a SD card is what especially cause it to wear out. Reading stuff is not quite as bad. Heat makes a SD card fail extra fast.

It is good practice to offload photos to a PC, or the cloud, as soon as possible.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

It is good practice to offload photos to a PC, or the cloud, as soon as possible.

Yes, I don't get it when people keep "years of pictures" on cameras, certainly there's even a market for it as I've seen the manufacturers adding more and more mind boggling features in camera, although the navigation is cramped, even if there is a touch screen it's REALLY bad, generally the screens look like they're coming not from this decade or even the previous one, but from the 2000s.

Also it isn't only the storage that's unreliable but cameras get stolen or lost all the time, and then it cuts both ways, not only the data is lost but it's also readily available to anyone who wants to look (and likely it might be a person that doesn't have the best intentions).