SD card issue

[ErrorOliver]

Hello, then I plug my SD card into my PC I cannot paste anything or create new folders and files. (Grayed out)

I tried switching the switch on the SD card but it had locked icons on all the files and folders.

 

[jeannotte]

Good morning,

try reformatting your sd

 

[Lostbhoy]

Corrupt card or not mounted correctly? Is it an sd card....micro sd inside an adapter?

Try ejecting the disk via windows and reinserting along with the usaul visual checks to connections.

 

[godreborn]

it's most likely write-protected. flip the switch on the side of the card.

 

[ErrorOliver]

Corrupt card or not mounted correctly? Is it an sd card....micro sd inside an adapter?

Try ejecting the disk via windows and reinserting along with the usaul visual checks to connections.

It's a micro SD card inside an adapter. Btw I use Linux Mint.

I plugged it in a hour ago and it worked.
I tried unplugging and unplugging in the SD card to try and clean the pins on it but it didn't do any change.


And what do you mean 'usual visual checks to connections'? (Sorry if this is a super dumb question)

 

[SDIO]

check for the write protect switch on the card. If that doesn't help run fsck on the card before mounting it

 

[Lostbhoy]

It's a micro SD card inside an adapter. Btw I use Linux Mint.

I plugged it in a hour ago and it worked.
I tried unplugging and unplugging in the SD card to try and clean the pins on it but it didn't do any change.


And what do you mean 'usual visual checks to connections'? (Sorry if this is a super dumb question)

Just make sure the pins are clean, not bent ect.

Do you have another adapter to try the card in?

 

[RyanTheArchivist]

It's a micro SD card inside an adapter. Btw I use Linux Mint.

I plugged it in a hour ago and it worked.
I tried unplugging and unplugging in the SD card to try and clean the pins on it but it didn't do any change.


And what do you mean 'usual visual checks to connections'? (Sorry if this is a super dumb question)

Is there a switch on the side of the adapter? If so it's a write protector.

 

[ErrorOliver]

Is there a switch on the side of the adapter? If so it's a write protector.

Yeah, I put it the opposite way and it does the same issue.

Also, then I try to use the update folder deleter app (UFDiine), on restart it alerts me that the update folder isn't deleted and it says the update folder is still there then I open up the update deleter app.

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Just make sure the pins are clean, not bent ect.

Do you have another adapter to try the card in?

I do have another adapter. I tried a different adapter to try the card in and same issue.

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By the way, I think this happened after I used wudd to dump a Wii U game.

 

[KleinesSinchen]

Process of elimination. Try:

• Different SD reader
• Micro-SD reader not using adapter
• Another SD in your main reader

An SD might become permanently read-only if it decides "I've reached my end of life"

The slider on full-sized SDs (or adapters) only pushes an internal switch inside the reader – that tells if writing will be locked. Such a switch can fail (no SD will be writable in that device)

 

[ErrorOliver]

I've tried to put the micro SD card without the adapter in my computer and there's locked icons on all the files and folders and then I try to make a new folder it says that it's read only.

Does this mean the micro SD card is dead/read-only forever?

 

[SDIO]

run fsck on it

 

[ErrorOliver]

run fsck on it

oliver@cooldamnpc:~$ fsck /dev/sdb1
fsck from util-linux 2.37.2
e2fsck 1.46.5 (30-Dec-2021)
fsck.ext2: Permission denied while trying to open /dev/sdb1
You must have r/w access to the filesystem or be root
oliver@cooldamnpc:~$ root fsck /dev/sdb1
Command 'root' not found, did you mean:
  command 'proot' from deb proot (5.1.0-1.3)
  command 'rott' from deb rott (1.1.2+svn287-3)
  command 'rootv' from deb xawtv (3.107-1.1)
  command 'foot' from deb foot (1.11.0-2)
  command 'toot' from deb toot (0.28.0-2)
Try: sudo apt install <deb name>

I've unmounted the SD card his is what I get then I try to use the command

 

[ghjfdtg]

Since you are running Linux open a terminal, run "sudo dmesg". Then insert the SD, wait a moment and run that command again. Paste all relevant lines which are new compared with the output of the previous command.

When the kernel is unable to mount the card read & write it's either the slider on the card or it did go read-only because it reached end of life.

 

[SDIO]

You have to do sudo fschk ...

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And if you have anything important in that card make a backup first

 

[RyanTheArchivist]

I've tried to put the micro SD card without the adapter in my computer and there's locked icons on all the files and folders and then I try to make a new folder it says that it's read only.

Does this mean the micro SD card is dead/read-only forever?
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Well flash media does have a limited number of writes. It's unlikely to reach this however unless data was constantly being written to it. Since you are on linux I would check it out using sudo fschk

 

[ErrorOliver]

You have to do sudo fschk ...

Post automatically merged: Apr 19, 2023

And if you have anything important in that card make a backup first

oliver@cooldamnpc:~$ sudo fschk /dev/sdb1

[sudo] password for oliver:     

sudo: fschk: command not found

This is what happens then I run the command.

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Since you are running Linux open a terminal, run "sudo dmesg". Then insert the SD, wait a moment and run that command again. Paste all relevant lines which are new compared with the output of the previous command.

When the kernel is unable to mount the card read & write it's either the slider on the card or it did go read-only because it reached end of life.

What do you mean 'which are new'? I'm a bit confused.

 

[koffieleut]

I have a microSD adapter where the lock slide doesn't work anymore, have you tried a different adapter?

 

[ghjfdtg]

What do you mean 'which are new'? I'm a bit confused.

New log messages from the kernel which were not there before you plugged the card in.

 

[ErrorOliver]

New log messages from the kernel which were not there before you plugged the card in.

I think it's these.

6881.719498] rndis_host 2-1.6:1.0 usb0: register 'rndis_host' at usb-0000:00:1d.0-1.6, RNDIS device, c2:53:17:e8:f7:a4
[ 7174.146984] perf: interrupt took too long (2501 > 2500), lowering kernel.perf_event_max_sample_rate to 79750
[ 8790.842967] perf: interrupt took too long (3128 > 3126), lowering kernel.perf_event_max_sample_rate to 63750
[10369.357036] FAT-fs (sdb1): Volume was not properly unmounted. Some data may be corrupt. Please run fsck.
[10370.002761] FAT-fs (sdb1): error, corrupted directory (invalid entries)
[10370.002783] FAT-fs (sdb1): Filesystem has been set read-only
[10392.372148] FAT-fs (sdb1): error, corrupted directory (invalid entries)
[10397.090159] FAT-fs (sdb1): error, corrupted directory (invalid entries)
[10398.482123] FAT-fs (sdb1): error, corrupted directory (invalid entries)
[10399.318261] FAT-fs (sdb1): error, corrupted directory (invalid entries)
[10399.318302] FAT-fs (sdb1): error, corrupted directory (invalid entries)
[10399.318328] FAT-fs (sdb1): error, corrupted directory (invalid entries)
[10412.805018] FAT-fs (sdb1): error, corrupted directory (invalid entries)
[10415.096724] FAT-fs (sdb1): error, corrupted directory (invalid entries)
[10422.017542] FAT-fs (sdb1): error, corrupted directory (invalid entries)
[10524.413057] usb 2-1.6: USB disconnect, device number 34
[10524.414966] rndis_host 2-1.6:1.0 usb0: unregister 'rndis_host' usb-0000:00:1d.0-1.6, RNDIS device

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I have a microSD adapter where the lock slide doesn't work anymore, have you tried a different adapter?

Yes.

I do have another adapter. I tried a different adapter to try the card in and same issue.