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

  • AshleyUncia@alien.topBEnglish
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    1 year ago

    Wait, you mean you had years of photos, the only copy of which was on a MicroSD card, the least durable storage media known?

    …Geez.

    The secret is just don’t do that. Never trust a MicroSD card as the only copy of anything.

  • skreak@alien.topBEnglish
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    1 year ago

    When I got my dashcams, which is the hardest duty for SD card. Constant writing and massive temperature swings. I used 32gb cheap cards, they failed within a month. I replaced them with name brand cards, again, all 3 cameras failed within another 2 months. I’ve also had SD cards fails multiple times with my RPi. The only solution was to buy the High Endurance SANDisk cards. I’m 8 months in and they are still going. But I expect them to fail soon enough. SD cards shouldn’t be used for reliable storage, period.