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Title: Bad SD card
Post by: NOCK NOCK on July 12, 2016, 10:50:19 AM: I finally had a SD card go bad on me. I run around 10-15 cams all on video mode so I use 32g cards.
1 month soak on a cam and zero new vids. At home a Bushnell trophy cam will format it, but will not put any new vids. on it. Next I put it into an older Bushnell cam from wal mart(smaller size), this cam will not format it. FYI--Its a PNY class 10.

Not that big of deal, But wondering how often others have had a card go bad?
Title: Re: Bad SD card
Post by: 92xj on July 12, 2016, 10:53:43 AM: Since I started numbering my camera's and numbering my cards and running the exact same card in the same camera I haven't had a single issue in years. Before that when I didn't pay attention I wound have at least one issue a year with cards formatting wrong or not storing pictures or cards just completely failing.
Title: Re: Bad SD card
Post by: NOCK NOCK on July 12, 2016, 12:40:38 PM: Think I will start doing that. I have been keeping some cards specific to some cams, but should be doing it with all.
Title: Re: Bad SD card
Post by: JohnD on July 12, 2016, 03:50:20 PM: I thought I had one go bad last year because it wouldn't format in any of my cameras and the cameras would not write to it. So I reformatted it on my laptop then formatted it again in the camera and now it works fine. I think the data or formatting can become corrupt. Plus there are a couple of types of formatting and I feel better if the device that is taking the pictures (or video) does the formatting. And if there is a problem with the card, the camera will probably give an error when formatting and you can use another right then and screw with the corrupt card later. (Although your Bushnell sounds like it thought the card was fine and still had issues)
I always format the card each time I set up a camera and I carry in blank cards to switch out. None of them are dedicated to a camera.

It's pretty amazing that they work as well as they do in our wet weather.
Title: Re: Bad SD card
Post by: Jellymon on July 12, 2016, 04:34:38 PM: Make sure the lock isn't turned on on the side of the card itself. I think this prevents the card from saving data.
Title: Re: Bad SD card
Post by: NOCK NOCK on July 12, 2016, 08:22:06 PM: Quote from: Jellymon on July 12, 2016, 04:34:38 PM
Make sure the lock isn't turned on on the side of the card itself. I think this prevents the card from saving data.

1st thing I checked.
Thought about trying to format on the laptop, but I'll just buy a new one.
Title: Re: Bad SD card
Post by: Jonathan_S on July 12, 2016, 08:43:39 PM: What did it soak in? That might be the problem :dunno:

:chuckle: sorry. Yeah I have had a few go bad, maybe 2-3/50 over time. Seems to be the ones that sit out during the winter or in older cameras
Title: Re: Bad SD card
Post by: Bean Counter on July 12, 2016, 08:49:25 PM: I had a problem with one card. I think it was when the batteries died in my Primos and it must have formatted the card in a weird way. It showed full (because its placed in the middle of an elk factory for a few months) but I couldn't read it on my DSLR or my normal card software. Somehow my Lexar Card Recovery software program was able to retrieve all the images :IBCOOL:
Title: Re: Bad SD card
Post by: NOCK NOCK on July 12, 2016, 09:19:41 PM: Quote from: Jonathan_S on July 12, 2016, 08:43:39 PM
What did it soak in? That might be the problem :dunno:

:chuckle: sorry. Yeah I have had a few go bad, maybe 2-3/50 over time. Seems to be the ones that sit out during the winter or in older cameras

:chuckle: Cider........Hard incider. :yike: :chuckle: