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Grasswire2

(13,790 posts) Fri Sep 24, 2021, 01:25 PM Sep 2021

So the last time I pulled an SD card out of the slot on my laptop... [View all]

...it same out slightly damaged. A little piece of the corner fell off in my hand.

NOW I find that if I insert any other SD card into the drive, the drive is not recognized! Nothing comes up on computer. No usual sound that follows insertion, nothing showing in the FILES.

Ugh. This is a pretty vital function to me, to be able to take a photo in my camera, transfer the SD card to the laptop and use the image.

Any thoughts?

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So the last time I pulled an SD card out of the slot on my laptop... [View all] Grasswire2 Sep 2021 OP

A USB to SD card reader adapter? intrepidity Sep 2021 #1

Gee! I have one. Grasswire2 Sep 2021 #2

Oh, that may require more info intrepidity Sep 2021 #6

Click 'This PC' and look under Devices and Drives Hugh_Lebowski Sep 2021 #8

Small, bright flashlight. Tweezers. Reading glasses Pobeka Sep 2021 #3

Shaking it gently so the piece would fall out is a good start as well Hugh_Lebowski Sep 2021 #7

Had The Card WHITT Sep 2021 #4

That shouldn't happen but if it did worst case close the previous open directory view window Hugh_Lebowski Sep 2021 #5

I Was Trying To Delineate WHITT Sep 2021 #11

An old motto: "when in doubt, blow it out" intrepidity Sep 2021 #9

another bit of information Grasswire2 Sep 2021 #10

Was that your formerly working SD drive? nt intrepidity Sep 2021 #12

evidently nt Grasswire2 Sep 2021 #14

What does right clicking do? nt intrepidity Sep 2021 #15

okay, with the USB adapter I can see the files on an undamaged SD card. Grasswire2 Sep 2021 #13

Don't give up yet, not by a long shot. intrepidity Sep 2021 #16

I'd ask you to post pics of the damaged card, if it wasn't so ironic intrepidity Sep 2021 #17

as I recall (it was a few days ago).. Grasswire2 Sep 2021 #18

that card is not now being recognized in the camera or in the SD slot. Grasswire2 Sep 2021 #19

One thought is whether another adapter might help intrepidity Sep 2021 #20

Is a camera store or computer store able to access a damaged card, I wonder. Grasswire2 Sep 2021 #23

BTW, what kind of card, specifically, is it? intrepidity Sep 2021 #21

SanDisk SDHC 16 gb Grasswire2 Sep 2021 #22