MicroSD card - WINDOWS CANNOT FORMAT THIS DRIVE

Dick Jagger

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Ive been using a SanDisk 64GB Mobile Ultra MicroSDXC Class 10 Memory Card with my Lumia 1520 for the last year with little to no problems, then last week the phone can no longer save photos to the camera roll on the card. I've tried all of teh trouble shooting I can, and have made a copy of the sd cards contents onto my pc.

However, I cannot format this card using any method.

I have tried each step listed here but am still unable to clear this card and reuse. In fact after seemingly deleting everything from the device, viewing the card in file explorer and it appears to be empty. then slowly all of the data reappears when the card is reinserted into the phone. any help or is this card done?
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 8.1
    Computer type
    Laptop
    System Manufacturer/Model
    Asus N550JV-DB72T
    Graphics Card(s)
    nNidia GeForce750M
    Monitor(s) Displays
    (2) Asus VN247H-P
    Screen Resolution
    1920x1080
Is there a little write protect switch on the side of the card? If yes has it accidentally been set to write protect? Can you format it in diskpart?
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 10 Education 64 Bit
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    System Manufacturer/Model
    Asus
    CPU
    AMD Phenom II X4 980 Black Edition Deneb 3.7GHz
    Motherboard
    ASUS M4N68T-M V2 µATX Motherboard
    Memory
    8GB 4GBx2 Kingston PC10600 DDR3 1333 Memory
    Graphics Card(s)
    NVIDIA Geforce GT640 2 Gig DDR3 PCIe
    Sound Card
    VIA VT1708s High Definition Audio 8-channel Onboard
    Monitor(s) Displays
    22" LG E2242 1080p and 2 19" I-INC AG191D
    Screen Resolution
    1280x1024 - 1920x1080 - 1280x1024
    Hard Drives
    Crucial MX100 256 GB SSD and 500 GB WD Blue SATA
    PSU
    Thermaltake TR 620
    Case
    Power Up Black ATX Mid-Tower Case
    Cooling
    Stock heatsink fan
    Keyboard
    Logitech Wireless K350 Wave
    Mouse
    Logitech M570 Trackball and T650 TouchPad
    Internet Speed
    80 Mbps Down 30 Mbps Up
    Browser
    Internet Explorer 11
    Antivirus
    Windows Defender
    Other Info
    HP DVD1040e Lightscribe - External USB2
The card is not locked. Nothing is working. Diskpart, attributes disk clear readonly AND "CHKDSK X: /F" did not work.
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 8.1
    Computer type
    Laptop
    System Manufacturer/Model
    Asus N550JV-DB72T
    Graphics Card(s)
    nNidia GeForce750M
    Monitor(s) Displays
    (2) Asus VN247H-P
    Screen Resolution
    1920x1080
I'd say the card has failed, it happens.
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 10 Education 64 Bit
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    System Manufacturer/Model
    Asus
    CPU
    AMD Phenom II X4 980 Black Edition Deneb 3.7GHz
    Motherboard
    ASUS M4N68T-M V2 µATX Motherboard
    Memory
    8GB 4GBx2 Kingston PC10600 DDR3 1333 Memory
    Graphics Card(s)
    NVIDIA Geforce GT640 2 Gig DDR3 PCIe
    Sound Card
    VIA VT1708s High Definition Audio 8-channel Onboard
    Monitor(s) Displays
    22" LG E2242 1080p and 2 19" I-INC AG191D
    Screen Resolution
    1280x1024 - 1920x1080 - 1280x1024
    Hard Drives
    Crucial MX100 256 GB SSD and 500 GB WD Blue SATA
    PSU
    Thermaltake TR 620
    Case
    Power Up Black ATX Mid-Tower Case
    Cooling
    Stock heatsink fan
    Keyboard
    Logitech Wireless K350 Wave
    Mouse
    Logitech M570 Trackball and T650 TouchPad
    Internet Speed
    80 Mbps Down 30 Mbps Up
    Browser
    Internet Explorer 11
    Antivirus
    Windows Defender
    Other Info
    HP DVD1040e Lightscribe - External USB2
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