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11. I Was Trying To Delineate

Fri Sep 24, 2021, 02:13 PM

Sep 2021

whether the laptop considered it part of the system storage or just external storage (even though it's not physically external).

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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

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

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

SanDisk SDHC 16 gb Grasswire2 Sep 2021 #22