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Switch System Update 6.0.1 Killed my SDcard?
- Thread starter Protodude
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OP
OP
Currently lack the equipment to do so.
It's strange. I've had no issues with this card before.
Try to turn off the switch, remove the card, turn it on, turn it off again, insert card, turn on
OP
OP
I'd suggest phone but that'd likely not get you anywhere (or worst case auto-format the card)
Go door-to-door asking for an SD card reader?
See if you can copy the data to a pc first. Then format it on switch and copy everything back to sd card.
Saves are always on the console, they dont get out in the card.
This could very well be a dumb comment, but since you said you don't have the equipment on PC, does your phone have a micro SD slot? Someone tell me if that would even work to check, cause I don't know.
Yes, but it obviously won't be as in-depth, but it would be another thing to check if it even works.
I have the same microSD card. I'll hold off on updating until it can be determined as an isolated incident or not. Yes, you can easily download all the updates and games again (since save files are safe on the internal), but monthly data caps are now a thing (at least in my state).
The issue is SanDisk. I've had cards from them fail over the years with go pro and phones. They're just not reliable.
Yea I figured he couldn't do much with it but at least see if it was recognized. Glad it wasn't a completely dumb thing to suggest :P
No prob! I haven't updated myself and I'm kind of worried and so I'm watching how this unfolds first.
there is probably nothing you can do but format it.
from your thread title I thought your switch made your SDcard literally unusable for all time. like BROKEN broken.
from your thread title I thought your switch made your SDcard literally unusable for all time. like BROKEN broken.
Edit: nvm. I have a 256GB one.
Oh i forgot to say: I've the 200GB sandisk and everything went fine..so it does not seem to "break" every 200GB card.
It's not broken, just corrupted as far as i can tell.
It happened once on my mod-switch, following a crash on retroarch, because the SDCard was not formatted on the proper fileformat (retroarch warns about which file format to use).
I've never seen of such a thing happening with a standard operation, even my main switch that crashes all the time in city skylines (when you go above 200K pop the game crashes a lot).
It sucks OP, i hope your sdcard is not on it's path to Hades (there's always the possibility of having a dud) :(
Didn't work for my corrupted SDCard, the switch said the SD Card had been used on another switch and has to be reformatted when i backed up and wanted to restore manually.
It happened once on my mod-switch, following a crash on retroarch, because the SDCard was not formatted on the proper fileformat (retroarch warns about which file format to use).
I've never seen of such a thing happening with a standard operation, even my main switch that crashes all the time in city skylines (when you go above 200K pop the game crashes a lot).
It sucks OP, i hope your sdcard is not on it's path to Hades (there's always the possibility of having a dud) :(
Didn't work for my corrupted SDCard, the switch said the SD Card had been used on another switch and has to be reformatted when i backed up and wanted to restore manually.
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Just updated it and it's fine on my end.
My specs:
NA
256GB MicroSD Sandisk card
Docked
Everything worked fine.
Maybe 200GB cards are the ones at risk?
My specs:
NA
256GB MicroSD Sandisk card
Docked
Everything worked fine.
Maybe 200GB cards are the ones at risk?
Aren't saves on the system ?
Anyway, it sucks, OP, and now I might pull my sd card off before updating...
Anyway, it sucks, OP, and now I might pull my sd card off before updating...
Sandisk is usually the go to brand. How long ago did you buy the card and where from? There are plenty of dodgy cards around.
Usually this type of thing may happen when you go over the real capacity on a dodgy card.
OP
OP
That sucks :(
Lexar professional is a great brand for my reflexes.
But to be honest i've never had problems on SanDisks, except that one crash on retroarch that corrupted the filesystem... even my old memory sticks still work...but your sandisk died on you... so i am not sure if you just had bad bad bad luck or just that microsdxc is so small that they are much more fragile. I have 4 sandisk microsdxc at the moment in use, because of sales, 32,64,200 and 400GB i hope they don't suffer the same fate as yours.
You may be able to repair it by formatting the filesystem on your PC, crossing fingers for you OP.
If i were you i would try the microsd on a phone to see if the filesystem is visible :)
Mine is an Amazon card too. There have been reports of dodgy cards being sold by Amazon =[
Mine was bought in-store at Best Buy. Did you by a legit Amazon-sold card, or was it from a 3rd-party seller at Amazon?
Ive got a fake from amazon before. Not a 3rd party seller but the main amazon seller. Always should check them on a pc (not sure about what apps on phones) when getting one.
I would try contacting Amazon Support about it.
They can be pretty generous at times.
Damned :(
It seems they are everywhere...
example of sdxc forgery:
https://www.diyphotography.net/psa-fake-sandisk-memory-cards-are-everywhere-including-amazon/
If you can get a picture of your card OP we can compare ! :)
Definitely can't say I've had the same experience. I've been using them almost exclusively since 2007 or so in cameras, phones, and anything else I have that might need an SD card. Haven't hard a card fail on me yet.
I think I'll remove my sd card before I update my Switch just to be sure that my games don't get fucked because I can't really be bothered waiting to download them all again lol.
I had the same issue as OP with an Samsung 64 GB Evo card. The card was corrupt, the funny thing was, it happend from day to another, still to this day, I don't know what it triggered.
Same thing happened to a friend of mine (also a 200gb card). It's most likely the card. The update itself probably has nothing to do with it crapping out. Seems micro SD can be very shoddy when it comes to Quality Control