SD card problems

[broncobowsher]

They were both

Both were Sandisk Extreme Pro.

Where were they bought? eBay and Amazon are filled with fakes.

 

[Norwegian Cave Diver]

I had a GoPro 8. No issues. Now have the GoPro 10. No issues. I go to a local computer store and purchase a -larger than I need card faster than I need card. Your GoPro should be happy. Perhaps purchase two and swap them out.

 

[jomcclain]

No experience with newer GoPros but with several cameras over the years (DSLR's, Paralenz, older GoPro's etc) and different brands of cards I've found card problems arise when I use a computer to format the cards. Now I always format within the camera in question and format often... I've got cards with years of use now.

As a backup system on trips I use WD's "My Passport Wireless SSD". Pop the card in and it's automatically copied to the drive. You can then access the files from any phone/laptop via the integrated WIFI.

With this WD’s “My passport wireless SSD,” do you need to have along a computer to make that work? Where does the power come from?

 

[jomcclain]

Where were they bought? eBay and Amazon are filled with fakes.

Bought from Best Buy.

 

[MadUKDiver]

Test every new SD card with H2testw, it is a great tool for detecting fake cards, memory errors and poor performance.

Find it here

 

[CanadaDan]

With this WD’s “My passport wireless SSD,” do you need to have along a computer to make that work? Where does the power come from?

No computer needed. It has a rechargeable battery (standard USB source) and onboard wifi network (also works as a rerouter with another internet connected wifi network). As soon as you insert an SD card contents are automatically copied to the internal SSD into a folder date and timed named so no over writing occurs.

Seems though it's been discontinued. Another similar option is this Lacie drive

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[mcohen1021]

Wipe off the metal contacts, worked for me last week... u can get cards wet too.

 

[АлександрД]

Linux: try Ddrescue - GNU Project - Free Software Foundation (FSF) e.g.
Win: Roadkil.Net - Roadkil's Unstoppable Copier Program Download
or Non-Stop Copy скачать на Windows бесплатно or [DS] Non-Stop Copy
or try this way Copy lots of files ignoring errors

You will have partically broken video, but you will have it.

And small tip: SD cards could be rubbed a hole, when you writing many times at the same place...
If you have big card, writting not so big video, and then deleted it after copy - it writting many times in the same place... but such types of memory has writting times limits...
To prevent it - stay some information on the card or cleaning it just when it filled full.

 

[Renevh]

Try Recuva, it's a file recovery software that can even find files after the drive has been formatted. I saved a lot of SD cards with it, last time my coworker had lost all his pictures of his late wife after he accidently formatted that SD card. I got them all back, that look on his face when I gave it back was priceless!

 

[CT-Rich]

I don’t use a gopro. I have a couple of SJCams. I can format the cards in the camera and that seemed to solve the glitchy SD cards. another thing I did on my last trip was to have a laptop with me in my room. I would swap out the SD cards during the shore intervals when I swapped the batteries. At the end of the day, I would dump all of the files onto the lap and test that they were intact. I had very few problem with glitchy files, and matching the folders with the correct dive was super easy, because the directories were being labeled every day.