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Ok I have bought several different ones, yes I know about the unlock. I also know some say to put tape over the notch on the other side. Windows wouldnt let me do shit with them. So I thought fuckin linux. Linux at least let me format it so I thought that was it. Linux recognizes it but I cant do anything with it. Neither does windows, wtf? I bought a tablet predominantly for a power outage so I could still watch something but I cant upload to any sd card. What do I do?

Ok I have bought several different ones, yes I know about the unlock. I also know some say to put tape over the notch on the other side. Windows wouldnt let me do shit with them. So I thought fuckin linux. Linux at least let me format it so I thought that was it. Linux recognizes it but I cant do anything with it. Neither does windows, wtf? I bought a tablet predominantly for a power outage so I could still watch something but I cant upload to any sd card. What do I do?

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There are different sub formats of micro SD that represent different generations. The device you're using might be too old. This article helped me get a picture of what that meant: https://www.makeuseof.com/tag/5-mistakes-avoid-buying-next-microsd-card/

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link to something like the sdcard you are attempting to use?

If its the most recent stuff, MicroSD. There is nothing to tape or anything. If you are using one of those sd to micro adapters. it may be the adapter.

A tablet will usually format the sd card itself once you put it in.

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the last one I bought is a samsung pro plus. No micro involved. No adapter.

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offf. I havent had to use one of those for anything for a long while. outside of the write protection switch. no idea other then firmware of the reader will not read that card for some reason. I have seen issues with size as fairly common. where they will not read cards above some certain size properly.

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actually all my others were micro with different adapters, I would have to dig them out somewhere since moving. Thats why I tried this one out of desperation.

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Already mentioned but install and launch gparted. Insert the card then use the menu to refresh storage devices. After that, right click on it and create a new partition.

This depends on how you want to use it though. Do you need it to work with Windows/Mac/Linux? Do you need it to work in a phone or digital camera?

Let us know.

Err.. I should read more. You are using it with a tablet? Put it in the tablet and use it to format the card. It will probably be exFat. Easily readable and writable by a Linux system.

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fdisk —list (locate sd card mount) dd if=/dev/null of=${mountFromLastStep} bs=1M (If you get the mount wrong, it will wipe the wrong drive, be very careful) Then use any tool to format it, to include windows, fdisk or gparted.

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Try to reformat it with Gparted or Rufus if it gets recognized at all.

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It could be that your sd cards are counterfeit. It's a bigger problem than most people realize. When I get a new storage device I first run f3 on it (f3write then f3read) then I run "badblocks -wvs" on it. If it's large (over about 16GB) i have a script that periodically pauses the process so the card doesn't heat up too much.

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Pick up a bible to read when the kikes check to see if you have candles.