SD Card help

[KoopaScooper]

Next time, if stuff like this happens, go to the Start Menu and open Disk Management. Look for unallocated space on removable disks. You will need a third-party tool if there is unallocated space on the SD card, as Windows doesn't support deleting partitions on certain removable drives.

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[BluetoothBoy]

Next time, if stuff like this happens, go to the Start Menu and open Disk Management. Look for unallocated space on removable disks. You will need a third-party tool if there is unallocated space on the SD card, as Windows doesn't support deleting partitions on certain removable drives.

This is true, but... how would the card have spontaneously partitioned itself?

[blueblur121]

You borked it.

[carolcat]

SD cards could theoretically last hundreds of years and be fine. However, it sounds like something simply got messed up with yours. Personally, I've never had an SD stop working.

i plugged one of my 2gb sd cards for my camera into my sister's new laptop and the lock function got reversed for a while
it was weird

[KoopaScooper]

This is true, but... how would the card have spontaneously partitioned itself?

How does my USB drive decide to not be detected under a fresh install of Windows but be detected on everything else?
Magic.

[BluetoothBoy]

How does my USB drive decide to not be detected under a fresh install of Windows but be detected on everything else?
Magic.

That would be faulty driver installation.

[KoopaScooper]

That would be faulty driver installation.

Except there are no drivers and the device appears in Device Manager.

[Moonstar Akemi]

Did you use ReadyBoost by chance?

[KoopaScooper]

Did you use ReadyBoost by chance?

The flash drive is from 2003 and has a read/write of 1.7MB/1.2MB, it would never suffice for readyboost.