What should I do if an SD card is no longer recognized by my camera or computer?
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My Canon 7D no longer reads a 64GB SanDisk memory card, while the camera still reads other cards normally. The same card also does not appear at all when inserted into my MacBook Pro, but other cards work there too. If both the camera and computer can read other cards, what should I try next, and is there any chance of recovering the photos?
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The card won't read in the camera or in a computer, but both devices will read other cards? Sounds like a dead card to me.
Time to get a new card.
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If the card is not recognized by either your camera or your computer, while both devices still read other cards, the most likely conclusion is that the card has failed.
In that case, there usually isn’t much you can do yourself if the card doesn’t mount or appear at all. The practical next step is to replace the card.
If the photos on it are important, a professional data recovery lab may still be able to recover them using specialized equipment. Recovery is most likely to fail only if the card is severely damaged or completely dead.
So the short answer is: stop using the card, replace it, and consider a recovery service if the images matter.
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