I think my memory card is corrupted?

[Guest Javed Islam]

Well like the topic title says, I think my Micro SD card is courrupted because whenever I put some songs in they end up getting corrupted and when i try to play some songs, some of them appear ok and some of them give me a message saying, "Sorry Cannot Play File". My music file are perfectly normal when i downloaded them. I tried doing everything reseting the sd card etc

Any ideas how to solve this problem? or is my Sd card actually corrupt? Please let me know. Thank you!

[Guest psionandy]

It sounds like the sort of thing that happens with a fake memory card. There's a lot of them about, and although things look fine when you are copying to the card, when you try and read the data back, then you suddenly notice

Here's a couple of links on the subject,

http://www.ebay.com/gds/fake-flash-memory/10000000004423704/g.html

http://fightflashfraud.wordpress.com/tag/fake-flash-memory/

http://www.ebay.co.uk/gds/detecting-fake-flash-memory-on-e-bay/10000000013353853/g.html

If it was me, i'd throw the card away, and replace it with something i know is completely genuine from a reputable dealer

Edited May 11, 2013 by psionandy

[Guest Javed Islam]

thanks for letting me know! I'll buy an another that is genuine. What about this sd card? It's one of them kingston cards: http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Kingston-8GB-MICRO-SDHC-MEMORY-CARD-WITH-SD-ADAPTER-TF-HC-MICROSD-/380576511962?pt=UK_AudioTVElectronics_PDAsAccessories_MemoryCards&hash=item589c20b7da?

[Guest psionandy]

If its a fake, i'd have no way of knowing simply by looking at the picture and details. It might be a genuine Kingston card, or it might be a fake Kingston card. Which is why (although I love ebay for a lot of things) I'd NEVER use it for flash memory.

I'd either buy it from a reputable physical store, or an online retailer who i can trust.

(I've used 7dayshop in the past)