Why is my SD card suddenly read-only? Is it dying?

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Asked By CuriousCat99 On

I've been using a Samsung A71 to access Microsoft Word documents, and everything works fine on internal storage. However, the documents stored on my SD card are now read-only. Whenever I try to save a new file to the card, it still shows up as read-only. I'm worried that this older SD card is nearing its end. A few months back, I was able to save files to it without any issues, but it seems like something has changed—possibly an upgrade or a symptom of the card dying. I regularly transfer files from my USB stick to the SD card for access on my phone and tablet (the tablet's SD card works perfectly fine, and it's much newer). These are just basic word documents, nothing too complex. Any thoughts on what might be going on?

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Answered By TechGuru88 On

This issue has been popping up for a lot of users lately. Initially, we thought low-end or older cards were the problem, but there are newer, high-end cards facing this issue too, indicating it might be something else entirely. You might want to hang onto the card in case we figure out the root cause later. Some brands offer utilities that can check memory usage, but they're usually only for their own cards.

Answered By DataKeeper22 On

SD cards have a limited lifespan and unfortunately, when they begin to fail, they often go read-only. It's their way of trying to protect the data from being lost completely. You might need to consider replacing it soon.

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