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Are Sandisk SD cards from Argos always genuine? (self.ukcasual)
submitted 3 months ago by to c/ukcasual@lemmy.world
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My second microSD card has corrupted :( I have a feeling I was sold a fake.

I've watched enough Atomic Shrimp to know external storage is a minefield. Argos is an authorised sandisk seller, but so is Amazon and I know they get counterfeits mixed in due to 3rd party sellers. Afaik Argos would only sell their own stock if I buy a card from their stores, right?

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[–] 2 points 3 months ago (1 child)

SD cards aren't forever. I found out after backing up a bunch of files to the card in my android, ready to move onto a new phone. Those writes were enough to kill the card - not even read only, I had to run recovery software to salvage files. My card was about 4 years old like yours. After that, I've paid the extra for high endurance cards even for normal usage.

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  • [–] [S] 1 point 2 months ago

    Yeah I know, but I've had microSDs in my other devices for a lot longer. The one in my android 2 has been there more than 10 years at this point, my acekard one even longer (it corrupts, which is apparently normal for acekard, but doesn't die. I just put it through the formatter and it's fine again).

    Those two cards barely lasted 2 years each.

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