What happened to my SD card?

[excav8ter]

My notifications bar had an icon of an SD card pop up today, it said "blank card or unsupported files". Then it gave me an option to format it. I don't have much on the card so i formatted it. I did lose a lot of music and some pictures, but i am puzzled as to what mayhave happened. Has anyone had this before? My phone won't even recognize the 16gb card that i have had for 3 or 4 years. I have another card, 32gb, that i will use in the mean time. But i am afraid of the same thing happening to the 32gb card. Any thoughts or suggestions?

Phone is a Galaxy S5 sport, 16gb.

Thanks.

 

[mikedt]

Could be the card is going bad. Say you've had it 3 or 4 years. Flash SD storage does have a finite life, a certain number of read/write cycles and eventually it will wear out. Try the new card, keep an eye on things, and make sure you keep it backed up, ALWAYS!. MP3s can be re-downloaded, but your photos are irreplaceable.

 

[excav8ter]

Could be the card is going bad. Say you've had it 3 or 4 years. Flash SD storage does have a finite life, a certain number of read/write cycles and eventually it will wear out. Try the new card, keep an eye on things, and make sure you keep it backed up, ALWAYS!. MP3s can be re-downloaded, but your photos are irreplaceable.

Thanks. All is well with the new card. I am going to get another one as a precaution.