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steam deck oled won't mount my 512 gb card out of nowhere

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Accepted solution by Tariq F. — lol same thing happened to me if the card uses ext4, u can check it with sudo fsck.ext4 /dev/mmcblk0p1 from a terminal (ull need to set a…
  1. Hugo S.
    @hugo.silva

    ok so my Steam Deck OLED stopped seeing my 512 GB card out of nowhere. it shows this:

    microSD card can't be read

    microSD card can't be read
The card may need to be formatted for this system,
or it may be damaged. Formatting erases all data.
Card: 512 GB  -  status: not mounted

    all my games are on that card lol I really dont want to format it and download everything again... is there any way to check or fix teh card without erasing it?

    Ive read that formatting is teh usual answer, but Id really like to save whats on teh card if i can. Redownloading everytihng would take forever on my connection. what am i doing wrong??

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  2. Sana
    @earlysmith-12t

    lol same thing happened to me on Windows handhelds like the ROG Ally or Legion Go, check Disk Management to see if teh card shows up. you can also run chkdsk X: /f on it, with X being the card's drive letter. hope that helps :)

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  3. Wren Ferreira
    @wferreira

    lol same thing happened to me reboot with the card inserted.. xD if it still doesnt mount, try the card in anotehr device... if no device sees it, teh card might be failing. hope that helps :)

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  4. Lars Becker
    @nimbus_rider549

    oh ive been there lol on a Steam Deck, teh format option in Settings > System > Format SD Card erases everything and sets it up correctly. Use it only after uve tried recovery. worked for me anyway 🤷

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  5. Erik
    @ekoch-1sm

    finally got it working, thanks everyone

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  6. Erik
    @ekoch-1sm

    oh ive been there lol in Desktop Mode, open a terminal and run lsblk to see if the card is detected at all. if it shows up but wont mount, the file system might need a check. lmk how it goes

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  10. Sana
    @earlysmith-12t

    been there man have u checked ur steam-deck settings? mine were reset after an update 🙏 same issue here on my desktop. glad im not the only one lmk how it goes

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  11. Tariq F.
    @vectorfox
    in reply to @earlysmith-12t Accepted solution

    lol same thing happened to me if the card uses ext4, u can check it with sudo fsck.ext4 /dev/mmcblk0p1 from a terminal (ull need to set a password with passwd first). make sure teh card isnt mounted while chceking. lmk how it goes

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  12. Tariq F.
    @vectorfox

    also lol unrelated but anyone elses coffee machine also judging them today

    thumbsup

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  13. Zora Jensen
    @zora.jensen

    @ekoch-1sm thank u this worked!! seriously made my day 😭🙏

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  14. Hugo S.
    @hugo.silva
    in reply to @vectorfox

    @vectorfox ran a file system check and teh card mounts again... all games are back... thank you! thank u thank u thank u

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