Windows 10: Micro SD card has to be assigned letter everytime plugged in, still shows in file explorer...

I have a micro sd card that's acting very funkily. To start, whenever it's plugged in, the windows device-connected sound plays, but it doesn't show up in file explorer along with my ssd and hard drive. To fix this, I have to go into disk management and it shows up as disk 1 partition 3, and i have to assign it a letter. Afterwards, then it shows up in my file explorer. Looking through and managing files works just fine.


Upon unplugging, it makes the device-disconnected windows sound, but it still shows in my file explorer and upon clicking on it, it says

The only way for me to remove this from my list of devices and drives is to restart my computer.


If I want to plug it into my computer again, the cycle continues from the top. Is this a problem with the sd card? Or maybe a problem with windows? I have another different brand micro sd card that works just fine with the same sd card reader, so it's not the reader's problem.

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Micro SD cards

Hi Anthony,



Thank you for writing to Microsoft community Forums.

Are you using a standard card reader or a micro disc adaptor?



1. Try to open the files by taking the ownership and permissions, by following the below steps:



a. Right click on the SD card, and select ‘Properties’.

b. Click on ‘Security tab’.

c. Click ‘Edit’ to change the permissions.

d. Click ‘Advanced’ for special permissions or advanced settings.



2. Try to open the files, and if the issue persists, share drive to get permissions by following the below steps:



a. Right click the SD card.

b. Select ‘Properties’.

c. Select ‘Share’ tab, and click ‘Advanced’.

d. Select ‘Share this folder’.

e. Click ‘Permissions’ button.

f. Add ‘Everyone’ and select ‘Full control’.

g. Click on ‘Apply’ button.



3. Change the drive letter of SanDisk micro SD card by following the below steps:



a. Press ‘Windows key + R’ together to open ‘Run command’.

b. Type ‘diskmgmt.msc’ without quotes, and press enter.

c. Right click on the SanDisk micro SD card, and select ‘Change drive letter and paths’.

d. Assign a new drive letter.



Note: Don’t assign a driver letter that is existing already.



4. Scan the SanDisk micro SD card to check viruses.



Hope it helps.



Naveen M

Microsoft Community – Moderator

 

Disk management - micro SD card renaming

The reason the PC isn't recognizing the drive is cause there's no drive letter assigned. Assign a drive letter - Change and Assign Drive Letter in Windows 10

 

Transferring data from laptop to micro sd card

Hi,

To help you in transferring the files from your PC to your SD card, follow the steps below:

• Connect the micro SD card reader to your computer.
• Plug the micro SD card into the card reader.
• Open the folder that contains files you want to transfer to the SD card.
• Select the files, press and hold "Ctrl" and then, click the files that you want to transfer. Or press "Ctrl + A" to select all the files in the folder.
• Press "Ctrl + C" to copy the files.
• Choose a drive on your SD card and open the folder where you want to store the files.
• Press "Ctrl + V" to paste the files.
• Wait until all files are transferred then, remove the micro SD card from the card reader.

Let us know if you need further assistance.