Windows 10: SD card cannot start. Error Code 10.

I had bought a mini PC for my mom with Windows 10 Home installed on it. It had a SD card reader. I used a 128GB MicroSD card, which worked fine initially.

Then comes Microsoft with their "Update first, ask questions later" policy. After a version update I see that the drive is no longer there. Checking the Device Manager revealed the device with a status of "Cannot start. Error Code 10". The problem is that by the time I uncovered the issue, it was over 30 days since the update and I couldn't roll back.

The card itself works fine. When I used it on my Android smart phone and on another Windows 7 laptop, it functioned without problems. Some extensive Google-ing and forum reading led me to believe this is driver related. One forum suggested using the Win8.1 drivers. The current driver is 10.0.17134.1. I downgraded to 6.3.9600.16408. The card was then recognized and all the files were there. But the problem was that I could only read from it, not write.

That's as far as I got so far. Hoping for some valuable suggestions. Thank you for reading.

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SD CARD ERROR

Hi,

Since you already performed a hard reset and the issue was only resolved for a short period of time. We suggest that you format your SD card using the steps below:

• Connect your memory card to a PC with a USB reader that has a microSD card slot. If your card reader or PC has a regular SD card slot, you can use a microSD card adapter.
  
• Use the File Explorer and browse to the removable storage on your computer, right-click the memory card and select Format.
• For 4-32 GB cards, select the file system FAT32 and allocation unit size 32 kilobytes and press Start. For 64-200 GB cards, select the file system exFAT and allocation unit size 128kB.
• Press OK to confirm the data loss warning message. When the formatting process is complete, press OK.
• Restore only the data that is compatible with your phone (JPEG or MP4 in the photos folder or MP3 in the music folder).
• Right-click the memory card, select Eject, and wait until it is safe to remove the card.
• Insert the memory card into the memory card slot in the phone until it locks into place.

After formatting a SD card, try to check if the issue persists.

If formatting your SD card didn't resolved the issue, we suggest that you use another SD card to check if the issue still persists.

Let us know the results.

Regards.

 

sd card error

Hi,

This issue that you're experiencing when inserting an SD card into your computer's card reader can sometimes occur if your SD card is corrupted. For us to isolate this issue, please provide the following information:

• Is this the first time that you've experienced this issue? Were there any programs or Windows update that was installed on your device prior to this issue?
• Have you tried inserting a different SD card into your device to check if the same issue will persist?
• What troubleshooting steps have you tried so far?
• If possible, send us a screenshot showing the complete error message that you're getting.

Looking forward to your response.

 

SD CARD

All appps are installed in phone memory. There is no way around this. You can install a game FROM the SD card but it is then installed in the device's main memory.



STEP 1: Copy all the .xap files which you want to install in your Windows 8 phone to your SD card.

STEP 2: Now go to Start -> Store -> SD card and wait for few minutes for all the .xap files to be loaded.

STEP 3: Select the app which you want to install -> Select Install option.

STEP 4: If your apps are compatible then you can see them in the Compatible apps list if not it will be shown in the Incompatible apps list.

STEP 5: Once you have successfully installed the apps, you can see those apps listed in the Apps list from start.

How to install .xap files in Windows 8 Phone?