Windows 10 Laptop Question

Kountryguy wrote:
Thanks Gdetrailer. Some of this is way above my pay grade, but I have tried the SD card in a different laptop and it works as I believe it should. The fact that the card works in the original laptop immediately after a restart is what has me confused.

Sounds like a problem with the card reader or USB port it is connected to, restarting the PC most likely is not fixing the reader other than a fresh bootup will reinitialize the internal USB port and the reader it is attached to..

Assuming it is a built in reader to the laptop, replacing it may not be in the cards without replacing entire MB..

The alternate which isn't as convenient is to simply buy a external USB SD card adapter instead, but it is cheap and easy solution if that helps. Otherwise you would have to send laptop back to the manufacturers repair department (although if laptop is still in warranty that might be the best long term).

External card readers come in a variety of configurations, some look like a USB memory stick like this..



Which is a multi card reader capable of SD, micro SD and other popular memory cards for $11 HERE ..

You can also get external card readers that are a small box style on a short USB cord like this..



Also costs around $11 and available at Amazon..

If you want only SD, you can find those also, and they often look like the first pix I posted..

I keep a few external readers around since I have some desktop PCs around which don't have built in SD readers..

Note, I can't vouch for the quality of the ones in the pix, I used them to show you what these can look like.. As always, you can read the reviews and figure out if they are OK..