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Help error: SD Card is blank or contains unsupported files

Slacker1313

Newbie
Jul 23, 2011
37
3
I have an error message that reads; "SD card is blank or contains unsupported files".
I removed the back of my phone and found the SD card out and just laying there.
When I click on that message prompt it is asking me to format the sd card.

I am assuming now that every picture and video is now stored on the phones memory which is not where I want it to be stored. I go to apps/my files and the path is /storage/emulated/0.
Does that path mean these are stored on my phone?

I lost my home pc this week also so until it is fixed I cannot load my sd card onto my pc to see what if anything is on it.

Can I move all those pics from my phone memory to the sd card? If so just do it through my home pc when I fix it? Or can I move them via the phone?

I want to save the files I already set up if possible and just get everything pointing back to the sd card without a bunch of hassle.

Also, was I supposed to format the SD card when I first put it into the phone?

Thanks for any help.
 

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