SD Card Corruption
Raspberry Pi Single-Board Computer
Severity:What Does This Error Mean?
SD card corruption on Raspberry Pi usually happens after a power cut without a proper shutdown. Run fsck on another Linux or Mac to repair the filesystem. Always shut down cleanly before unplugging power — never yank the cable.
Affected Models
- Raspberry Pi 5
- Raspberry Pi 4B
- Raspberry Pi 3B+
- Raspberry Pi Zero 2 W
- Raspberry Pi 400
Common Causes
- Power cut or cable pull while the Pi was writing to the card
- Low-quality or counterfeit SD card failing under sustained write load
- Frequent writes wearing out SD card flash cells
- Power supply drops causing incomplete writes
- Filesystem not cleanly unmounted