Thread: My Kobo Clara HD is suddenly (totally) dead
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Old 10-11-2023, 12:54 PM   #11
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Originally Posted by seaofwine View Post
Well, I brought my Clara to a local tech. We opened the back of it, and he managed to measure the battery and it was okay.

He pulled out the microSD and re-put it in in case of any instability produced by falling down etc. The screen is still frozen. He connected it to the PC and it gave an immediate perform format message.
I think my last chance is to replace the microSD with a new one. I don't really care to create an image of my old microSD. I only have to put a new one but I have to understand how to install the OS of the device.
The message about formatting on a Windows PC is completely normal. Just don't do it. Your µSD card has 3 partitions plus a chunk of free space. One partition is FAT32 but the other 2 are Linux ext4 partitions which Windows wants to reformat.

At this time, I suspect that the issue is elsewhere in your Clara HD's hardware and not an issue with the µSD card so replacing/reimaging the card would not be helpful.
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