How do you find and remove corrupt data?

Yup,

Idris beat me to this, as well.

You should be making regular/semi-regular backups of ANY computer or computing device!

This includes desktop/laptop computers, tablet computers and smart phones.

I make backups of my computers and computing devices on a every two to three week schedule.

I have computer data backups on multiple drives and through online data storage/backup services.

So, if something happens with my computers/tablets and smart phones, at least I have some sort of “recent” backup to fall back on.

You need to start doing regular/semi-regular backups of ALL your computing devices.

No Joke!

There is no way to know where this corrupt data lies.

Sorry.

AND, it is ALWAYS prudent to make backups of your iPad on a regular/semi-regular basis to guard against such data corruption and anything else that can cause something bad to happen to your iPad.

Everything we imperfect humans think of, design and make is always imperfect and flawed.

So, you have to be diligent with personal computers and computing devices to protect your important data you store on these devices.

As it is, if no backups, you will need to completely erase and reset this iPad to a factory-like state, to fix this corrupt data issue and you will ended up losing all of your data forever.

At this point, really no other choice.

Sorry & Good Luck to You!

MilaneseintheField wrote:

Thanks Michael, so much for iPads replacing laptops! haha.....

You need to make regular backups on laptops as well. They can also develop data corruption, get lost, have a soda spilled on them.

Have you tried restoring the device to factory settings?

Restore your iPhone, iPad, or iPod to factory settings - Apple Support

MilaneseintheField wrote:

wont i lose all data on my ipad if i do that?

You can reload from your backup once you've finished restoring. There's a good chance the corruption is not in the backup.