Questions tagged [sd-card]
Secure Digital (SD) cards are a widely used memory card format used by many technology brands brands in portable electronic devices such as digital cameras.
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Recover data from SD card
I have a 2 GB Kingston microSD card which is about three years old. I put it in a reader today in my Windows Vista computer, wrote a 32 MB file onto it, safely removed it, and then tried to ...
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What's the life expectancy of an SD card?
I have some SD cards that I use. Is there a limit to how many times I can write over them? If I leave information on a card, is there anything that can cause it to lose this information eventually (...
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Recover Data from Card that cannnot be read
I am trying to help a friend who is very concerned that she has just lost all of the data on her 32GB SanDisk microSD card. I told her I would post this and see if anyone could offer help.
Here are ...
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Is the lock mechanism on an SD card hardware, firmware, or software (driver,OS) enforced?
Where is the lock to read-only mode enforced with SD cards? Is this done inside the card itself physically, in the firmware of readers, or in the OS? (Some other place?)
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Cannot delete files or format MicroSD card
I have a 2 GB SanDisk MicroSD card.
I normally use this card in my Nikon camera but ever since I used it in a Brother printer, I cannot delete any of the files, write or format the card.
I've ...
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Cloning an SD card onto a larger SD card
I'm using Ubuntu 12.04. I have an old 4GB SD card, and have just bought a new 16GB SD card. I would like to copy everything from my old 4GB SD card onto the new 16GB SD card. I was afraid that the ...
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Disable write-protection on Micro SD
My task today is to open up and copy some files to 700 brand new micro SD cards.
As I get going on this task I am finding that some of the Micro SD cards are telling me "sorry this drive is write ...
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What to do with a corrupted SD card: reformat it or trash it?
I recovered all the files from my corrupted SD card today.
What should I do with it now?
Reformat and continue using it
or throw it away and buy a new one
Here's the details on the card and how ...
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Choice of filesystem for GNU/Linux on an SD card
I have am embedded ARM-based system running on an SD card. It's currently Debian GNU/Linux using ext3 as filesystem. As I'm about to reinstall the system, I started wondering about changing to a more ...
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Cannot remove Micro SD card's read-only attribute after Ubuntu image
I can't remove the read-only attribute from a Kingston 32 GB Micro SD Card. I want to wipe clean the whole card.
I was given a Raspberry Pi 3 and a 32 GB Micro SD Card and an Echo to play around with....
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microsSD card cannot format
I have a 16GB SAMSUNG EVO microSD card that I was using on RaspberryPi 2 with NOOBS installed on it.
I tried to format it in every way possible:
from Windows 10 with SDFormatter;
from Windows 10 with ...
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SD card shrinks in allowable size after copying disk image
I bought a 16G SD card to put Android on to put in my Nook Color. I downloaded a Honeycomb distribution and wrote the disk image to it. Then I found the Nook Color takes Micro-SD cards, and decided ...
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SD card not getting formatted [duplicate]
I have a 32 GB micro SD card which got kind of corrupted during file transferring from my computer. Now, I am not able to format it.
On Linux:
I have tried Disks utility of Linux, it has no effect on ...
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Is it possible to disable the "scan and fix" message when inserting an SD Card?
Every time I insert the SD card from my camera into the card reader, I get this dialog:
Of course there is no need to scan it. Is there a way to disable it?
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Reformat SD card to NTFS
I want to reformat a 16 GB SD card to NTFS so that I can use it to transfer large files (larger than 4 GB) from one computer to another easily, but my computer will only allow FAT variations....
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Is there any way to instruct Windows to ignore the “write-only” mechanical switch on SD cards?
I have a bunch of SD cards that do not have the little plastic switch for the read only setting. so Windows thinks it’s write protected or something. The card is not write protected by the software ...
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Permission denied when directly copying from SSHFS to SD
I have a remote hard disk mounted with sshfs on a local mountpoint. Furthermore, I have mounted an SD card to the same computer. When I try to copy from the remote disk to the SD card the permission ...
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Is it possible to get back data from a Micro SD which is unresponsive?
I have a 2 GB Micro SD card. It was working very fine before few months ago and when I changed the phone I got a new one with that so I didn't use my Old one for a while. But few days ago I need some ...
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How can I intentionally break/corrupt a sector on an SD card?
I need to test the resilience of some read/write code for some embedded hardware. How might I sacrifice a few SD cards and break several known sectors for a controlled study?
The only thing I can ...
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How do you format a 2 GB SD card to FAT32 (preferably with Disk Utility)?
I've been looking around for a way to do this for a while, but I haven't been able to find the answer. I need to format my 2 GB SD card to FAT-32, but I don't see the option in Disk Utility.
If I ...
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How to use Cygwin to copy an image from an SD memory card
Long story short, I'm working on a Windows 7 machine and I'd like to strip the image off an SD card (backing up the card from a Raspberry Pi). I'm trying to use Cygwin, but not having much success.
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How to tell if you have a fake sd card
I've been given some flash drives that appear to be fake. The silk screen says 64 gigs, and they show up as 64 gigs to the OS.
However if you attempt to write any files larger than 4 gigs the file ...
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Does ReadyBoost really improve performance? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Does Windows ReadyBoost have a meaningful impact on performance?
Does using an SD card with ReadyBoost help? Would I notice any difference on a 32-bit netbook with 1 GB ...
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dd always fails to write one partition on first try; succeeds on second
For a robotics project, I've assembled a make target that uses dd (actually dcfldd) to write a Raspbian Jessie image to SD card. This way, I can be assured that my environment is reproducible from ...
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MicroSD card: can't format,or partition
TL;DR: I have a Micro-SD card that has a primary partition that isn't formatted and can't be selected and I have tried:
DBAN nuke (wiped)
Windows formatting
3rd party program formatting
diskpart.exe
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SD card second partition not recognized
I've created two partitions on an SD card, both partitions primary partition and both FAT32. I used minitool partition wizard.
But widows 7 only shows the first partition and not the second one.
What ...
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Deleting (Erasing) all Data from Failed SanDisk MicroSD Card
I've had two 32GB SanDisk MicroSD cards go bad recently. One I was able to temporarily revive using the kind advice offered in this thread: Recover Data from Card that cannot be read
When I insert ...
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What would be the down side(s) to backup archival via SD cards?
While doing some photography reading, i came across some support for archiving photos, videos on SD Cards. The process looked like:
Fill up SD Card with DSLR
Share/publish any choice items via the PC
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How can I retrieve data from a SD Card when photorec doesn't work?
A friend of mine took pictures of a Halloween party with his camera, and when he put the SD card in his computer, some of the pictures went missing. Knowing that I have successfully rescued his HD ...
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SD card scam: Is it possible to undo and “hack” it back to the original size?
I bought a 1 TB Micro SD Card off of Amazon and got scammed. When I put it in the computer it looks like it's the right size. But if I reformat it or check the drive information with any kinda of ...
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Recover my SD Card
In windows disk mgr I can see this. I have no option to shrink/expand any of the partitions.
Tried to delelete everything by DISKPART, but that's also not working:
DISKPART> list disk
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How to mount a multi-partition disk image in Linux?
I downloaded an raw SD card image that has two partitions.
It caused some file system errors when I tried to dd it directly into an SD card. I am not sure if the card is defective or the image.
Is ...
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On Windows 8 or 10, particularly on tablets with a permanently inserted SD card, is there a universal way to treat the card as a non-removable drive?
I have a tablet, a Surface Pro, and I have a micro SD card that is permanently inserted. I use it to store media files like music and video.
Windows, recognizing that it is a removable drive, deletes ...
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SSD, SD, eMMC, Raw NAND what are the differences?
so the underlying technology with SSD, eMMC, SD, USB Flash etc... is NAND flash correct? So is the difference between all of them just the way controllers are implemented? Or are the technologies ...
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Performance difference between SD and MicroSD cards?
If you compare a MicroSD card with an advertised speed of 48 MB/S to a full size SD card with an advertised speed of 48 MB/S (from the same manufacturer), should their performances be identical?
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What does 100x mean, for an SD card?
When I read the information about an SD card, I notice there is an information that is reported as 100x. What does that mean? To what is it referring?
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USB flash drives or SD cards with S.M.A.R.T
Do any mainstream manufacturers incorporate Self-Monitoring, Analysis and Reporting Technology (S.M.A.R.T.) into their USB flash drives (aka "USB sticks") or SD cards?
If not, why not? It can't be ...
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Can I use dd to clone a larger SD card to a smaller SD card if the actual partitions will fit?
I have a 16GB SD card that has a few partitions on it (it's actually the card for a Raspberry Pi). I have several other 4GB cards that I want to clone the primary card to. The 3 partitions on the ...
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How to delete files from my indestructable memory card?
A week ago I started getting intermittent IO errors accessing the SD card on my rooted Evo 4g. I eventually plugged it into my windows machine and tried to format it. It appeared to work, but when I ...
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128 MByte vs. 128 GByte
I recently saw a comparison for 2005 vs. 2014 microSD card: in 2005 there was only max 128 MByte microSD cards, and in 2014, 128 GByte.
My question: I'm not 100% sure. Is 128 GByte 1000× bigger than ...
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fsck error: currently, only 1 or 2 FATs are supported, not 34
Why do I get the fsck error: "currently, only 1 or 2 FATs are supported, not 34?" And what can I do to successfully run fsck?
I'm fsck-ing my Transcend 16GB Class-6 SD card. It got corrupted recently ...
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How to read SD card CID on Windows 10
Is there is a tool/way that one can read the CID of a SD card under Windows 10?
My laptop card reader seem to be plugged to USB bus rather than PCI bus if this matters.
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Is there such a thing as a WORM (write-once-read-many) SD memory card or USB flash drive? [closed]
Do you know if exists a write-once-read-many (aka: WORM) USB flash or SD memory?
I need an electronic write once memory to meet law requirements for storing sensitive data, and I want an alternative ...
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After an SD card is erased, what value is read from the card? All bits clear or all bits set?
After an SD card is erased, what value is read from the card? All bits clear or all bits set?
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How much does it wear an SD card to be frequently removed/reinserted?
My digital camera (a Sony α55) stores photos on an SD card. When I want to transfer these to my computer (a mid-2010 MacBook Pro), I have two options: use the USB cable to connect the camera to the ...
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How do I fix my SD card after it was split into multiple drives by Windows loT core?
I installed Windows loT core onto my SD card and used it for my Raspberry Pi. Upon deleting the OS, I found that my SD card had been split into multiple drives. Is there a way to fix this? I can't add ...
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Expected lifespan estimate for SD card used in read only mode
I know that SD cards, like all things, have a limited lifespan and I know that they can handle a limited number of write cycles, which is usually what limits the lifespan. But what is an MTBF ...
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ReadyBoost in Windows 7
I've bought an SD card today for my phot frame, but when I inserted it into my notebook I saw I could use it for ReadyBoost.
Some background
I'm a .net developer, using VMs and developing web ...
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Recover files from a dead SD card in linux? (Possibly killed by a Nokia E71)
I have an SD Micro card that is not working any more.
Background:
What happened is I took it out of my old cellphone (it was working fine), and put it into my new cellphone (a Nokia E71). The Nokia ...
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How do I wipe a microSD card that I can't write to?
I have a microSD card that has become read-only. I cannot write to it, or delete files from it, or format it, or repartition it. (Various computers think they can delete files, but after removing and ...
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