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how to remove write protection in memory card?

I have a 4 gb micro sd card ,now my memory card is not properly working and when i insert card into phone it shows card is write protected.. it even not recognised in system give me a helpful solution ...
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RAID write speed faster than RAID read speed

We just purchased a new 24 drive RAID array and an LSI 9285-8e RAID controller. We are seeing 2 things which seem strange to us. Write speeds are faster than read speeds (with either ext4 or xfs ...
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How to write precompilled image to USB flash drive from Windows?

I have FreeBSD installation image for an USB memory stick, Windows 7 x64 desktop and server hardware nearby. And no CD drive at all for years. Under Windows XP x86 you can use many solutions such as ...
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How can I make the read only file system writable on BusyBox?

I want to change some files on my router. Firstly I can change everything in /var, but I want to change /etc/fstab. When I try to change it, I get an error message that says the file system is read ...
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How to lock a file against deletion but still make it writeable?

I want to make a file locked against deletion but still be writeable. How do I do this? The file in question is a truecrypt volume as a file on a NAS SMB Network share, so I don't want to ...
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Emacs hangs for seconds when writing file, to do with kjournald and VirtualBox

I run GNU Emacs 23.2.1 (x86_64-pc-linux-gnu, X toolkit, Xaw3d scroll bars) of 2010-12-12 on brahms, modified by Debian on Linux version 2.6.32-5-amd64 (Debian 2.6.32-34squeeze1) ...
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Is there a way to check which proccess reads/writes to HDD right now?

MY HDD is reading something, but I have no idea what. Is there an app I can use to monitor proccesse whose read/write to HDD and where do they read/write?
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Does the operating system dispatch events on write to disk?

I was wondering if there is some way to determine when a file finishes writing to a directory on both Windows and Linux (obviously, they will probably be two different commands). This is mostly so ...
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Samba Permissions Error

I keep getting write errors while trying to write files on a samba share from Windows 7 x64. The machine hosting the files is running Ubuntu Server Edition 10.10 (recently upgraded to 11.04 with ...
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How to find directory with most writes and/or turnaround (write and delete)

is there a way under linux to find out directory with frequent writes and/or deletes? I'm using Ubuntu and recently bought SSD. I moved /tmp to ramdisk and did some other tweaks to avoid wear. But I ...
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Font and other considerations when writing a book [closed]

Which font are mainly using writers, while writing a Book and also what things should be kept in mind while being a Writer.
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Program Writes to /opt/…/logs - Need a Way to write to /home/<user>/<program>/logs - Linux

I work for a small software company. We have a product that by default writes to a logs directory inside the installation directory (I know, this may not be the best way, but it's fixed as of now): ...
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Windows network: deny file access to another user if file is currently open

Some users on my network are having difficulties saving files, because the file is open elsewhere. Let's say Lemuel wants to edit a file, but Bernice in the next office over is working on it. ...
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Delayed write failed for hard disk on connecting Ipod

I've got a seagate free agent 500 gb external hard drive on which i store my music...whenever i connect my IPod shuffle,a balloon pops up which says "Delayed Write Failed" n my music doesn't get ...
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Windows 7 / 64 bit: Folder stays write protected after change

I really dont understand that: I have a folder, on which I want to REMOVE write protection, so that every application can write inside that folder. When I click on properties I can uncheck the ...
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How to make a file editable by two different users in different groups?

I have a folder at /home/www/, and the owner is www, which is part of the www-group. I have another user, john, part of the john group. How can I chown /home/www/ to make it writable by both www and ...
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Read/WRITE/Verify disk diagnostic tool for Mac OS X?

It seems that there are many tools out there for Mac OS X that test a hard drive for bad blocks by doing a Read/Verify pass. That is, they read a block, then read it a second time, and verify that ...
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Hard Drive benchmark values show write very very slow

I recently started to have issues with my laptop being very slow. I ran a hard drive benchmarking tool (by ATTO) that showed that the write speed was very very slow on my boot drive. I ran the same ...
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Still about SSD potentials…write and read speed

I have been working on SSD (solid state disk) for several months..Problems and Questions hit my head unexpectedly..Coz i am a virgin in ssd... Especially these days I was testing the write-read speed ...
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Best tool for writing a Programming Book?

Well, this is not directly programming related! But a friend of mine wants to write a book about programming. Now he asked me if I knew a good software for this, because Word crashes 10 times a day on ...