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> So while rare, it's not just me. ;-) I've had cards fail by just plain |
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> refusing not to mount at all, mounting read only and such. I've never |
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> had one to fail like this tho. I guess if this was some sort of |
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> sensitive files, I'd have to put it in a shredder or take a pair of |
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> scissors to it. LOL |
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> I ordered 6 new cards as replacements. They came in yesterday. Like I |
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> said, I wouldn't trust that card even if it started working again. So, |
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> off to the trash the weird card goes. Now I just have to wonder why dd |
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> and such didn't report problems. :/ |
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> Thanks to all for the info. Interesting. |
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> Dale |
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> :-) :-) |
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Actually, it's possible that it failed this way by design. What if the |
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card recognized that it's in some sort of a wear out condition and |
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just shut off new writes? One might see it as a failure but a |
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different view is as a potential opportunity to retrieve data before |
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it's gone. |
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You might want to check out this tool: |
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https://github.com/BertoldVdb/sdtool |
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which advertises that it can view, set and reset the write protection |
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status of an SD card. Can't hurt if you're committed to throwing the |
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device in the trash can anyway. (Well, it could possibly hose your |
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system if you use it incorrectly or if it has bugs, but that's true |
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about all software, right?) ;-) |
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But at least you could view the status of the card. |
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Cheers, |
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Mark |
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