Messages in this thread | | | From | David Woodhouse <> | Date | 04 Feb 2003 00:10:47 +0000 | Subject | Re: Compactflash cards dying? |
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On Mon, 2003-02-03 at 23:56, Roger Larsson wrote: > On Sunday 02 February 2003 23:30, Pavel Machek wrote: > > I had compactflash from Apacer (256MB), and it started corrupting data > > in few months, eventually becoming useless and being given back for > > repair. They gave me another one and it is just starting to corrupt > > data. > > That is very bad... I wonder if you do something that the CF does > not like - like power off while writing (can actually destroy the > disk - read in some newsgroup)
I am led to believe that this is normal for CompactFlash. I seem to recall that the phrase 'bogroll technology' was used by the last person to attempt any serious testing.
It's fine for short-term storage of stuff like digital photos, but don't try using it for long-term storage. Think of it like a floppy disc -- if you have any _important_ data, make sure it's backed up or copied onto at least three of them to avoid loss.
Not that there's any _fundamental_ reason why PCMCIA-ATA should be completely unreliable, that just seems to be the way it's done. Reliability costs, you see.
-- dwmw2
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