Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 5 Feb 2003 00:28:33 +0100 | From | Pavel Machek <> | Subject | Re: Compactflash cards dying? |
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Hi!
> > > 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.
Well, this seems *way* more crappier than floppies. Floppies will not fail within five minutes if you only start using them :-(. Pavel -- Worst form of spam? Adding advertisment signatures ala sourceforge.net. What goes next? Inserting advertisment *into* email? - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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