| Re: SD card is now Read Only On Sat, 4 Jul 2009 16:54:59 +0100, Mike wrote:
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> "Gene E. Bloch" <not-me@other.invalid> wrote in message
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>> On Mon, 29 Jun 2009 09:07:33 -0400, Tim Slattery wrote:
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>>> "Danno" <rubyjack@frontiernet.net> wrote:
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>>>>Thank you to Gene, John A, and you for replying.
>>>>
>>>>The switch is indeed in the unlocked position. Since the card reader is
>>>>built into my laptop, changing it is not an option.
>>>
>>> A note on that: card readers that connect via USB are very cheap. My
>>> laptop came with a built-in card reader. But when we used it to read a
>>> card that had been used in our camera, the pictures came out garbled.
>>> Buying a cheap USB-connected card reader made things work right.[/color]
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>> This is what I was gong to recommend when Danno pointed out that his card
>> reader is built in - in fact, I thought he'd get the hint from my first
>> post :-)
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>> Gene E. Bloch letters0x40blochg0x2Ecom[/color]
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> FWIW not all computers that read SD card will read SDHC cards.
> Regards[/color]
FWIW, we were talking about the inability to write to a card that used to
allow writing.
Incidentally, the ability to read (and write) an SDHC card depends on the
card reader, not on the computer. You can add a USB SDHC reader to any
computer that has USB, regardless of what any built-in reader can do.
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