On Wed, 09 Aug 2023 11:25:42 +0930 Tim via users <users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Tue, 2023-08-08 at 12:28 -0700, Geoffrey Leach wrote: > > Yes, the card has been in use for nearly two years and has 250G of > > data. The problem only began recently. > > I wouldn't trust the card, then. If the card has gone bad, rather > than the computer just messed up the data it puts on it, chances are > it's just going to get worse and worse. If reformatting didn't help > you, I'd say get rid of the card to do yourself a favour. Perhaps > see if the card had a long warranty on it. > > For what it's worth, I don't re-use SD cards. I've had bad > experiences with re-used cards, and with re-formatting then. > > I used to use them with my camera, before I got a phone with a good > camera. And I still use them with Zoom and Tascam sound recorders. > But I just fill them up (though not to 100%), then store the full ones > on the shelf as my back-up, and put a new card in the device. As > someone who started off in photography with 35 mm film, the idea of > "stashing the negatives for posterity" is still in my mindset. > > Mind you, these aren't $100+ cards. They're store bought Sandiscs > (and other brands I trust) costing around $40 for 64 gig, or less for > 32 gig. Quite apart from the devices having size limits for the cards > they support, I found that really huge cards meant far too many files > to comfortably work with on speed-limited media or card readers. Much as my pocketbook hates to admit it, good advice. Thanks. _______________________________________________ users mailing list -- users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe send an email to users-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Fedora Code of Conduct: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Do not reply to spam, report it: https://pagure.io/fedora-infrastructure/new_issue
