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