The solution is put a little slice of Scotch Magic Transparent(TM) tape
over the missing tab. It doesn't need a cutout there just that there
isn't a cutout in the wrong err right err write place. It was the same
solution used on permanently write protected floppies, (remember when
AOL would send out their software on Permanenty write protected
floppies, I never had to buy the, just use the free AOL floppies. The
only thing I'm worried about is that the tape might be scraped off when
removing the card from the camera, which make it a b**** to remove the
tape from the card slot. There might be a better tape for the job but
not one that I have readily available. MMC cards work fine, (they're
just an SD card without the write protect tab, but I bet you won't find
a high capacity MMC card anywhere, I know I've tried.
Luiz Felipe wrote:
Was glad to have the tabs once - as it prevented a lousy relative of
mine to "accident" the party pics in the process of making himself a
copy. Normal users shouldn't need them, tho. Gluing maybe? Anyone did
that and survived??
LF
P. J. Alling escreveu:
Well only one really, <RANT> I really hate that SD cards have a
write protect tab on them. Really REALLY HATE that. For the second
time I've had the experience of changing cards and the *ist-Ds won't
fire and displays the message, "Card is write protected" So I pop
out the card and the damned tab is GONE. It never happens when you
have time to try to fix the problem, always when it's your last card,
(when else?). What is the damned point to this freaking throwback to
3 1/2 inch floppy disks anyway? Just a useless feature to go wrong
and annoy me? </rant> Thanks for listening now back to our usual
programing.
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