Re: Hard drives v. CF/Smart media/etc.

[FocusHacks <focushacks () gmail com>]

My PDA has only an SD slot so it couldn't have read the SM card
anyways.  The SD card still works after using it in the reader.  The
reader was a cheapo IOGear or something.  My new one is a Sandisk
12-in-1.

This is getting pretty far off topic though.  To bring it back, I will
say that all else being the same, solid state storage is better than
magnetic or optical media if you wish to be able to erase sensitive
data completely.

On 10/20/05, Herman Frederick Ebeling, Jr. <hfebelingjr () lycos com> wrote:
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> To: hfebelingjr () lycos com
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> Subject: Re: Hard drives v. CF/Smart media/etc.
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> : On 10/20/05, Herman Frederick Ebeling, Jr. <hfebelingjr () lycos com> wrote:
> :
> :: ...  A nuked but intact-looking SmartMedia card ruined my USB card
> ::: reader.
> ::
> :: hate to sound dumb, but how did the card ruin the reader?
> ::
> :
> : I wish I knew.  I usually leave my reader unplugged, insert media,
> : then plug it into the USB port.  This is mostly because FreeBSD on my
> : desktop at work doesn't like to acknowledge media changing on my
> : reader, so it's a habit on all machines now.   I've been doing it this
> : way for years.
>
> That is weird, isn't it.
>
> :
> : I inserted the media, then plugged it into one of my machines at home,
> : in this case, running Windows 2000, intending on seeing if WinUndelete
> : or Restorer2000 could get anything off the media.  The reader showed
> : up but appeared to the computer to be empty (without any media
> : inserted).  I pulled the media out, re-seated it, tried rebooting,
> : tried moving it to a different machine, tried using the reader to
> : access the SD memory card from my PDA.  Nothing.  It won't read any
> : media now, regardless of what machine I try to use it on, what kind of
> : media I use in it (CF, SM, Memory Stick, or SD).  This was over a year
> : ago, I threw it away after I bought a new, fancier reader.
>
> I'm guessing that ya weren't willing to risk your PDA trying to read it.  What
> reader did you buy?  I've got an "el
> cheapo" Dazzler for my reader.  But am always willing/looking to upgrade.
>
> :
> : I never took the time to figure out what exactly failed in the reader.
> :  I haven't tried to repeat the experiment either.  I threw away the
> : evil radioactive SmartMedia card of death with the dead reader.
>
> Can't say as I blame ya for that.
>
> Herman
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