Questions tagged [compact-flash]
CompactFlash (CF) is a flash storage format initially created by SanDisk, and widely adopted in a variety of consumer devices (especially cameras).
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Why does my Transcend CF card perform far better than theoretical maximums?
Today I upgraded to a new USB 3.0 CF Card reader (Sandisk Imagemate), and found file transfers far faster than my old USB 2.0 model. Despite using CF cards daily as part of my work, I have never been ...
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If both USB memsticks and SSD disks use the same technology, why does only the latter "forget" data?
I recently learned (or was tricked into believing) that SSD disks actually forget all their data on them if left unpowered for just a year.
Assuming that this is true, and I've spent more than enough ...
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Do USB sticks and memory cards forget their data if left without power, just like SSDs? [duplicate]
I recently learned that SSDs actually forget data if left unpowered for like a year. This was shocking news to me.
But then I started thinking, and realized that while all my offline backup disks are ...
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How can I make Windows 7 ReadyBoost persistent?
Is there a way to make Windows 7 to keep the ReadyBoost cache across a reboot (and not encrypt it or keep the encryption key across the reboot) - so that ReadyBoost could actually boost the boot up ...
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Thumb Drive 8GB: slow write rate
I've just benchmarked some memory devices using GNOME Disks and F3. Here's a summary:
Device
Size
Avg Write
Min Write
Max Write
Chart
Compact Flash
64 MB
1.1 MB/s
1.1 MB/s
1.1 MB/s
benchmark 1
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Is `badblocks` meaningful on compact flash cards?
I own ten (10) compact flash cards. The cards are industrial high quality ones. Because of some random system crashes I checked all 10 cards using badblocks:
sudo badblocks -w -s -o badblocks-card1....
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Windows 7 hangs during boot when CF card is present in SATA card reader
I have a nasty problem with Windows 7 and a CF card in a SATA card reader.
Hardware specifications:
Asus P8C WS (Intel C216 chipset) with BIOS version 3202
https://www.asus.com/Motherboards/P8C_WS/
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Creating image of CF card produces inconsistent results
A friend is trying to clone a CF card using the following linux command:
sudo dd if=/dev/sdb of=card3.img bs=4M status=progress
but each time, it is producing a different image.
The first two cards ...
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Detect and qualify flash memory (sd card) wear
What is the best way to detect and evaluate/qualify flash memory wear that usually occurs after a lot of data has been written the flash? I mean especially a wear caused by continuous writes by dash ...
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How can I get FreeDOS to see >8Gb using CF-IDE
I am trying to install FreeDOS onto a 16Gb SANDISK CF card booting from a USB stick.
The system BIOS is set to autodetect and shows the CF card as a 16Gb HDD. However when I boot the FreeDOS ...
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Cloning windows xp embedded to compact flash drive boot error
I'm trying to clone a Windows XP Embedded image on a Transcend 1 gb CompactFlash drive to a 2gb Adata Compact Flash drive. After cloning the drive(I used RMPrepUSB), I tried booting it up on the ...
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Unique ID of storage device
I've come across license systems that are somehow tied to the storage medium. While basing this on the UUID on the filesystem is fairly straightforward, I do not believe this is the case (see below). ...
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How to decrease flash capacity space
I have one old recorder and this recorder can't support over than 1 gb cf (compact flash) card. Now I can't find cf 1gb on stores!
Can I decrease for example cf 8 gb to 1gb?
Thank's
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Can you connect a PCMCIA card to an IDE slot?
I have just discovered that a PC card (of the PCMCIA variety) uses the same electrical interface as CompactFlash. CompactFlash uses the ATA interface, and you can get cheap adapters to plug a CF card ...
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Tool to determine filesystem on removable media
I have a CompactFlash card that is used in a custom piece of hardware. WAV files are written to it. Windows doesn't recognize the media and wants to format it, which rules out FAT 16/32, NTFS, UDF, ...
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