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From: ray <ray@zianet.com>
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Subject: Re: Wear leveling for the poor? (FAT filesystem on Flash drive)
Date: 23 Jul 2012 20:28:44 GMT
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On Mon, 23 Jul 2012 11:03:22 -0700, James Moe wrote:

> On 07/21/2012 06:40 PM, Ignoramus22200 wrote:
>> 
>> The problem is that, after every couple of months, the Flash drives
>> crap out and need to be replaced.
>> 
>   What does "crap out" mean?
>   Have you tried re-formatting the SD card?

Good point. A complete format on the computer might revive it.