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Houndawg · 08-06-03, 01:10 AM

I had heard that SanDisk SD cards were bad to suddenly lose data. I thought that people who saw that error were just not handling the Axim right. And I laughed.

But, last night, after transfering some data from my work computer to my Axim to work on at home, the beast bit me. Imagine my supprise when I turned on the Axim & was asked if I wanted to re-format my 128M card, that had about 60M of data on it. Of course I said no. And I laughed (quieter).

Then my Axim got smart. The memory software said I had 2 SD cards in the Axim (couldn't figure out where the other one was) and neither was valid. And I stopped laughing.

I did wind up re-formatting the card. It wouldn't work any other way. I lost all that data.

I'll file this in with the "Turn-on-the-Axim-before-placing-it-in-the-dock-if-you-like-your-installed-programs" lesson that I learned.

I'm not laughing.

08-06-03, 01:10 AM	#1 (permalink)
Houndawg Aximsite Prospect Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Western Arkansas Posts: 1 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Not Laughing Now I had heard that SanDisk SD cards were bad to suddenly lose data. I thought that people who saw that error were just not handling the Axim right. And I laughed. But, last night, after transfering some data from my work computer to my Axim to work on at home, the beast bit me. Imagine my supprise when I turned on the Axim & was asked if I wanted to re-format my 128M card, that had about 60M of data on it. Of course I said no. And I laughed (quieter). Then my Axim got smart. The memory software said I had 2 SD cards in the Axim (couldn't figure out where the other one was) and neither was valid. And I stopped laughing. I did wind up re-formatting the card. It wouldn't work any other way. I lost all that data. I'll file this in with the "Turn-on-the-Axim-before-placing-it-in-the-dock-if-you-like-your-installed-programs" lesson that I learned. I'm not laughing.