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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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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, etc. Is there a Windows tool that can determine…
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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 speed instead of slowing it down by rebuilding the…
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How does a memory card die?

Our old SanDisk CompactFlash 256MB card died recently, during a photo session. My wife was taking photos with it - sometimes in humid environment -, then as she was browsing through the results on her laptop via a card reader, all of a sudden the…
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Mac OS X program to recover images from a memory card

I'm looking for a Mac OS X program to recover images from a corrupted memory card.
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What is the maximum throughput of an IDE bus (ATA-3)?

I'm trying to breath some new life into an old Thinkpad X40 by replacing its HDD with a couple of CF cards. I've found a nice adapter will let me install two cards into the notebook's drive bay and plug them into the parallel ATA-3 bus. The CF…
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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). A typic example of this behaviour goes as…
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Reliability of a Compact Flash as a hard drive

I would now if someone can help me and say if I need a industrial grade or not to insure reliability in a PC embedded device. I use linux and make the most filesystem in RAM to avoid read/write of the cache or the var folder.
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Using different SSDs types (not only SATA based) as system drive

Currently I have a Thinkpad X61s and want to make it both a bit faster and a bit more power efficient. For that reason I thought that adding SSD drive would make most sense. Unfortunately, because of financial reasons, buying SSD of over 200GB…
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How can I verify the read/write integrity of a compact flash device?

I've got a bunch of compact flash cards that I've used heavily in a professional photo and video capacity. I'm concerned that one of them is going bad, since I am seeing files (most often video, but occasionally photo) become corrupt on a hard to…
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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/ Intel E3-1245V2 3.4GHz CPU SATA CF card reader…
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How do you clone the data off of a flash memory (via digital camera) device for recovery?

I have a digital camera that uses compact flash cards. Currently, I connect the camera to the computer through a USB cable. The compact flash card appears to have some bad sectors or something, because some of the images are corrupt. I was…
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Can someone recommend a Compact Flash card to be used as a boot disk/fixed disk

I have an early Acer Aspire One netbook, and the flash drive is really slow at writing. I've taken it apart to add more RAM, but I've pretty much stopped using it. I've read about people replacing the SSD with a Compact Flash card and a CF to ZIF…
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How to use CF cards in a Kyocera FS-1010?

I have a Kyocera Mita FS-1010 b/w office laser printer. The printer accepts CF cards, supposedly for adding fonts and things like templates or something. I was looking through the manuals (both user, and service manuals) but the instructions only go…
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Linux distro to use CF instead of IDE drive?

To build a compact, headless host, I'd like to use a CompactFlash instead of an IDE drive, and connect the card to the mobo using an IDE-to-CF adapter. I don't know if this is still an issue, but flash memory only supports so many write operations,…
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Free space disappearing on CF card - WinCE

I have an embedded PC running Windows CE and I'm connected to it via telnet. Few days ago all free space started to disappearing. I deleted a few log files to free up some space, rebooted the device and all free space was gone. There is only a few…
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