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Subject: Re: Chelton NavData updates and SmartMedia Card Repair
From: Rob Logan <Rob@Logan.com>
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Date: Sun, 29 Dec 2013 17:44:44 -0500
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> isolate the bad or damaged blocks to retain their usefulness?=20

theoretically one could add dummy files that occupy the bad=20
parts so only the good parts are free for new data. This would
work because SmartMedia cards don=92t have ware leveling=20
code like every other solid state mem device.

>  give me access to reformatting whatever is in the D: drive?

just because a tiny part of the card with directory information
is readable doesn=92t mean there aren=92t some holes in the data
portion of the card.

also, hardware does go bad, I have seen some SmartMedia readers in CFS
go bad, in fact one of mine requires a reset after boot
(two finger salute) to reset the reader to recognize a SmartMedia card.

				Rob