SecureDigitaDrive

[Michael Havens]

you aint that old!

On Sat, Dec 3, 2011 at 1:51 AM, Michael Havens <bmike1 at gmail.com> wrote:

> I know exactly where the card reader is..... I didn't think the puter
> would show that with nothing in it..... but I suppose if they're going to
> show the DVD drive with nothing in it why not the SD drive. You know....
> you're a pretty helpful  guy to have around so late at night.
>
>
> On Sat, Dec 3, 2011 at 1:32 AM, Jim March <1.jim.march at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Yeah, there's a slot somewhere on your new 'pooter that holds an SD
>> camera memory card.  Linux sees a socket for it, but with no card in
>> it's not readable.  No biggie.  It's about an inch wide, and probably
>> has a plastic "filler card" in there now.  Push it in to release.
>>
>> SD is the most common type of camera memory.  The slot should also be
>> able to read SDHD (cards bigger than 2gig, running up to 32gig!) and
>> with an adapter, you can read MicroSD cards as used in a lot of modern
>> phones, music players, etc.  If your phone or whatever takes MicroSD
>> cards, you can buy the memory card (about the size of a fingernail!)
>> along with the adapter letting you read the micro size in the standard
>> SD slot on your lappy.
>>
>> Here's what such a kit looks like:
>>
>> http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820134527
>>
>> The bigger one has no chips/memory in it at all, just a slot in one
>> end for the little guy.  The little one has the memory and fits in
>> your phone or whatever.
>>
>> If your phone has a MicroSD slot, I strongly recommend filling it with
>> one of these so you can do "emergency use" pics and with most phones,
>> videos.  Here's the best video I ever took with a phone's camera:
>>
>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iIFmKw7F4Bw
>>
>> I wasn't planning on taping that, just said "what the hell", went for
>> it.  Came out OK.  This was a small flip-phone I had at the time - the
>> fumbling at the beginning was me setting it up while still sitting on
>> the panel.
>>
>> Jim
>>
>> On Sat, Dec 3, 2011 at 1:22 AM, Michael Havens <bmike1 at gmail.com> wrote:
>> > I open the 'computer' icon in mint and I guess it shows me the drives
>> on it.
>> > There are three there: one is the dvd drive, one is the file system,
>> and the
>> > third says it is a 'SecureDigital Drive'. Any idea what this is? Google
>> says
>> > thay it is a drive but I can not open it to see what is in it.
>> > Wikipedia says it is non-volatile card memory. Is this correct?
>> >
>> > --
>> > :-)~MIKE~(-:
>> >
>> > ps Non-volatile means I can't change it?
>> >
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