[SWLUG] Carmarthen meeting Nov 16

[Dick Bain]

On 5 November 2010 08:54, Daniel Morgan <plodski at gmail.com> wrote:

>
>> I will be bringing a 2GB SD card that I have been unable to format or
>> erase data from; I'm hoping there will be someone clever enough to clear the
>> partition coming.
>>
>>
>>
> Sorry to state the obvious but is the write protect clip on the SD card on?
>
> Of course I've checked the the write protect tag is not on, I have tried
all sorts of things using Windows, MacOS and Linux, none of which have
managed to erase the files.

I tried sdformat in windows and the drive comes up listed as some weird
symbol something like this :ɏ but the program just gives "unable to format
this card"

I have tried dd of=/dev/zero if=/dev/sdb which appeared to work but on
plugging the card in the files are still there :?

A friend with a Powerbook tried deleting the files using Snow Leopard but
was unsuccessful

cheers
Dick

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