How long do you keep SD/CF cards

[DanK]

Once I have a serious failure like the one you mention, I will toss the card. The risk is to great when it comes to the risk of losing my work. I've had a couple of SD cards fail and I threw them out; both were branded by companies that do not produce their own memory. Like Richard, I have been using Sandisk and Lexar for at least the past 10 years and those cards continue to work well.

I agree: I would never use a memory card that seemed to malfunction. You can get a 64 GB SD card for $11. Not worth the risk.

A couple of weeks ago, the thumb drive I use to sync between my computers showed an error and had to be repaired by windows when I plugged it into one of the computers. It seemed to work fine after the repair, and I suspect that I caused the fault by pulling it before the OS had fully ejected it, but I immediately ordered a replacement and threw out the old one.

I've been using only SanDisk CF and SD cards for years and have never had a failure. The only problem is that they are so reliable that I don't think about replacing old ones when I probably should.

[rpcrowe]

I don't always do this but, it is recommended that you close down the memory stick prior to removing it from the computer. I have an Icon which allows safe removal of the memory:

[DanK]

I do. In this one case, I thought the problem might have been my pulling it out before that process had finished, but the thumb drive was already a few years old, and it wasn’t worth the risk.


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[William W]

Old post, I know, Bill.

"The bathtub curve is widely used in reliability engineering and deterioration modeling. It describes a particular form of the hazard function which comprises three parts: . . ." Ref wikipedia, (op.cit)

Thanks for the link, Ted.
The deterioration modelling resonates with this old poster.

Bill

[xpatUSA]

Thanks for the link, Ted.
The deterioration modelling resonates with this old poster.

Bill

Tell me about it, LOL.