Sd card unreadable when inserted into pc.

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Re: Sd card unreadable when inserted into pc.

Post by Wonks »

It’s a 24-bit A/D but converted to 32-bit floating format for saving. Presumably it works internally at 32-bit floating so they thought this was easiest for them, rather than converting back to 24-bit again, despite taking up 33% more storage space.
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Re: Sd card unreadable when inserted into pc.

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James Perrett wrote: Wed Oct 04, 2023 8:14 pm Or right click on the drive in File Explorer and you'll see an option to eject if the drive supports it. USB sticks tend to offer that option while external hard drives don't.

Again you've gone for a hardware explanation when this is more like a software problem. It's the file system that's being ejected, not the drive. You should be able to eject a drive.

You could have a look at this :

https://www.makeuseof.com/windows-cant-eject-usb-drive/
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Re: Sd card unreadable when inserted into pc.

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merlyn wrote: Fri Oct 06, 2023 2:24 pm
James Perrett wrote: Wed Oct 04, 2023 8:14 pm Or right click on the drive in File Explorer and you'll see an option to eject if the drive supports it. USB sticks tend to offer that option while external hard drives don't.

Again you've gone for a hardware explanation when this is more like a software problem. It's the file system that's being ejected, not the drive. You should be able to eject a drive.

I don't understand why you seem to be criticising me. I just offered an alternative way to do exactly the same thing as you suggested.

Maybe you could explain the difference between my suggestion and yours because I always thought they were the same.
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Re: Sd card unreadable when inserted into pc.

Post by merlyn »

It's this bit :

James Perrett wrote: Wed Oct 04, 2023 8:14 pm ... you'll see an option to eject if the drive supports it. USB sticks tend to offer that option while external hard drives don't.

The hardware drive doesn't support or not support ejecting. There should always be an option to eject/safely remove removable media, and if there's not that's Windows being a pest.
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