will flash memory card ever get spoilt?
537518
Sure... static electricity will zap it and ruin it.
60366
How much storage and portability do you need. If it's up to around 2GB go for the flash, otherwise you're in HDD territory.
322611
Thats not true. However you might have heard that playing a movie directly from an external USB flash-memory based drive too often can reduce the life of the device. With external hard drive, you're safe.
1075605
If you can make a vector output instead of a raster one (like the bitmaps), there will be no quality loss.\n\nYou do know everthing in flash is vector based.
1185963
Get a USB memory stick.  This is a much more useful device.  The prices have gone way down.
250612
Actually this is turning into a real mess. It turns out two or three years minimum and six to eight max is the life expectency of DVD's. Now they are saying if you want a stable long lasting backup you should use tape. Go figure, there are going to be a lot of people losing their pictures & data in a few years. Pressed DVD's last longer it is the "burned" ones that fail early. (Like the ones you make in your computer).\n\nI think all this publicity may encourage development of more stable CD's and DVD's.\n\nI have not read anything on life of the blu-ray. That might be better.
1074823
That's happened to me before.  I ended up turning my camera on and off in between transferring various pics that would work (I figured out which one was the problem and lost those).  I salvaged most, though it was a pain trying to get them transferred.  If for instance you transfer pic 1 of 50, try transferring the last or next to last & see if there's any luck. Otherwise, you may have lost them all.  You will then need to re-format the card (which means all is lost).
180246
Yes. There will be a small quality degradation, but you probably won't notice it. You'll notice these kinds of things if you copy a copy several times.
98009
That image is hardcoded into the BIOS, there is no way to overwrite it by normal means. In fact, if its a ROM, then there is no way that you can overwrite it at all. The only way to do it is get your customized pic burnt onto another chip - but I really doubt if the cost is worth it.
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I have a San Disk Micro. I've accidentally left it in my pocket and sent it through the washer and dryer, not once, not twice, but 4 times. I guess I really ought to remember to empty my pockets before doing laundry. Anyhow, the little bugger still works like a charm.
723101
Yes as long as the memory stick is 184pin, you'll know if it's not because it won't fit in your slot.
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See this link for a removal tool from Kodak...\nAvoid the temptation to reload the Easyshare software - it is unstable.  If you can't communicate with the camera any other way, then don't.\nPop the memory card out, and use a reader - they're dirt cheap
447560
You can absolutely save your files.\n\nDon't write anything to the card. Download PC Inspector Smart Recovery & it will salvage your files.\n\nFind it here free - http://www.download.com/PC-Inspector-Smart-Recovery/3000-2242_4-10261986.html?tag=lst-0-1
903072
I have this problem too for my usb flash drive. Those programs that claim to get rid of them don't work, so don't waste your time. Sorry I can't be of more help, but I thought I might save you hunting for special programs. I'm sure that there is some setting in the registry (Start>Run>regedit) that controls this. If you could find it and delete it, it would probably fix it.
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A CD rom has data burned onto it in a permanent fashion. A flash pen can be erased over and over. here is a good link explaining the actual mechanics.\n\nhttp://www.webopedia.com/TERM/F/flash_memory.html\n\nKar
215030
Yet another milestome in another Media storage devices..
906733
No- u need to buy a memory card and put it in yourself.