"transient memory error"...hmmm...I've been having a few of those myself,
or at least my wife tells me so. Guess I need to check my ECC modules.
Chuck, do you know in which lobe they are located?
Charlie
On Thu, Apr 18, 2013 at 9:19 PM, Chuck Norcutt <
chucknorcutt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> We tend to treat our computers as though they are infallible. They are
> not... especially those that no longer have ECC (Error Check &
> Correction) memory modules (most of them these days including Macs)
> What you encountered was probably a transient memory error. It could be
> caused by the hardware or, more likely, a software error. Either way
> something caused the data area containing the directory information to
> be corrupted. Pulling the flash drive out and reinserting it caused the
> old and corrupted data area to be flushed. Reinserting the drive caused
> it to be reread from the drive and the directory information to be
> refreshed.
>
> It's good you pulled it out. If you continued to try doing write
> operations with garbage in memory saying where things were to be written
> no telling what you might have gotten. I would suggest you double check
> the cards against each other to assure the copied data matches the source.
>
> Chuck Norcutt
>
>
> On 4/18/2013 3:00 PM, NSURIT@xxxxxxx wrote:
> > Yuk. I suspect you have to unplug and replug the flash drives but that
> > could leave you no better off. Whatever you try you didn't hear it from
> me.
> > Good luck
> > jez
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Jez, I think, "You Da Man." I ejected the drive which appeared to be
> > empty although it said it was full. Reinserted it, selected the files I
> wanted
> > transfer (as they had reappeared) and am now transferring them to the
> > other flash drive. All looks to be working properly. Weird, like
> Austin, TX.
> > Bill Barber
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