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SD Dummy Card Issue
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everytime I switch my laptop on I get a message up saying you need to format the disk in drive f: before you can use it.
now this is just a plastic dummy sd card.
anyone got any ideas
now this is just a plastic dummy sd card.
anyone got any ideas
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Not entirely sure why you would want a dummy card in the slot but it could just be triggering some detection device and making the laptop think there is a real card inserted.
IMHO Alfred would be the one to ask.
I'd recommend taking it out though.
If you live next door to a concrete crushing plant then that would be a different matter.
I don't think an SD card is going to be fast enough to warrant being used as a "RAM booster". And how would it be configured anyway?
Alternatively, find out where the card inserting switch is and file that bit off the dummy card so that is doesn't activate it.
Are USB sticks quicker than an SD card then?
You said you can't use an SD card as a RAM booster but you are able to use USB sticks so was asking is a USB stick was quicker than an SD card.
I didn't mention USB devices in my post so don't know where you're picking that up from.
My interpretation of "RAM booster" was using the SD card to increase the amount of memory available for running applications which I don't think is practical as the access would be way too slow for the CPU. Perhaps that's not what the poster meant.
Using an SD card or USB flash drive to increase storage space, yes that's fine.
Happy for anyone else to correct me, but I guess USB and SD access speeds could be about the same give or take 10Mb/sec. Of course it may depend on how the SD card is connected - is it through a dedicated card slot, or through a USB connected card reader in which case they are more likely to be very similar.
Perhaps RAM boost was the wrong phrase to use.