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
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> 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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