[arm-allstar] can't create SD card image

[Don Sayler]

Eric, thanks! That worked.

I guess the cards weren't counterfeit after all, they were restored to the
poper size. I have no idea why they were messed up.

Don

On Tue, Oct 4, 2022 at 4:46 PM "Eric Vincent via ARM-allstar" <
arm-allstar at hamvoip.org> wrote:

> David,
>
> I had similar problems and I followed the instructions on this site
> <
> https://fossbytes.com/how-to-repair-corrupted-pen-drive-or-sd-card/#:~:text=Right%2Dclick%20on%20CMD%20and,It%20works%20in%20most%20cases
> .>
> and after a couple hours of trial and error, I have saved 2 SD cards.
> Try it!
>
> Thanks
> Eric
>
>
> Le mar. 4 oct. 2022 à 04:32, "David McGough via ARM-allstar" <
> arm-allstar at hamvoip.org> a écrit :
>
> >
> > Hi Don,
> >
> > I'm glad you found the issue.  Out of curiosity, where did you get the
> bad
> > cards?
> >
> > 73, David K4FXC
> >
> >
> > On Mon, 3 Oct 2022, "Don Sayler via ARM-allstar" wrote:
> >
> > > Well, this was a head-scratcher. Turns out I had *2* counterfeit SD
> > cards.
> > > Not 16gb, just 99mb. They sure look like genuine Sandisk Ultra! Ugh.
> Why
> > do
> > > people do that.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > On Thu, Sep 29, 2022 at 8:58 AM Don Sayler <don.sayler at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> > >
> > > > Hi.
> > > >
> > > > I'm trying to create a new SD card image from the latest RPi zip
> file.
> > I
> > > > extract the zip and get the IMG file. I use Win32 Disk Imager to
> write
> > the
> > > > image to a micro SD card. No errors are shown, and Win32 Disk Imager
> > shows
> > > > 'write complete'. And Win32 Disk Imager shows me only the 'F' drive,
> > which
> > > > is also what File Explorer and Disk Manager show.
> > > >
> > > > But, there is nothing on the SD card. The write protect tab on the
> > adapter
> > > > is not set. This is a 16 MB card. I even tried running Win32 Disk
> > Imager as
> > > > Administrator. I tried this on 2 different SD cards. Any ideas?
> > > >
> > > > Thanks.
> > > > Don
> > > >
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