[CALUG] Can Media cards have bad blocks?

[James Ewing Cottrell 3rd]

If you asked me 8 days ago I would have said...

No. Flash drive always record all data accurately.

But the other 364 days a years....

If a device can have Good Blocks, it can have Bad Blocks.

JIM

Rajiv Gunja wrote:
> Hello,
> I have been using my Mobile to listen to Music and Audio books rather 
> than carry around both my Mobile and iPod. The other advantage being, I 
> have a stereo bluetooth headset for my Mobile.
> 
> On the media card 8GB MicroSD, There are folders created by my 
> BlackBerry. I have created couple of folders on them too, within the 
> directories it has created.
> 
> Under Documents, I have created Audiobooks and eBooks. For some reason, 
> if I copy my MP3s to "Music" folder created by the BB OS, BB hangs and 
> becomes very slow and I have remove the SD card to make it respond. 
> Whereas if I copy those same MP3 files to "Audiobook" directory, it 
> works fine and plays fine too.
> 
> Is this because there are bad block or whatever is holding the 
> information? Is it time to buy another card?
> 
> -GGR
> 
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