SDS100/SDS200: Database and firmware update

[Ubbe]

Use the Windows key on the keyboard together with the letter E key and all drives will show on screen. Then right click on the drive for the SD card, it might be labeled x36 or similar if you haven't renamed it, and select eject.

But as n1chu also mention this was only necessary with older windows versions that used a cache memory for writes but win7 and up doesn't use that for SD cards so its safe to just pull the card when all writes have been done.

/Ubbe

 

[n1chu]

I didn't want to do it that way because of the chance of corrupting the software and turning it into a brick.
Thanks for your reply 👍 omanzz

You won’t corrupt the programming software. I just find it interesting that although there is a process for ejecting or disengaging, I (or anyone else for that matter) have never had a problem. The only thing I can possibly relate to experiencing a corruption of the SD Card data is when either “Replay” or “Record” are chosen and power is divorced without using the power on/off knob. (This may happen if the scanner is plugged into a wall outlet that is controlled by a switch, usually close to the rooms entry, or in a vehicle when power goes off when the vehicle is turned off. Either way, the scanner does not get a chance to first “write” to the SD Card, any changes or updates, which is what happens when the on/off switch on the radio is used. In my case, I do not utilize either the Replay or Record features.

 

[N0GTG]

I once pulled a flash drive without ejecting it, and it got corrupted. The directory was totally garbage. Fortunately, I didn't lose any data, but it was a real-life demonstration of what could happen. It's experiences like this that make a believer out of you.

 

[RandyKuff]

Just an FYI guys... @Omanzz is up and running... I worked with him over the phone...

 

[Ubbe]

I once pulled a flash drive without ejecting it, and it got corrupted. The directory was totally garbage. Fortunately, I didn't lose any data, but it was a real-life demonstration of what could happen. It's experiences like this that make a believer out of you.

For mechanical hard drives or flash drives you can set a write cache that will speed up file operations a lot, but it needs to be cleared and empty before you disconnect that type of drive. SD cards doesn't allow the use of a write cache. Luckily hard drives have a backup file directory that rescue programs can use to restore operations, SD cards doesn't have that feature.

/Ubbe

 

[RandyKuff]

Luckily hard drives have a backup file directory that rescue programs can use to restore operations, SD cards doesn't have that feature.

/Ubbe

No such thing as a backup file directory on a drive...

If you accidently delete a file or lose all of your files because of a system crash or virus, hard disk recovery software may be able to recover the file or files from your hard drive by “scanning the drive, locating recoverable data, piecing it back together, and providing it in a salvageable format.”