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Title: My new second hand laptop.. Post by: RED-DOG on August 07, 2019, 11:40:56 AM Won't write to an SD card. It says the card is write protected.
I have made sure the card is unlocked, tried the card in a different computer to prove it isn't locked and tried a different card in this computer. I can write to a USB drive and to an SD card via a USB card reader, just not directly via the card slot. I can read from the card and copy from the card to the laptop. I've tried Command prompt - disable read only. I've re-installed the drivers I've turned it off and on again. Title: Re: My new second hand laptop.. Post by: Longines on August 07, 2019, 11:54:39 AM Tried formatting the card?
Maybe try an Ubuntu live CD to check if writing is also toast under a different OS. Title: Re: My new second hand laptop.. Post by: RED-DOG on August 07, 2019, 12:23:15 PM Tried formatting the card? Maybe try an Ubuntu live CD to check if writing is also toast under a different OS. Can't format cos it says write protected. Perhaps you would like to explain your second suggestion in layman's terms for the benefit of our less computer-savvy readers. Title: Re: My new second hand laptop.. Post by: Longines on August 07, 2019, 07:27:46 PM https://tutorials.ubuntu.com/tutorial/try-ubuntu-before-you-install#0
Ubuntu is a free operating system that can be used instead of Windows. You can boot it from a CD or USB thumb drive without affecting your existing Windows install. If writing to a SD card also doesn't work under Ubuntu then it may point towards a hardware issue. On the other hand if it does work then it shows it must be a Windows problem. Ubuntu is very intuitive, file explorer etc. pretty easy to try out. Title: Re: My new second hand laptop.. Post by: RED-DOG on August 07, 2019, 09:48:11 PM https://tutorials.ubuntu.com/tutorial/try-ubuntu-before-you-install#0 Ubuntu is a free operating system that can be used instead of Windows. You can boot it from a CD or USB thumb drive without affecting your existing Windows install. If writing to a SD card also doesn't work under Ubuntu then it may point towards a hardware issue. On the other hand if it does work then it shows it must be a Windows problem. Ubuntu is very intuitive, file explorer etc. pretty easy to try out. Getting Ubunto on to a USB drive looks pretty complicated. Title: Re: My new second hand laptop.. Post by: Longines on August 08, 2019, 06:21:21 PM https://tutorials.ubuntu.com/tutorial/tutorial-create-a-usb-stick-on-windows#1
Pretty simple, no? Title: Re: My new second hand laptop.. Post by: RED-DOG on August 08, 2019, 06:24:06 PM https://tutorials.ubuntu.com/tutorial/tutorial-create-a-usb-stick-on-windows#1 Pretty simple, no? Can't seem to download/launch Rufus for a start. |