[RESOLVED] SD Card I/0 Errors

[rwinegar]

Boy! This one's got me stumped.

I have several 2GB SD cards. When copying and pasting data to them via high speed USB I am unable to transfer more than about 981MB when I get an I/O error. Event viewer error reads "An error was detected on device/Device/Hard Disk2/D during a paging operation". This happens with every SD card to which I try to copy data.

I have two HD's. I have 1GB physical memory and 1GB virtual memory on my data drive (D). I also have 200MB virtual memory on my system drive (C).

Win XP Home SP2

[liam858]

Try unintalling and reinstalling the drivers for the card reader. Do you have another card reader you could try?


Liam

[rwinegar]

This is win XP. There are no card reader drivers.

[jdc2000]

What size files are you transferring, and what file system are the cards using?

[rwinegar]

What size files are you transferring, and what file system are the cards using?

Files are all mp3 files - probably around 2 to 3 MB. I'm not sure about card's file system. I think 2GB SD cards are formatted FAT32.

[Steve R Jones]

What happens when you transfer in smaller groups?

[rwinegar]

Small groups - same thing. I/O error at about 1GB of transferred data.

I can transfer any number of files to a USB thumb drive. I just copy and pasted 3GB to a San Disk USB drive. Twice. It's only these 2GB SD cards that are giving me fits.

Is it possible that my card reader is obsolete? I am using a Zio Dazzle that is about 5 years old. Could it be that this reader just won't work with 2GB cards?

[jdc2000]

If the files are all small, then the FAT32 file system will not be a problem. However, the error message you posted seems to indicate a problem the the D: hard drive. You could try checking the D: drive for problems and errors.

[rwinegar]

Problem solved with new card reader.

Thanks everyone for your help.