A few days ago, one of [Severin]’s SD cards died on him, Instead of trashing the card, he decided to investigate what was actually wrong with the card and ended up recovering most of the data using an ...

One of the better things to appear in computers of recent vintage is the SD-card reader, which lets us slot the memory-cards from our cameras directly into our notebooks and slurp off the photographs.

If you regularly shoot and edit on location, you'll likely need to transport a collection of memory cards, along with a card reader. Add in a separate USB cable and, at best, you've got an annoying ...

For content creators, a laptop with a built-in SD card reader is a preferred feature. Some users go so far as to consider laptops only if they have a reader. One mistake with that choice is it assumes ...

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