Re: Booting Problems with Platinum IIe & CF Microdrive

[Michael J. Mahon <mjmahon@aol.com>]

schmidtd <schmidtd@my-deja.com> wrote:
> On Nov 16, 8:19 pm, Riffraff <mark...@asme.org> wrote:
>> So now I'm wondering, do CF cards have a limited "shelf life"?
> 
> Well, yes and no.  They have circuitry to map out bad blocks, and the
> life expectancy is supposed to be out of the realm of "normal"
> lifetime use.  Google "cf card lifespan" for lots of interesting
> reading.  Question has been raised many times.  "Shelf life" of data
> was spec'd at 10 years by Kensington in one citation I saw; I assume
> that meant with no power to the card, but I'll leave the paper to you
> to read. ;-)

And you can always restart the retention clock by backing-up and
rewriting the card. 

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