Using Your Sd Card

n SD card is something that we are all coming to have to use on a daily basis. Much like taps, then phones, then computers, they are simply a fact of life and highly necessary in order to do a range of things. In order to use your digital camera for instance you need to have some storage space for the files to be saved on, and that's where an SD card would come in initially. This requires you to be able to choose, insert, remove and access the SD card in order to use it. Likewise if you wanted to use an MP3 player – something which many of us enjoy the privilege of – then you might also have to use a card. Likewise if you were going to use a digital picture frame – something that any old couple or housewife might benefit from who could well be a technophobe – then you would again need an SD card in order to store the pictures. Here we'll look at the basics of using a flash card such as a 64GB Compact Flash card so that you can begin using them in your various devices.

First of all it's important to know what a flash card does. Essentially this is where all the files and data are stored and the higher the 'GB' the more files can be stored. Think of it as giving your device a notebook where it can write down notes, draw pictures and recite music. This then allows it to save the information and retrieve it at will. The higher the 'GB' the more pages you've given it, so the more song lyrics it can fit in and the more drawings it can do. A 64GB compact flash card is likely the largest card you'll need.

In order to use the 64GB compact flash card you need to insert it into your device. Normally somewhere it will have a small slot – perhaps under a plastic flap with the batteries, or perhaps along the side of the device itself. All you need to do is to push it in there facing the right way up (it will feel a lot smoother sliding in if you have it facing the right way). To get it working, just push your card into there. One quick note though is to make sure that you've taken off the 'write protection' if you need to save files on there. This is a small yellow switch that you can slide up or down in order to have it pointing at the 'write protection' or not (not in most cases). If it doesn't say on it, you might just have to find which way is write protected by trial and error.

Now when your SD card becomes full your device will stop you from saving anything else on it, and it will announce that your SD card is full (if it's a camera or phone). Alternatively if it's an MP3 you'll need to fill it up first. In order to either fill it up or empty it out simply insert it in the same way into your PC and wait for autoplay will kick in. You'll then be given the option to 'open folder' and from here you can treat it as any other folder – dragging new files in or copying them over onto your desktop etc.

By: Steve Mc Karmik

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