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220-1101 · Question #777

A user regularly travels to multiple sites to take pictures with a mobile device and transfers those pictures to a computer via a removable SD card. Recently, the SD card was damaged and had to be rep

The correct answer is C. The card is not locked.. When a user is unable to save pictures to a new SD card after replacing a damaged one, the first thing to check is whether the card is locked. Many SD cards have a physical switch on the side that can be toggled to a "locked" position, which prevents data from being written to th

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Question

A user regularly travels to multiple sites to take pictures with a mobile device and transfers those pictures to a computer via a removable SD card. Recently, the SD card was damaged and had to be replaced. Now, the user is unable to save pictures to the new SD card. Which of the following should the user verify first so pictures can be saved to the SD card?

Options

  • AThe card is correctly formatted.
  • BThe card is a storage device.
  • CThe card is not locked.
  • DThe card is initialized.

How the community answered

(67 responses)
  • A
    3% (2)
  • B
    15% (10)
  • C
    76% (51)
  • D
    6% (4)

Explanation

When a user is unable to save pictures to a new SD card after replacing a damaged one, the first thing to check is whether the card is locked. Many SD cards have a physical switch on the side that can be toggled to a "locked" position, which prevents data from being written to the card. Ensuring the switch is in the "unlocked" position allows the device to save data to the SD card.

Topics

#SD card#write protection#troubleshooting#mobile device storage

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