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09 May 2016, 14:39
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namm namm AMIGA
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How reliable are Compact Flash Cards ?
Hello Folks .
I am just curious on how reliable Compact Flash Cards are. Should i buy a second one, just " in case " . (I have a backup via WinUAE , but still ....) What do you think guys ? How long will the survive ? How reliable are they really ? hmmmmmm..... Am i paranoid ? XD 
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09 May 2016, 14:46
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MI clan prevails
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We recently had a chat about it here:
http://eab.abime.net/showthread.php?t=82398&page=3 There are all kinds of experiences I guess. But they are dirt cheap. You should have more of them. If anything - for test systems and installing all kinds of junk 
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09 May 2016, 15:12
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namm namm AMIGA
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Sweet! thanks Lord AGA !!
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09 May 2016, 15:14
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WinUAE developer
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My opinion is that you are not allowed to complain if CF dies unless you bought quality brand from non-suspicious sources
(Sandisk, Kingston and some others).
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09 May 2016, 15:18
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namm namm AMIGA
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i use Sandisk
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09 May 2016, 15:48
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I have Sandisk cards with terabytes of accumulated bulkwrites to them FWIW.
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09 May 2016, 21:00
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SD Cards (esp... Micro) are cheaper and more reliable.
My last CF (Transend 4GB) just died 
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09 May 2016, 22:07
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SD cards are not more reliable.
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11 May 2016, 01:17
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That has been my experience thus far
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11 May 2016, 12:40
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Internally SD and CF cards are almost identical, it's only the interface hardware that's different. The memory part itself is the same, so any issues due to cell wear will affect both card types equally. Of course if you're comparing two different product lines, for example Sandisk Extreme series SD cards with Transcend budget series CF cards, you're obviously going to see differences but that's nothing to do with how it's interfaced.
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