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cgmotophoto
Helpful | Level 5
2 years ago

SD card changed itself to Read only after Dropbox Download

I have the Dropbox app on my PC Lenovo Laptop.  I wanted to move the contents of an SD card to Dropbox using the computer's SD card reader.  I've done previous downloads to the computer hard drive (P...
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    cgmotophoto
    2 years ago

    It appears that there's a small switch on the side of an SD card that allows the card to be locked in read only mode.  Removing the card from the card reader, the switch was moved accidentally and changed the setting of the card.  Because it occurred immediately after downloading the card files to Dropbox, I had assumed an electronic rather than a mechanical setting had been altered.  All good now.

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Jay
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Are you able to locate the Dropbox icon in the system tray near the clock? From there you'll be able to access the preferences.

cgmotophoto's avatar
cgmotophoto
Helpful | Level 5
2 years ago

It appears that there's a small switch on the side of an SD card that allows the card to be locked in read only mode.  Removing the card from the card reader, the switch was moved accidentally and changed the setting of the card.  Because it occurred immediately after downloading the card files to Dropbox, I had assumed an electronic rather than a mechanical setting had been altered.  All good now.

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    Jay
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    2 years ago

    No worries, I'm glad to hear that you were able to locate what was causing this behavior. 

     

    If you have any further queries in the future, feel free to message back!

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