Quick SD card reader?

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Hi,

I have a USB2 multi-card reader, which does Compact Flash, Memory Stick and
SD cards.

Compact flash is VERY fast, just like a hard disk, but SD is VERY slow to
start doing anything (ie, it takes ~1 min to open up in explorer). Once it
gets going, it is fast (ie, if I copy a big file, the transfer rate once it
gets going is acceptable).

To be technical, I would describe the SD card reading as having a high
latency, but a fast transfer rate.

Can anyone reccomend a USB SD card reader which is quick to get going? is it
a general problem with SD cards that they are slow..



thanks

g

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Thank you. I didnt install any drivers with it - it uses WinXP native
drivers.

I will pick up a SanDisk reader then i was just checking that its was not
a general SD card problem

cheers

g

"Beverly Howard [Ms-MVP/MobileDev]" <BevNoSpamBevHoward.com> wrote in
message newsjlN4PvTEHA.1172@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...
> Sounds like a problem specific to your reader.
>
> Suggest that you check to see if there are newer drivers available for
> your reader.
>
> If not, my sandisk reader does not have the problem you describe.
>
> Beverly Howard [MS MVP-Mobile Devices]
>

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George,
I use the Sandisk 8-1 USB card reader and have gone to pretty much all
Sandisk "Ultra-II" (66X) as those are the only ones that can keep up with my
camera. In transferring files I get about 12 MB/s or a 15MB compressed file
takes about 2 seconds to open from either card, a 3 MB file less then a
second. Your SD should not be that slow. Is it formatted as FAT, FAT16 or
FAT32 ? That can cause some slowdowns, but sounds like a corrupt file on the
card or maybe your car reader is acting up.

--
Tedd Riggs
PDA Square Content Developer
www.pdasquare.com
Redmond, WA



"George Styles" <usenet@ripnet.co.uk> wrote in message
news:soZxc.6331530$iA2.723728@news.easynews.com...
> Hi,
>
> I have a USB2 multi-card reader, which does Compact Flash, Memory Stick
> and
> SD cards.
>
> Compact flash is VERY fast, just like a hard disk, but SD is VERY slow to
> start doing anything (ie, it takes ~1 min to open up in explorer). Once it
> gets going, it is fast (ie, if I copy a big file, the transfer rate once
> it
> gets going is acceptable).
>
> To be technical, I would describe the SD card reading as having a high
> latency, but a fast transfer rate.
>
> Can anyone reccomend a USB SD card reader which is quick to get going? is
> it
> a general problem with SD cards that they are slow..
>
>
>
> thanks
>
> g
>
>