Re: Clever helpful suggestion for portable memory using Windows & Android editors

On 2025-02-02 19:20, Marion wrote:

On Sun, 2 Feb 2025 14:41:48 +0100, Carlos E.R. wrote :

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Nor would I intentionally label several cards with the same name. I want them different.

 I fully understand, and, in fact, for years, especially since nobody can
remember the crazy default volume names anyway, what I used to do was label
each card by the date that they were put in service, such as (for today):
2025-0202 (for February 25th, 2025)
 But what happened was I slept on my first T-Mobile free phone, and it broke
the port (somehow) so I had T-Mobile replace it - and when I popped the old
card into the new phone, the old card was formatted with a name such as:
2021-0501 (for May 1st, 2021)
 As a result, our beloved {OSMAnd~,OSMAnd+,OSMAnd} editor stopped finding
the gpx, kml, waypoint and map files painstakingly stored on that sdcard.
 That's when I realized the "trick" would work, so when I next doubled the
size of the sdcard from 32GB to 64GB, I used the trick and it worked.

Ok, now that I understand what type of editor you are talking about and the scenario, I can agree that changing the label of the card is the thing to do.
It is a particular scenario.
Then, remember that you can just edit the label to anything without formatting, in Windows. There is a "label" command in MsDOS that should still be able to do the trick.
That said, it happens that I can not quadruple the storage in my tablet, because the maximum size it accepts is not that large.
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Cheers, Carlos.