From: nospam.Jay.Harris@f664.n229.z1.fidonet.org   
      
   On 22 May 2024, Theo said the following...   
      
    Th> I'm not sure Raspi-imager will notice the card is fake.  It'll write the   
    Th> 1-4GB image it has to the card, and if the card has let's say an 8GB real   
    Th> capacity then everything will go fine and it'll verify correctly.  But as   
    Th> soon as you start using more of the card beyond the first 8GB - eg the   
    Th> first time boot which resizes the partition to use the whole card - then   
    Th> it'll start silently overwriting the OS.   
      
   There's a free utility for Windows that GRC published called ValiDrive that can   
   help detect fake cards/usb sticks/drives, etc:   
      
   https://www.grc.com/validrive.htm   
      
      
   Jay   
      
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