Card Ejecting when trying to copy

[bfenty]

Describe the bug
Every time I hit 'save changes', I get ERROR: A device which does not exist was specified, and windows ejects and reloads my SD card.

To Reproduce
Steps to reproduce the behavior:

1. Add a game
2. click 'Save Changes'
3. Receive error

Expected behavior
I expect the app to copy the games to the SD card

Screenshots
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Desktop (please complete the following information):

• OS: Windows 11
• Version 1.3.3

Additional context
I am using a Framework USB-C module to connect the SD card to my USB-C port. This has not caused issues otherwise when using the SD Card. I have previously been able to copy files to the SD card, I believe with a prior version, although I am unsure which version it was.

[sonik-br]

Same error on latest version?

[bfenty]

Is that not latest? I will go ahead and download latest, and let you know.

[bfenty]

I did try with latest version, same issue. I was able to copy one gdi over, then the next time I tried, same issue.

[sonik-br]

Need more info.
Does it always happen? With a specific game or with any game?
Adding compressed files?

[bfenty]

Happens almost always. Sometimes it will add a single game, then fail on the next.

These are uncompressed gdi files. Of note: they are on an smb share.

I spent today installing a dual boot Linux (popos) and cloned the repo and built for Linux. Using the same card and adapter under Linux, I was able to copy everything with no issues. Everything except the OS was the same in this scenario. It appears to be windows specific.

[jesse-troy]

I'm experiencing the same exact problem while trying to setup a new SD card.

Windows 11. 128GB SD formatted to FAT32. All files are either CDI or uncompressed GDI. Not using shrink.

It seems to copy one or two games then fails. Very inconsistent, succeeds or fails on the same files at random.

Performance does seem to be less error prone when I add a game at a time and then save.

Please let me know what additional information you need to help fix this.

[sonik-br]

The error is always on folder "01"?
@bfenty at least on that initial screenshot it shows folder 01.
That folder should be the menu. How does it shows up on the app? Like a menu (gdmenu/openmenu) or a game?

@jesse-troy Can you try with a clean sd card? Just format it then use the app to add multiple games and save. Let me know if it works at first time and if the menu is automatically added when saving.

[jesse-troy]

Menu was not automatically added (or didn't seem to be). I had to copy 01 over to it first (from a backup). Maybe you need an initialize step/function that does that?

When I try to copy multiple games it will copy one or two then the card seems to eject. I was able to get all my games on there by doing them one at a time (which was tedious).

[sonik-br]

@jesse-troy This on a clean sd card? After saving, 01 folder was not the menu?
Can you also test if this happens when selecting gdmenu and open menu, by doing two tests, each with a clean card?

[jesse-troy]

Testing with an 8GB (FAT32) card I had lying around, not my primary card.

It's FS is completely empty. Even did a format on it.

With it inserted, it shows up in the tool with nothing on it (expected). I clicked gdMenu and then save and nothing happens. No new folders or files on the card.

Same thing with openMenu.

For my other card I had to copy a "01" folder over from the card that came with my GDEMU device, which would then show up in the GUI tool.

[sonik-br]

Oh sorry, forgot to say.
App needs at least one game added to the list or it wont write anything to the card.

[jesse-troy]

Sorry for the delay. Just tried the test again and it does seem to try and create the 01 folder (with GDMENU) when I also add a game, but in this test it failed when trying to copy the game over (in a similar fashion to what was happening when trying to copy multiple games at a time).

Screenshot:

While the game was being copied, it seems like the SD card got ejected or something and then I see this error.

[sonik-br]

Thanks.
I'm not sure what's going on. The error message is not from the app, it's from the native call to copy a file.
So it really looks like the card disconnects for some reason. Files are being copied from another drive, right? It's a internal, external (usb) or remote (network) device? If it's from a usb device, it's sharing the same usb bus (or a usb hub)?

[jesse-troy]

Internal SSD to a USB SD card reader.

[sonik-br]

Ok.
I won't be able to help.
But keeping the issue open. If someone finds a fix for the problem, please let me know.