when you said it trashed the card, was the card you were reading protected?
this protection stops the card from being read but at the same time erases it. <img src="graemlins/baby.gif" border="0" alt="[baby]" /> <img src="graemlins/baby.gif" border="0" alt="[baby]" /> <img src="graemlins/baby.gif" border="0" alt="[baby]" />