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My RPi 3 seems to have run into a strange problem. Everytime I reboot it, it seems to reset all my settings, namely Keyboard layout and taskbar icons some other setting as well.

Also if after a reboot I access the config.txt file through my laptop (running Kali), I find that its completely blank.

How can I fix this?

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Some SD cards have a read-only failsafe mode.

  • Backup your SD card with Win32DiskImager. (In case i am in the wrong !)
  • Format it.
  • Eject and re-insert.
  • The data should "magically" re-appear.

Throw your card away. Perhaps you can get it replaced under warranty ?

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  • It came with a starter kit I bought for the RPi, 16GB with noobs preinstalled... Yesternight I complied OpenCV libraries on my RPi and that was something I would not like to do again.. So if there are any solutions which don't need me to format my SD card, I'd be glad to follow them – YaddyVirus May 3 '16 at 13:26
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    @YaddyVirus - You can make a backup with dd – You'reAGitForNotUsingGit May 3 '16 at 14:50
  • Umm any solutions which do not require me throwing my card away?? I can't really do that. – YaddyVirus May 27 '16 at 18:56
  • This is meant as a test , if i am right (hopefully not) your card is in an irreversible read-only mode forever. – flakeshake May 29 '16 at 14:34

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