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I repair washers and dryers daily. I thought you'd like to know that I found a Secure Digital memory card that went through the wash and dry cycle stuck in the dryer's bottom. It was not only clean, but it still works great! --Erik Rice, Richmond, Virginia

Thanks for the note, Erik. Indeed, memory cards such as CompactFlash, SD, and Memory Stick are uncannily resilient. You can drop them out of windows, leave them in the wash, even run them over with your car. A lot of the time, they'll come out the other end just fine--but not all the time. I wouldn't get in the habit of washing and drying your memory cards.