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    SD Card not useable

    Discussion in 'Accessories' started by thejinx0r, Mar 6, 2008.

  1. thejinx0r

    thejinx0r Notebook Guru

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    Hey Guys,

    I bought an SD card a while ago and now it is somewhat useless.
    I am not sure what the problem is exactly. I cannot write large files to it.
    It will just hang there. The files that I transfered for the first time after noticing this problem are not deletable.


    It's either the partition table is corrupt or theirs a few bad sectors that are causing the problems.
    I am not sure how to tell. Some programs say one, others say the other one.
    I also tried gParted under linux and it wasnt able to format it to NTFS and back to FAT32.

    Thanks for any help
     
    thejinx0r, Mar 6, 2008
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    thejinx0r Notebook Guru

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    Aw, :(

    I wish someone had a solution.
     
    thejinx0r, Mar 7, 2008
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  3. Kurochi

    Kurochi Newbie

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    How are you connecting it to your computer? I sometimes have a problem with huge transfers to my thumb drives when I use my (powered) usb hub. Sometimes it helps to plug it directly into my computer.
     
    Kurochi, Mar 8, 2008
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    nizzy1115 Notebook Prophet

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    Fat32 has a size limit. Is it running as NTFS?
     
    nizzy1115, Mar 8, 2008
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  5. Les

    Les Not associated with NotebookReview in any way

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    Sounds to me like you may have been removing it without shutting it down first....

    It may have gone dead...very common after only a few months in sds and USB flash drives if you don't properly remove them.
     
    Les, Mar 8, 2008
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    thejinx0r Notebook Guru

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    Damn it...
    It's actually a microSD card that I use on my phone, which doesn't have a "remove safely" feature, or never found it... :mad:
     
    thejinx0r, Mar 8, 2008
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    The 'remove safely' feature is located in the system tray of your laptop when it is inserted....see attached
     

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    Les, Mar 9, 2008
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  8. thejinx0r

    thejinx0r Notebook Guru

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    I mentioned on my last post that it was for my phone.

    I actually found it now, but it's really well "hideen" in a ton of menus before getting there.
     
    thejinx0r, Mar 9, 2008
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