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    My 16GB SDHC card has less available space than it should

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by C E Jones, Jun 18, 2011.

  1. C E Jones

    C E Jones Notebook Consultant

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    I've been using a 16GB Transcend SDCH card to transfer DVD .iso files (4-8GB) from my laptop to my HTPC. It had been working fine, but all of a sudden when I try to transfer anything bigger than about 3GB to the card I get a message saying the card doesn't have sufficient space, even though I deleted everything on it. This happens in both XP and Win 7 (i.e. on both the laptop and the HTPC). I tried formatting the flash card but it didn't work. I'm wondering if there's anything I can do to fix this, or is the card malfunctioning? If the latter, anyone know how long the warranty on these Transcend cards is? Bought mine just over a year ago.
     
    C E Jones, Jun 18, 2011
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    namaiki "basically rocks" Super Moderator

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    Try format to NTFS. FAT32 has a file limit of 4GB.
     
    namaiki, Jun 18, 2011
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    Worked like a charm. Thanks and repped.
     
    C E Jones, Jun 18, 2011
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    davepermen Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    why have you chosen an SD card and not simply networking?
     
    davepermen, Jun 19, 2011
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