Does anyone know if (and how) the XDA can format an SD or MMC card.
I deleted some 240MB of music from my SD storage card yesterday. The files are gone but there is still no free space on the card.
I guess quirks like this can happen with removable media, but I still would like to use that memory card again.
I just did this yesterday using the (trial) version of Flashformat. Worked very well. Good luck!
You can also check out Storage Tools, nice thing about this is it also can defragment your storage cards. Does not run under WM2003 though.
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You can use a scan disk cruser, mobile usb card reader. That way you can plug it in an usb port of your desktop and format as if were an removable disk...
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GoldenHands said:
You can use a scan disk cruser, mobile usb card reader. That way you can plug it in an usb port of your desktop and format as if were an removable disk...
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:roll: Hmmm..., I'think it won't working. Because I have card reader as well and has tried to format the mmc. But it said that the media using different partition. :evil:
I'm just not tried flash format yet. :?:
Best regard cat
Try doing an sd backup to the card, sometimes works.
Storage Tools 1.7 is OK with WM 2003.
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I just got a 512 Sd card and my XDA doesn't recognise it.
I also have a 256 card which works fine.
I am thinking maybe I need to flash the ROM but am a little scared of doing so.
The card is working in other devices.
TIA
Jamie
Same result here. Anybody know what's wrong?
does a flash reader for pc work with the sd ?
format as fat16 or fat32 ?
The Billionton 512mb SD card works fine everywhere else (my desktop, laptops, camera, ipaq 1940 pda, eten p300 pocketpc phone).
re: "does a flash reader for pc work with the sd ? format as fat16 or fat32 ?"
hey mate,
normally i reformat my 512 sd card via the sd-card reader (usb) through my laptop. i once formatted using fat16 and fat 32; i found out that the sd card's memory seemd to be restricted; i could only save files or use up to 300-plus mb. i then tried formatting using the ntfs format and my xda2 didn't recognize the card. i then tried using FAT format and the memory usage went up to 480-plus. i use sandisk by the way, not sure if this is the same as the sd card you have. but i do know that you can't use the entire 512 mb; something to do with the security or the card's internal program to retain files.
2 cents worth
robson
have you tried using one of these via XDA ??
http://www.cnetx.com/Format/download.asp
or
StorageTools frmo there
http://www.softwinter.com/download.html
it shall do the job, i.e. recover your SD card
regards, monika
Hi, I've got this big issue since I installed Vista: it can't recognise my 2gb storage card if I put it on my usb card reader; Vista asks me to format it and if I agree, it formats micorsd as 1 gb storage card; then I put my microsd on my phone (TyTN, WM6) and also the phone sees it as 1Gb. Then, if I reformat micorsd by the phone, for example using pocket mechanic, I can obtain again 2 Gb storage card, but just on my phone. If I insert it again in my usb card reader, Vista doesn't recognise it and it asks me to format agin.
I've tried to formata as FAT32 and top chanche cluster dimensione but nothing to do.
Please, could someone help me?
Thank you.
Gianni
Can you forget using the card reader and use wm5torage instead, using your device as a usb drive with your card? That's what I do. Just a suggestion. Unfortunately, I can't help with Vista... I use XP. Sorry.
whatledog said:
Can you forget using the card reader and use wm5torage instead, using your device as a usb drive with your card? That's what I do. Just a suggestion. Unfortunately, I can't help with Vista... I use XP. Sorry.
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I forgot to say that I've already tried using WM5torage, but it doesn't work anyway: Vista doesn't recognise driver and it's not successful, so I can't use it.
pusegre said:
Hi, I've got this big issue since I installed Vista: it can't recognise my 2gb storage card if I put it on my usb card reader; Vista asks me to format it and if I agree, it formats micorsd as 1 gb storage card; then I put my microsd on my phone (TyTN, WM6) and also the phone sees it as 1Gb. Then, if I reformat micorsd by the phone, for example using pocket mechanic, I can obtain again 2 Gb storage card, but just on my phone. If I insert it again in my usb card reader, Vista doesn't recognise it and it asks me to format agin.
I've tried to formata as FAT32 and top chanche cluster dimensione but nothing to do.
Please, could someone help me?
Thank you.
Gianni
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Had the same issue and turned out my card reader was just old. I bought a new one by Sandisk, and having no problems now.
Thank you for suggestion.
If it can be useful, I've solved my problem installing CARD EXPORT II and modifying "usb to pc" connection. Now I can connect my Hermes by USB and it works as a card reader.
I have a 32gb sd card and formatted with my nook tablet. I've tried to put the videos and photos files (over 2gb) to my device. It can be appeared first time. But some of the files disappeared after I reboot the device or connect to pc. And also I can't download some of the exter download files (almost 200mb to 1gb) from apk. I want to know it's the problem of the format method (fat 32) or my card problem? Thanks!
is that the way to partition the sd? HOw to do for nook tablet? Thanks
please help........!!!!
You do know that FAT32 will not handle a file over 4GB.....
I would format the card in a card reader on your PC and not let the Tablet do that.
It doesn't appear that he is trying to load a single file of over 4GiB, but rather that the collection is of the sizes that he mentioned.
Will FAT32 not handle a 32GiB drive, with a bunch of files of just say 50~500MiB each? Because I remember not too long ago doing just that on my PC...
FAT32 Should read just fine....hmm ...perhaps reformat the card for.another format and see if that fixes the issue? If not, your tab could have a bug somewhere. Try a factory reset
I thought the NT could only handle 16gb expandable storage. The guy in the store told me it is a combined 16gig internal and external to achieve 32gig and a 32gig card would not work.
boyj600 said:
I thought the NT could only handle 16gb expandable storage. The guy in the store told me it is a combined 16gig internal and external to achieve 32gig and a 32gig card would not work.
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I am using a 32gb card in my Nook at the moment. It seems to recognize the entire 32gb just fine. Worth the <$40 it cost.
And to the OP, formatting my 32gb SD card was a b***h. I had to format it in win7 as just popping it in the Nook didn't work. I formatted as FAT32. I would suspect you may need to re-format the card with a PC as other posters have suggested.
I've been using a little free program from http://www.sdcard.org called SDformatter that works great for formatting SD cards.
By the way, some of my extra download files for the game displayed as 0b. And I can't delete.
Tel864 said:
I've been using a little free program from http://www.sdcard.org called SDformatter that works great for formatting SD cards.
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That is the suggested formatter for the SD card in the Nook Tablet based on a thread buried deep here on XDA.
So my S3 Pebble Blue is on it's way & I want to put all music & stuff on to my 64Gb Micro sd card.
Do I....
1: Format on the pc, if so which format & would the S3 still want to format when I put it in.
2: Format it in the phone & then remove & insert in to PC to transfer all my music & stuff?
I am familiar with android & formatting micro sd cards. I just wondered if being a 64Gb would be a different matter.
Ta
Just format in phone.
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Just format in phone.
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Cheers Matey
I also just received my SGS3 and inserted the SanDisk 64gb micro sdxc card.
I didnt format it, because it just seemed to work fine without formatting. Now I put all my data on it, but after a restart of the phone the card is suddenly corrupted...
In my phone it recognizes the card, but says its corrupted and needs to formatted. It then ejects the cards for safe removal. In my pc it doesn't recognise the card at all.
Does anyone have an idea on how to recover the data on it?
And what is otherwise the best way to format it?
Thx
RE:- 64GB MicroSDXC errors
I would use a external compatible Micro SDXC reader and connected it to your computer and try and recover the card on the PC. (first)
i) what operating system are you using on the PC.
ex-fat format problem in windows xp. If you have windows 7 it should be able to read ex-fat cards natively.
If you have xp you can try and install the
search for the knowledge base article 955704 on Microsoft Technet support package to enable xp to read ex-fat cards.
In the past I have used my external 9 in one reader to fix corrupted cards to recover the files from them using recuva or similar software it will restore the files onto your pc hard disk.
let me know how you get on.
Thanks a lot for the quick advice.
I don't have an external reader yet, so I ordered one just now. I have win7 on my pc, so I guess that will be ok. I'll try it later this week when I have the reader in.
Once I have it recovered (or not), what is the best practice for setting up the card? What's the best way to format it?
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I also just received my SGS3 and inserted the SanDisk 64gb micro sdxc card.
I didnt format it, because it just seemed to work fine without formatting. Now I put all my data on it, but after a restart of the phone the card is suddenly corrupted...
In my phone it recognizes the card, but says its corrupted and needs to formatted. It then ejects the cards for safe removal. In my pc it doesn't recognise the card at all.
Does anyone have an idea on how to recover the data on it?
And what is otherwise the best way to format it?
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Free PC program Recuva http://www.piriform.com/recuva mount via USB or scard adapter.
Or even try Hexamob (need root) our some other file recovery app
When done, best and easiest to format through phone.
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I want to replace the stock microSD card with a 16GB one I bought. Can someone tell me the correct process for doing this? Is it as simple as copy and pasting everything on the old card to the new card and popping the new one in?
Yes, this will be enough. But I advice to reformat Your new card in PC using FAT32 2kb or 4kb cluster size, this can save lot of space, if card was formatted with 32kb clusters.
That's what I did with my new card. Format fat32, copy and paste all old files, you should be good to go.
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1) First you need card reader for easy copy_paste ....insert new card in your device go to setting > unmount sd card and erase/format...it will format your card in default and correct format...
then connect your old card to pc and copy data from old to new
if you have no card reader then ..copy your mobile data from device to pc via usb connection..then remove old card and insert new card ....format new card in mobile ...then copy your data from pc to your new sd card
Thank Me If I Helped You :good:
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Yes, this will be enough. But I advice to reformat Your new card in PC using FAT32 2kb or 4kb cluster size, this can save lot of space, if card was formatted with 32kb clusters.
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Is there a downside to formatting with smaller cluster sizes?
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1) First you need card reader for easy copy_paste ....insert new card in your device go to setting > unmount sd card and erase/format...it will format your card in default and correct format...
then connect your old card to pc and copy data from old to new
if you have no card reader then ..copy your mobile data from device to pc via usb connection..then remove old card and insert new card ....format new card in mobile ...then copy your data from pc to your new sd card
Thank Me If I Helped You :good:
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Is it better to format the card with my phone rather than with my PC?
Hello, what I would do is before formatting the MicroSD. I would put it into your device and let your device set it up. If it doesn't mount right away, go into your settings and then to Storage and find the MicroSD card then format it that way if you are not experienced. Then it would be safe to copy and paste all the data from the old MicroSD card.
OK, so these are the steps I plan on following. Please let me know if I'm missing anything or doing something wrong.
1) Copy contents of old sd card onto my PC via USB
2) Insert new sd card into my PC card reader and format using FAT32 2kb or 4kb cluster size
3) Insert new sd card into Evo and format
4) Transfer contents of old sd card from PC to new card via USB
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Is there a downside to formatting with smaller cluster sizes?
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There is no downside on flash memory, because it has very fast seek time. The only downside may be is performance drop in very low-end devices because FAT tables become larger and may not fit in memory completely.
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There is no downside on flash memory, because it has very fast seek time. The only downside may be is performance drop in very low-end devices because FAT tables become larger and may not fit in memory completely.
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So when you say "very low-end devices", that doesn't apply to our Evos right?
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So when you say "very low-end devices", that doesn't apply to our Evos right?
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Yes, our Evo's is hi-end device with 800mb of RAM. This is more than enough to serve even 0.5kb clusters, but because SD operates 2k sectors it will be not optimal.
But make sure that Your new sdcard have sector-aligned partitions, using for example 4EXT Recovery touch.
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Is it better to format the card with my phone rather than with my PC?
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Obiously....if you are going to use this card in mobile device then it is best to format the card with that mobile device...better security and fast speed :laugh:
I have a 32 GB card in my device. I copied the data from the old card into a new folder on my desktop on PC.
- After this, I formatted the new card in my phone using the option in 4ext recovery.
- Then i putted the new card in my card reader (PC) and copied the data from my old card (stored in new folder on my desktop) back to my new card
- After all this steps, i putted the new card back to my phone.
Voila, all works well as before...:good: