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Hardware => Hardware => Topic started by: dgreen on February 19, 2011, 09:43:41 AM

Title: Formatting a micro SD card -
Post by: dgreen on February 19, 2011, 09:43:41 AM

I have never had this problem before, I've formatted dozens of micro SD cards and even the one I am now having problems with.
I have tried to format this SD micro card but windows says 'Windows was unable to complete format'
It is a 2gb card.
I've even tried a seperate utility by HP but the same error message was returned.
Any ideas

Thanks

Title: Re: Formatting a micro SD card -
Post by: patio on February 19, 2011, 09:46:09 AM

Are you doing it thru Disk Management ? ?
What was on this card ? ?

Title: Re: Formatting a micro SD card -
Post by: Salmon Trout on February 19, 2011, 10:54:51 AM

Whether this is a brand new card or one you have used before, it may be faulty. It might be a good idea to check it with a utility such as Check Flash. I have used this to confirm bad flash drives and cards. The latest version (1.16.1 at the moment) is here:

Zip archive: http://www.mikelab.kiev.ua/PROGRAMS/ChkFlsh.zip

Information: http://www.mikelab.kiev.ua/index_en.php?page=PROGRAMS/chkflsh_en

(http://www.mikelab.kiev.ua/PROGRAMS/IMAGE/ChkFlsh_en.GIF)

Title: Re: Formatting a micro SD card -
Post by: rthompson80819 on February 19, 2011, 04:52:40 PM

You can buy 2GB SD micro cards for $5 to $10.  I'd toss it and buy a new one.  If you had never used one before it might be something you were doing wrong, but you say you have used dozens.  If you put a value on your time, you have probably spent more than that already.

Title: Re: Formatting a micro SD card -
Post by: Salmon Trout on February 19, 2011, 05:34:19 PM

Quote from: rthompson80819 on February 19, 2011, 04:52:40 PM

If you put a value on your time, you have probably spent more than that already.

I have to agree. Life is too short. Especially for flash memory!