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Tried to install PPC2002, now fried, SD card currupt?

I have a SD reader on my laptop, and when i insert the card, it says "disk is not formatted. would u like to format?"
i click yes, then "this disk cannot be formatted"
yes write protection is off
I somehow fried the PPC ROM when trying to upgrade it, so i cannot use it... how do i format the SD card with a PC XPHome SP2

if the card have a rom on it no pc can ever read it why it cant format it i dont know but pocket mechanics on a pda would be able to

hic, i am facing the same problem.
I upgrade my MDA first to O2 Rom Ver 4.21.00 and then to T-mobile ROM ver 4.01.16.
Both works very well......but both requires fomarting my SD card. The roms do not compatible with my laptop.
When I put my mobile-formated SD card to the SD cad slot on my laptop, it doesn't work at all. It requires new format for the card.
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Plez help me to solve the problem
ps: I have tried Pocket Mechenic..but the problem still remains.

Try this!
hello. If you are trying to format your sd card with window xp or windows XX. you will never use your sd card in any camera, pocket pc, palm again.
If your computer can not format your sd card, there are 2 possibilities:
1. Your memory chip is damaged
2. You can try to creat boot image using XDA tool and put it in to your XDA. Finally create a boot image. Now. Romve the sd card and plug it in the XDA again, your XDA will ask you to format it. IF not, your memory chip is damaged. Good luck!

i had issues with not being able to format my sd card under winXP
but i could format it with pocket mechanics just fine dident need to format from the bootloader at all

Re: Try this!
hoanghon said:
hello. If you are trying to format your sd card with window xp or windows XX. you will never use your sd card in any camera, pocket pc, palm again.
If your computer can not format your sd card, there are 2 possibilities:
1. Your memory chip is damaged
2. You can try to creat boot image using XDA tool and put it in to your XDA. Finally create a boot image. Now. Romve the sd card and plug it in the XDA again, your XDA will ask you to format it. IF not, your memory chip is damaged. Good luck!
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Thanks but that's not what I means.
In my case, when I format the SD card (quick format) by the laptop, it works with only the laptop. When I format the SD card (quick format) by my pocket PC, it works with only my pocket PC.
The SD card works pretty well separately on each device.
The 2 devices cannot use the same fomarted SD card.
That's the problem.

use pocket mechanics to see what the xda format the sd card to fat32 fat16 or ???
see what the laptop format the card to fat32 or fat16 or NTFS
the xda cant real ntfs at all
and some sd readers have problems with fat16 or 32 i forget

Rudegar said:
use pocket mechanics to see what the xda format the sd card to fat32 fat16 or ???
see what the laptop format the card to fat32 or fat16 or NTFS
the xda cant real ntfs at all
and some sd readers have problems with fat16 or 32 i forget
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certainly I did format it to fat 32 or fat 16.
..but it's still in trouble

miniSD corruption issues

I woke up this morning and found that my memory card is corrupted. I was using the device last night and the battery died while i was doing something, i put it on charge and woke up to a bunch of scrambled files.
I took out the card and reinsterted it several times until the folders and files properly show. they show up but it says 2.68mb free, although its really something like 750mb+ free. I tried pluggin it into my pc memory card reader but it's giving me an I/O error.
Now when i put the miniSD card back into my device i have two storage cards (Storage Card and Storage Card2). i reset several times with the card in and out and still same problem.
I want to copy the files off the card and format it or recover the data but my pc won't even read it. Any ideas?

1. run chkdsk on your desktop (also see http://www.pocketpcthoughts.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=39583 )
2. the Storage Card2 issue is a common one with Windows Mobile; please read http://www.pocketpcmag.com/blogs/in...y_sd_card_likes_to_rename_itself_to_sd&more=1 for a fix

it's not allowing me to run chkdsk on the drive. "The type of file system is RAW. CHKDSK is not availabe for RAW drives."
Also i don't have the messaging plugin activated, but i do have spb diary, i removed it and still, when i reset my device, i open file explorer and there is a Storage Card folder
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ok, so now i fixed the storage card2 issue, but when using resco explorer and i tap and hold on storage card, then click on properties, it says 812.27mb used. If i open the storage card and highlight everything in it and click on properties it says153.57mb used. what to do?

fone_fanatic said:
it's not allowing me to run chkdsk on the drive. "The type of file system is RAW. CHKDSK is not availabe for RAW drives."
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Then, try using an on-PPC file system checker to see whether it's really RAW. (I don't think so.): any of the utilities discussed at http://pocketpcmag.com/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=17921
Note that you should NOT use their chkdsk equivalent - they, in genral, suck in this respect, albeit the new, Professional edition of Pocket Mechanic is said to be pretty good in that (I haven't personally checked it as yet).

If it's seeing the card as a RAW file system format, it's completely hosed. It should be a FAT16 or FAT32 format... not raw.
There is a slight chance the card's file table was corrupted when the phone lost power... but there is also the possibilty the card is bad. If you get the card reformatted, I would definately run a thorough chkdsk on it to check for bad sectors.

I had previously ran the "recover bad sectors" option from pocket mechanic and it took about a total of 4 hours but didn't help.
I analyzed the card and pocket mechanic says its FAT32 and 10.49% needs to be defragmented. I attempted to defragment it and let it run over night, when i woke up it was 50% and said it needed 11hours to complete. I canceled the defrag process and it forced me to soft reset the device
Now i can only view the folders, but no files. I didn't format it earlier cuz i wanted the files on it but i guess i can give them up now.
Since i'm not able to read the card through my pc's card reader, should i go ahead and format it through resco explorer?

contents on the card are hosed.... you will need to format the card and start over... the card is good, the table was just corrupted by losing power...

shogunmark said:
contents on the card are hosed.... you will need to format the card and start over... the card is good, the table was just corrupted by losing power...
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That's what I was thinking too.

it got hosed by the loss of power.. has happened to me once... this is also similiar to the time i corrupted a usb thumbdrive.. was in a 2k machine that wasnt set up for fast removal, i pulled it out without stopping it and bam it hosed my stick... im guessing its the same principal.. the device leaves the table open for more writing, well when the memory device loses power it cant close the table and corrupts it (at least i think thats how it works)

Thanks guys, i just hit the reformat and it took under a second. But all my files are gone now
I tried GetDataBack but it was telling me something about bad sectors and I/O errors.
is there a possibility of recovering the files after the card has been formatted?

I had a similar problem, I soft reset my phone and the storage card "disappeared" (did not appear in file explorer) and I put it in an SD reader and it said it was unformatted (RAW format) and reports size as 14mb! (It is a 1gb card).
I cannot format it on my SD card reader because it says it is "read only" (even tho the miniSD to SD adaptor switch is in the correct position). Obviously I cannot format it from my phone, as it does not even appear to be mounted.
Any suggestions?! I'm guessing it's dead. I have bought a 2gb card now so not the end of the world but it'd be nice to have this card to use in my camera or something.
Cheers

DAMN YOU SPB INSIGHT!!!!
It happened again! but this time there was no power loss. last i remember was answering a phone call and when i hung up SPB Insight popped up saying "connection lost retry?" So i click on retry and put it back in my pocket. Then about 4 or 5 hours later i attempted to start an app i had installed on my Mini SD card and it wouldn't open. So i opened resco file explorer and same thing, can only view folders, not files.
My Mini SD card is supposed to be my back up. How the hell can i rely on it if everything keeps wiping twice a month?

My micro sd became unusable after encryption.

I have enabled the Encryption on my PDA and then I have disable it, I couldn't save anything on my micro sd card and I hard reset my PDA. I have backed up my files and try to delete them from sd card and nothing happened. I have connected the micro sd through a card reader on my PC and I tried to format it and I get a message that cannot perform format. I have deleted the files manually from PC and when I connect the card back to device I can see all files on the card as was before.
Can anyone help me format the sd card and use it again from the beginning?

The encryption in WM6 really sucks. It encrypts the files and makes .menc files of them. The problem is that there is no option to store the encryption key, so the files are only usable on the phone that encrypted them. If you want to view the files on another phone or a pc you can't. the same if you put another rom on your phone.
To format the card i used wm5torage and connected the phone as an removable device. Then you can format the card from your pc. There are also various maintenance programs for WM that can use to format the card.
At last there is a manufacturer from sd cards where you can download a low level format program (cant find the program anymore in my ever growing download folder, so can't be more helpfull )
Arjan

adejager1 said:
The encryption in WM6 really sucks. It encrypts the files and makes .menc files of them. The problem is that there is no option to store the encryption key, so the files are only usable on the phone that encrypted them. If you want to view the files on another phone or a pc you can't. the same if you put another rom on your phone.
To format the card i used wm5torage and connected the phone as an removable device. Then you can format the card from your pc. There are also various maintenance programs for WM that can use to format the card.
At last there is a manufacturer from sd cards where you can download a low level format program (cant find the program anymore in my ever growing download folder, so can't be more helpfull )
Arjan
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yup it really does suck.... happened to me once... what i did was (which resolved the problem)... removed the check on the radio button, then added new files to the sd after the encryption is disabled. all my files are back to normal. you shouldnt have formatted your device as the encryption keys will be lost as well...
you can also try pocket mechanic to reformat your card...

SD card vanished

Help suddenly I cannot see my memory card and most of my apps on on it.

Coltrane23 said:
Help suddenly I cannot see my memory card and most of my apps on on it.
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same problem here... hmmmm.. please htc.. do something

try a soft reset.
are you on a VF uk phone?

Got the same problem last week.
I find out the memory card got corrupted. dont know why.
XP didnt seen the card in reader at all.
Vista helped me to format the card, but i lost all my data, as i have to do full format to get the card live again.

Yes tried that. Yes on Vodafone but using laurentius26's Ultimate Rom which I believe is based on a T-Moile rom. I have been using this for some months without issue.

How do you format a memory card that can't be seen?

when you open file explorer can you see it there
or has it dissapeared from that too?

File Explorer will not open so soft reset now it opens but whole startup process now quite slow.Storage card indicated ...tap on it get inbox .mstxxx so email I guess and Temp folder containing cookies, History and temp int files. Thats my lot.

This is a common problem. Try removing the memory card, soft resetting then delete the folder "Storage Card" or "Storage Card2" if it exists. Reset again and insert memory card.
This problem occurs when the storage card is mounted on a PC (Disk Drive mode) and an application such as email tries to write to it. Windows decides the folder (as the storage card is mounted as a folder) has been deleted, so re-creates it. When the memory card is unmounted from the PC, windows has to call it something other than "Storage Card" as that name has now been allocated to a folder.
If that is not the problem, put the card into a PC and see if it recognizes it. It might say "this card is not formatted" etc. in which case you need to reformat and lose all of the data on it

the_sikko is quite correct the same thing happened to me last week. I simply re-connected to the pc and deleted the newly created 'storage card' and that resolved my problem.

I did notice a folder called Storage card earlier on now after numerous resets it's gone. I have also reset back to factory settings. Each time I reinsert the card Windows Mobile Device centre shows me the memory card (although my phone indicates no sd card loaded etc.) but when I try to access it, it disappears!

Try increasing the timeout that allows your storage card to be detected when the device is booting or coming out from suspension.
These registry edits worked for me:
[HKLM\System\StorageManager]
“PNPUnloadDelay“=dword:8196
[HKLM\System\StorageManager]
“PNPWaitIODelay“=dword:8196
Also, you may want to disable the power management on your storage card with:
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Drivers\SDCARD\ClientDrivers\Class\SDMemory_Class]
“DisablePowerManagement“=dword:00000001
Hope this helps

Ok now I will have to learn wo to edit my registry

So without having to edit my registry I managed to grab the file that said Storage card but when I tried to delete (with the card still inserted) it I'm told Access is denied and I should check the card is not write -protected or currently in use. When I try to open it it simply disappears. If I try to delete it with the card removed I get Cannot delete "mxip_notify":There has been a sharing violation. The source or destination file may be in use.
Any suggestions?

Could really do with some help here cos I'm well and truelly lost in terms of what my options are.

Coltrane23 said:
Could really do with some help here cos I'm well and truelly lost in terms of what my options are.
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I literally just had this issue. I have two Kingston 4GB cards and one of them simply stopped working. I wasn't able to copy anything from the mSD card to my laptop, so have simply formatted the card and now it no longer shows up in Windows Explorer (Windows 7).
Now i'm using the other card. I can tell by the way this card is responding in the HD2 that the other card became corrupt. I have just ordered two Transcend 8GB mSD cards from eBay for about £30.
I downloaded a tiny piece of software which is supposed to bypass Windows Explorer limitations and force format SD cards...but it won't work because the card just doesn't show to the laptop.

Well in the end I put the SD card into the card slot of a PC and after a very very long time I managed to format the card. All is well now.

my card got corrupted too

maybe i know the answer..
sorry for my bad english..
I've the same problem. But searching from all forums, finally i get the answer. just find n download EASEUS Data Recovery Wizard Proffessional 4.3.6 (for 5 MB). Insert the mmc in card reader, use this software to recovery all the missing file (choose Complete Recovery Option). After recovery process done, use software LLFTool (for 600kb, just doing some browsing at google) to Low Level Format the mmc (this LLFTool can recognize the mmc). After all done, Windows can recognize again the mmc at windows explorer. Just right click and choose quick format (format FAT32). Done.

Had to Hard Reset
Just to add my two pennies worth.
None of the above worked for me. In the end I had to Hard Reset. Harrumph!

Damaged SD card

in a sudden my x10 cant detect my SD card, it show a messege saying that " damage SD card".
i cant access to the file in my card reader or my PC, but however, when i check it in MiniTool Partition Wizard, i can see my SD card contect.
how can i restore the card content so that i make a copy to my PC?

Have you reformatted it and tried?

minjiet said:
in a sudden my x10 cant detect my SD card, it show a messege saying that " damage SD card".
i cant access to the file in my card reader or my PC, but however, when i check it in MiniTool Partition Wizard, i can see my SD card contect.
how can i restore the card content so that i make a copy to my PC?
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Windows 7 has a repair disk option that worked for me when I damaged my SD card during rooting.

XperiaX10iUser said:
Have you reformatted it and tried?
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there's no point if i just formatted the disk, all my files inside will be gone.
i want those data to be kept.
Bialynia said:
Windows 7 has a repair disk option that worked for me when I damaged my SD card during rooting.
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ok, will get to it when i back home, now at office which uses vista.

Just reboot the phone, it always work for me.

Unmount the sd card from settings, turn off your phone, take out the battery and sd card then put them all back, turn on. It works for me

Alternatively you can try a media card reader and copy all the data off it. It may or may not work depending how damaged it is. If it is damaged that is.
You should make sure the card is unmounted before you turn off USB connectivity. That can cause this.
It will try to repair it however, somtimes it is unsuccessful.

Just take mine as the last option you can think.
Get some partition stuff, Acronis DiskDirector works well, I used a lot with damaged server harddisk.
Just DELETE it. (not wipe!)
and Recover it. If it was about master record fails which it's likely, it should be recovered in a few sec.
If it still not work, then grab some undelete, file recovery to recover your remaining stuff. I don't suggest it anyway though someone claim that it worked well, since those raw-based recovery only work with some general file. (doc,excel, blah blah)