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unable to access the SD card with windows

hallo,
i have a problem to access the SD card with windows xp through the cardreader. the Qtek 2020 recognizes the card normally. any idea to repair the card ?
regards and thanks for help

There must be something wrong with your USB card reader drivers. Try to get the latest drivers from the net.
What is your file system type??? FAT32 / FAT 16 FAT 12 ???

How does 8125 format MiniSD?

I was trying to find a faster way to downloading video to my MiniSD card so I used the adapter and stuck it into my SD port on my laptop. The laptop recognized the card as being unformatted and offered to format the card. It was the phone that formatted the card and so I'm wondering how it formatted the card for use. I don't suppose there is a way for my laptop to recognize the card without formatting it? Further, I'm having problems syncing files larger than 300MB into the card. When I tried, active sync would shut down. That was the reason that first got me to try to use the adapter and my laptop.

AFAIK Windows Mobile formats Storage Cards as FAT16. This file system is readable for all Versions of Microsoft Windows.
The fact that your card reader does not recognize the file system makes me believe that it's not fully compatible to your mini SD card. You could try to format the card in your reader. Maybe you're happy and it works after that.
If not, go and get an other card reader.
Active Sync is not the application to use for transferring huge files. It is known to be quite instable. Maybe a more recent version of AS might help, or a direct USB storage driver for your 8125 like 'WM5torage' for example.

Please read http://pocketpcmag.com/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=17921 for a complete tutorial on how memory cards should be formatted / optimized.

Use gene as a CARD READER

Softick Card Export v3.15
Requirements: WM2003, WM5, WM6
Overview: Softick Card Export for Windows Mobile is a tiny application which allows you to use Windows Mobile device as a convenient USB card reader.
Now, when all you need is an access to the storage card on your handheld, you can forget about annoying synchronization delays!
Softick Card Export for Windows Mobile provides a direct access to the card from the desktop computer, so you don't need to remove you card from the device and re-insert it into a card reader: sometimes this procedure is not too easy.
You won't realize at work that you have left a card in home card reader! Now any application can save files directly to the card inserted into device, because Card Export for Windows Mobile provides fully compatible USB Mass Storage media for operating system, it can be accessed as removable drive.
More Info:
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see device memory and sd card

i searched with my infant search skills to no avail. When i first got my Tmo HD2 and hooked it to my laptop (vista 64 bit) it showed up as two discs one was the device memory and the other was the SD card.
Now all i get is the SD card and it is named Double Twist. is there any way to get it back to what it was without a complete hard reset?

try a soft reset and have you tried the SD card with another device or with direct connecting to your PC?

do you have the mobile set to connect in hard drive mode? can only see sd card in disk mode.
settings menu all settings connections usb to pc - check the settings there.

i have it connecting in hard disc mode. I can see the storage card file structure fine. just not the device built in memory file structure

If you connect in "Hard Disk" mode you won't be able to see the internal memory of the phone you have to connect in "ActiveSync" mode.

thank you very much

[Q] No Sd Card

First i would like to thank you all for some interesting reading
i have just recieved my DHD and love it, my problem is that my sd card shows up just fine on the phone telling me i can unmount it and available space blah,blah, on the same screen when i connect it to the pc running windows 7 as soon as i select disk drive the sd card is un-mounted and then it is not visible in windows explorer also i have removed the sd card and placed it in my pc manualy and sits there looking for drivers
thanks in advance Mick

I assume you have selected "DISK DRIVE" from the drop down list that appears when you connect a USB cable? If so, this is most likely a Windows driver problem. So you might need the HTC drivers.
If you install HTC Sync (found on the card supplied with the phone) that should install the appropriate drivers. If it's not there, go to the HTC website and download latest HTC Sync version.
Can you try a USB stick or a standard card in the card reader of you PC and see if they work?
It could be a faulty SD card, I had problems with the one sent with my phone and had to replace it. All working ok now.

hi thanks for your reply i have done all of the above but still no joy, if the sd card was faulty i would assume it wouldnt work with the phone at all, the only thing i havnt tried is install the htc syn on my laptop to see if its a windows 7 issue or issue with my setup
otherwise i will have to wait and see what htc say about my issue
Cheers
Mick

Wait so let me get this right...
SD card in phone - Works
SD card in phone, hooked to computer using USB and selecting Disk Drive - Does not work (cannot see in Windows)
SD card directly in computer - Does not work...
Sounds like your issue is with Windows, not with HTC or your SD card...
Are you on a work computer by any chance? Can you plug normal USB flash drives in OK?
Either you're missing the Mass Storage driver or it's been disabled on your computer.