Firstly I should say Hi now I have finally registered here after lurking for a while
Please excuse me if you have seen this posted on another site too, I really need help with this
When I put my SD card into my card reader or laptop (I have tried it on both), I get the message "The Disc in drive E: is not formatted, would you like to format it now?" So I press yes and it says... "The Disc in Drive E: Cannot be formatted".
Any ideas?
This is so frustrating, I know I can install things through activesync but I am trying to put TomTom back on which I need to do via the card reader. (BTW, I would never have got TomTom installed the first time around if it wasnt for this site )
Please help.
Are you using a fairly recent USB2 card reader or one you've had for a while. If its not a new one then you're probably going to have problems with a 2G sd card.
I bought it off ebay about a month ago. so it should be fairly modern, it doesnt work in the slot in my laptop either. I know that 2 gig cards are ok on the laptop as I use the camera SD with it no problems.
I have used SK Tools to reformat it, having done this I lost all my programs on the phone so I had to hard reset. After this I can open up the stoarge card on the laptop but when I try to copy my Tomtom over it comes up with a 'write-protection' error, no problems moving cab files over and installing via activesync. Although I cant install TomTom this way because of the file conversion.
Im wondering now if maybe the SK tools format did the job and maybe my problem lays with Tomtom, it worked before though so I just dont understand it.
Thanks for your reply. I shall have to try that program.
I bought it off ebay about a month ago. so it should be fairly modern, it doesnt work in the slot in my laptop either. I know that 2 gig cards are ok on the laptop as I use the camera SD with it no problems.
I have used SK Tools to reformat it, having done this I lost all my programs on the phone so I had to hard reset. After this I can open up the stoarge card on the laptop but when I try to copy my Tomtom over it comes up with a 'write-protection' error, no problems moving cab files over and installing via activesync. Although I cant install TomTom this way because of the file conversion.
Im wondering now if maybe the SK tools format did the job and maybe my problem lays with Tomtom, it worked before though so I just dont understand it.
Thanks for your reply. I shall have to try that program.
I had some problems with a 4gig sd card showing as write protected like yours.
I solved it by putting a folded piece of the thin backing film from a screen protector on top of the sd card when I put it in the reader.
The write protection is a small contact inside the reader and it just needed this extra packing to put a bit of pressure on the contact to make a connection.
after doing that for a week it now does not need the film so I assume that the contacts inside the reader were either a bit dirty or had some sort of coating that has now worn off.
Worth a try ??
Thanks, I really dont think its the card reader though as it doesnt work on my laptops SD slot either, and when I try to take the files for Tomtom over via Activesync it does the same thing. Installing Cab files is fine though. Im starting to think its a TomTom problem, which is odd as it worked before on my old card, both Sandisk Ultra II.
Thanks, I really dont think its the card reader though as it doesnt work on my laptops SD slot either, and when I try to take the files for Tomtom over via Activesync it does the same thing. Installing Cab files is fine though. Im starting to think its a TomTom problem, which is odd as it worked before on my old card, both Sandisk Ultra II.
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No,Its just happend again about the 5th time now where its just completely or partly wiped my 1gig lexar sd card,its a good job i backed up but it shouldent keep doing this,What do u guys think could be the problem?
This is the only thing i dont like about the jam everything else is great this would probably be a reason for mr selling it and getting rid as its happening too often,Do you think it could be imates rom as ive thought about updating to qteks 1.11 or software or hardware fault (sd) any ideas would be great,It just stops this phone from being perfect for me
Same thing is happening with me. also 1 GB A-Data Sd-card
frustrating......
never happened with 128MB card before....
anyone has any cure????
happend to me in my 512MB card... but it happened when i installed a program called RSS Feeder or something like that... everything was gone from the card except for a 2 folders which had many sub-folders....... and found a file which i couldn't delete and the size of that file was about 1.9GB yes GB not MB and had weird characters in the name... it was weird
that's scary as it happened to me once but I thought it was a fluke. This means that I have to fine a place to back it up.
Who Has Pocket Mechanic Installed? i beleieve it might be the reason. check out pleasE!
i don't have it on my jam
Same thing happens to me after transfering large files using my card reader. As soon as I insert my 1Gb SD card back in my s100 the file names juble up and I can't view the contents of the folder.
This happened even before i installed pocket Mechanic.
Transfering the same files through activesync does not seem to make the problem.
I have it installed. It aint the problem.
Happend 3 times on old Rom versions..
never happend on Anasky Patched Qtek FI 1.11 .. .. .. yet..
I use a the Blue SD 1GB SanDisk card.
Keep the SD backed up on the PC have been a must after all wipes.. scary thing.
Hope its gone.. If not.. Ill get another SD card and try that out..
Anyone "Heavy SD User" here, that uses another brand and never experience this??
Please share what card U uses..
Best Regards Carlis
Hmm, I using Lexar SD 1 Gb in my O2 mini, and quite heavy user since have mini (small internal memory). I store my games, video, Mp3 and document files. Before in mini (i bought mini in February), i used in my XDA II, So far no problem.
Tips : analyst and defrag when needed using sd card reader.
I had this problem too
Hi,
I had the same problem using a blue 1GB SD card from Sandisk together with an IPAQ 4150. The problem was hard to track down. I had the feeling that it happened when I tranfered large files with my card reader and when the card is almost full.
I even contacted HP support but they did not have any other reports like this.
I then ordered another card reader (the oval one from Retec) because I suspected thr card reader to be the one to blame. it happened again with the new card reader.
The file names were all scrambled and the explorer showed files larger than the card was. Some of them could not even be deleted.
I finally bought another card reader (Hama USB 2.0 Card Reader 9in1 Part no. 47100). This fixed all problems I had with the IPAQ / 1GB sandisk combination.
I have switched to an MDA compact a few days ago and I hope that the problem that you are experiencing is related to your card reader.
I am almost certain it is.
Is there anyone having this problem who has never used the SD card in a card ready - I think not.
Try this registry patch
I did it & now I no longer suffer any SD card wipping 8)
Great thanks alot ill give it a try,did u make the patch?
No, its just a .reg file, you can run it using Resco Explorer 2003 or any other programs, or even you can enter the registry keys manually..
ezzkht, thanks!!!
what does it actually do?
Referring to what spadb said in the past forums, there is no key referring to FAT file system for the SD Card, which both the XDA I & XDA II have.
So, this registry hack will add the reference to these DLLs (which really reside in the Windows folder, but not referenced by anything!)
Plz refer to this post for more info:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/viewtopic.php?t=7230
All the thanks go to spadb, not me!! I just made this registry file out of what he'd discovered. :wink:
thanks man
no problem dude,,, I hope this file will solve the SD wipping problem
If anyone has lost his data, I can help to get this data back again using undelete..
Ive just been having this problem recently and applied the reg fix, only the first key, is this enough and do I also need to format my sd card with the FAT32 instead of FAT16? Many thanks
The most important keys are:
"BlockTransferSize"=dword:00000028
"FSD"="FATFSD.DLL"
But i recommend to add the whole keys.
Use Resco Explorer 2003 (even the trial version works)
With a single clic, you will have this key imported.
CHEEEEEEEEEEEERS 8)
bought a new 512mb Kingston Mini sd card . I cannot seem to transfer anything to it. Both my PC and the Wizard `see' the card and register the correct size but I cannot transfer anything to it. Any help appreciated. I read somewhere you need to format a new card on the wizard ??? how do I do this
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you can use StorageTools
Hi Pat thanks for the reply.
What is the executable file you suggest ? is it for using on my PC or the wizard? whats the method ?cheers
its the desktop instalation of storage tools.
http://www.softwinter.com/storagetools.html
download link - http://www.softwinter.com/download.html
Its just pat hotlinked the exe file
yes, sorry. My post could have been a bit more explicit. By the way, what do you mean when you say you can't transfer anything to your card?
Is it just using ActiveSync or did you try your card on your PC with a card reader? If you do have a card reader then you don't really need storagetools . Just format it on your PC and it should be allright.
Another solution is to get WM5Storage (see this post) It will turn your Wizard into a USB drive so that you can copy files without the hassle of activesync or play music files on the card from the desktop, and since it will be seen as a usb drive...format it!
The guy who came up with WM5storage is a genius, I had been looking for this kinf of software ever since I had my fisrt smartphone years ago
Good luck
Hi Pat thanks thats brilliant.
I use a USB reader for the card but it is placed into a SD holder first because my 7:1 PC reader doesn't accept mini SD .
I can see the card and it registers the correct size 512Mb It seems to be accepting drag n drop in explorer and I can see the burn led writing to the card.
When I put it in the wizard it registers the card and offers to find the files so far so good. It then sees the files and transfers them to `libray'?but they don't show up in either the wizard's explorer or win media ?
well that was an interesting 15 minutes :shock:
Clicked on the link Danny gave and got a lockup followed by a BSOD from which the only escape was pull the power lead and reboot. I would advise anyone to treat with caution.
Hello again peanut!
You mean that just by clicking on a the link you got a BSOD? Amazing!
Back to your SD Card, have you tried 3rd party file explorer such as gsfinder (my favorite) or resco explorer to see if they access your card properly? And also try TCMP instead of WMP. For one, it's much better anyway and I've read somewhere (here I guess) that some people had trouble getting WMP to "see" their media files on the SD. Anyway, I guess it would be a good idea to reformat you card in either FAT32 or FAT16 with 512 bytes cluster so as to waste the minimum amount of storage
It may be related to a prolem I have periodically with firefox not loading . Ithink zone alarm is involved as well so I may need to re-install the lot
thanks for the suggestion about TCMP and yes I'll try a fresh format see what happens cheers
The link in my post was found by right clicking Pat12's link and looking at the URL.
All the links are from the same website and i seriously doubt anything is wrong with any of them, check your firewall as it can interupt file transfers and cause things to hang.
My mini sd card and my friends weren't working for banana's. untill i formatted them on the pc unsing a card reader. now they work fine.
never found out why the cards weren't correctly formatted to start with, guess i'm not bothered as they work great. they were also kingstons
thanks for your input RJ webb I'll try a re-format.
Danny your link is fine it was probably my zone alrm plus the drive had gone to sleep lol no blame mate just thanks for your help
Is it a branded card, where did you get it from?
I bought a 2gb unbranded one and it sometimes doesn't show up in the device, and sometimes corrupts the data on the card - so I assume its faulty/dodgy.
I've ordered a sandisk one to replace it with, hope that one works better.
Hi Scotland its a Kingston card I bought off ebay. Probably a crap card knowing my luck. I'll try re-formatting it on another computer maybe that will help.
peanut said:
bought a new 512mb Kingston Mini sd card . I cannot seem to transfer anything to it. Both my PC and the Wizard `see' the card and register the correct size but I cannot transfer anything to it. Any help appreciated. I read somewhere you need to format a new card on the wizard ??? how do I do this
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I hate to ask the obvious, but is it locked with the little switch?
ha ha not so obvious actually because it was at first before I noticed it had a lock the other day. Thanks for the suggestion
Because I'm planning on upgrading the Wizard, when I needed more storage I bought a 2Gb microSD and micro-mini adapter.
Although it works okay, I've found that if the card/adapter is ejected from the Wizard, when I re-insert it, it's not recognised. If I put it in a card reader attached to the PC and do any file read/write I can then put the card back in the Wizard and it works fine.
We're on holiday in a little cottage and the wizard got knocked off a table and the card pinged out :-( One hundred miles from home, does anyone know of and "repair" tools that I could d/l to try and fix it? I might be able to find a PC shop next week, but for now am stuck with no Sat Nav and only the web for company ;-)
Thanks in advance
Dox
yeah...
I found that if you just pop the card out and insert it again, it gets recognized. However, you might have to do this a few times. I ran into the same exact problem this morning. For some reason the phone doesn't pick up the card when it's inserted sometimes...go fig.
Thanks for the suggestion, which sadly, in this case hasn't worked. I have seen what you describe with the 512MB MiniSD card I used to have installed (and which would usually be recognised fine). Once or twice it wasn't recognised and I tried the repeatedly inserting trick until it worked again.
This 2gig card is great for space but a bit awkward for stability. I bought it so I could get the UK and SE USA TomTom maps on one card when the US maps wouldn't quite fit on the old one.
I'm going to try see if the local PC shop will do me a favour, failing which I'll see if I can get a cheap USB reader and borrow the PC of the people who own the cottage..
Holidays are great fun ;-)
Dox
Dox said:
Because I'm planning on upgrading the Wizard, when I needed more storage I bought a 2Gb microSD and micro-mini adapter.
Although it works okay, I've found that if the card/adapter is ejected from the Wizard, when I re-insert it, it's not recognised. If I put it in a card reader attached to the PC and do any file read/write I can then put the card back in the Wizard and it works fine.
We're on holiday in a little cottage and the wizard got knocked off a table and the card pinged out :-( One hundred miles from home, does anyone know of and "repair" tools that I could d/l to try and fix it? I might be able to find a PC shop next week, but for now am stuck with no Sat Nav and only the web for company ;-)
Thanks in advance
Dox
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Someone else found a tool called "Storage Tools" which is: http://www.softwinter.com/storagetools.html
I've used it and it has the option to format, scan/repair, and defrag the sd card directly from the phone. Maybe it'll help you out if you don't mind doing that if the program will even recognize the card being in there at all.
If you click their download page there are CAB file downloads! It also says the program costs money but I sure didn't have to pay to download it, and the usage doesn't look like a trial program, it looks like the full blown real deal!
BigRed Productions said:
I found that if you just pop the card out and insert it again, it gets recognized. However, you might have to do this a few times. I ran into the same exact problem this morning. For some reason the phone doesn't pick up the card when it's inserted sometimes...go fig.
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Face the exact same thing. So I avoid removing the card from the wizard. The key seems to be to insert it at just the right angle. Don't put too much pressure though. ;-)
ok this is kind of wierd but i bought my wizard from a friend. she formated the card to get all the stuff off. and by the time it gets into my hands it doesnt work anymore. the sd cards in the slot and my phone doesnt know its there, also activesync doesnt know its there. so does any one know if there is anything i can do to fix this myself?????? some program or mod?????
but now that i think about it another question comes to mind. is it that card or my phone just f-ed up have know clue????
ok i just read some before this one and my sd is real and its in a 8125 if that helps
The card probably just needs to be reformatted again. The easiest way would be to put it in a card reader and reformat it with your computer. Formatting it with a digital camera sometimes works too if you don't have a card reader.
great idea but each time i put the sd card in something i doesnt act right, for example in my wii, "cant read sd card" in my camra, without it i loads find but when i put it in the on light just comes on, the screen doesnt even come up lol, i put it in my printer/fax it said "error error" with the light flashing im not giving the up on it 10 bucks for a 2gb come on who else does that. anyway i'm also sry for post in the forum didnt see the accessories link, i got so happy to find this place i forgot forum manners.
Sounds like the only thing you have left to try is the card reader. If you don't have one, the easiest thing you can try is to download and install on your phone WM5 Storage, you can get it here - http://www.freewareppc.com/communication/wm5torage.shtml. Then activate it before you connect your phone to the usb cable and it will detect it as a mass storage device and allow you to format it again, as long as the cards not bad.
Was it formatted on an 'oldish' PC or laptop because it may have been formatted to the wrong spec as anything above 1Gb needs a version 2.0 formatter.
Browse the SD manufacturers sites for an SD format utilty (Toshiba, Sandisk, etc) they can sometimes recover them.
wow thank i dont have one but i was just going to take it to office depot and ask if they can do it for me but that cool
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Sounds like the only thing you have left to try is the card reader. If you don't have one, the easiest thing you can try is to download and install on your phone WM5 Storage, you can get it here - http://www.freewareppc.com/communication/wm5torage.shtml. Then activate it before you connect your phone to the usb cable and it will detect it as a mass storage device and allow you to format it again, as long as the cards not bad.
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Thanks for the tip! I thought that my sd card slot on my phone was jacked up. It worked for me!
Not sure what has happened here as everything has been running fine. All I have done today is try and install that stupid connections database (which failed) and also the VGA fix so that I can run skyfire.
Now when I try and start either File Explorer or Total Commander they are taking ages and ages to start, like 5+mins!! Also when I try and connnect to the PC it sometimes freezes the phone or if I do connect it takes ages to transfer a file to the SD Card. For instance I tried to transfer 2 files, one 5kb and one 10kb it took like a minute to transfer.
Is there someway I can test if my SD card has gone tits up? Also will that SD card tuneup I have seen be worth installing?
Well I assume that their isn't any software that I can use to test my sd card then. Think I will use the 128mb micro card I have at home to test the 8GB card I have. If that doesn't work I think a hard reset is in order as its getting rediculous now. I can't use File Explorer or Total commander now
Run the VGAfix and start PocketMechanic. It's the best SD Card application for PPC i know. Including checkups, defragment, format, speed-up and a lot others.
But the PMechanic needs the VGAfix. Without that he will not work correctly on the HD.
could you just remove it from the mobile and see it operates normal without delay!
Thanks hazem77, I did as you suggested (not thinking today as you can tell!!!) and the phone is miles faster!!! File Explorer and Total Commander come up instantly showing the phones files. And the whole phone feels snappier.
Would a format of the SD card be worth a try or should I get a replacement? Also what do you guys use for installing things? All on the card or a mix of card and phone? I have been installing most things to the phone apart from hacks for say the battery icon etc.
I've just RMA'd the 8GB card that came with my touchHD. The 8GB was working fine, now its just not recognised in any of my devices. No other drama's just not able to browse to it, format it etc...
Luckly my old 2GB card has come to the rescue until I get a replacment from Expansys.
Hi Marco,
Did you have to send the broken 8GB card back? And I assume you will get an exact replacement, so another class 2 card? I am tempted to phone expansys and see if I can be cheaky and ask for a 16gb card with a bit knocked off for my defective 8GB one.
I have also been told to format the card from my pc, might try this first.
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Hi Marco,
Did you have to send the broken 8GB card back? And I assume you will get an exact replacement, so another class 2 card? I am tempted to phone expansys and see if I can be cheaky and ask for a 16gb card with a bit knocked off for my defective 8GB one.
I have also been told to format the card from my pc, might try this first.
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Hi, the 8GB card is sitting in my out tray here at work.. should be with Expansys within a day. No idea how long it will take for a replacement. I had heard Expansys were not the best in this department....?
I'm expecting a like for like replacement. As the 8GB was bundled by HTC not Expansys I didn't think I'd get much joy trying for a larger card with a little extra money.
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Run the VGAfix and start PocketMechanic. It's the best SD Card application for PPC i know. Including checkups, defragment, format, speed-up and a lot others.
But the PMechanic needs the VGAfix. Without that he will not work correctly on the HD.
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Hi Vincent
Where Can I find the link to download this VGAfix, and also the link to the SD tuenup cab
Thks in advance
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Found them
Thks anyway
I had the same problem before. Just format the SD on the PC and it will work fine. copy all data on the SD to the PC and after you finish copy the same back, Any file that gives you error Skip it.
Hi Vincent
Where Can I find the link to download this VGAfix, and also the link to the SD tuenup cab
Thks in advance
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=2915068&postcount=1
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=2863330&postcount=1
And allow the following hint:
If you want to work/analyze with PocketMechanic (on) your SD card, don't install the Mechanic on the CARD!!!
Simple but easy to forget, mate
My SD card has no tits.