Hey everyone,
for some reason, my MiniSD card looks empty all of the sudden.
didn't do anything special.
i just see a Outlook folder, and it had 1.8GB of music and programs.
when i click memory i see 1.8GB of 2GB used.
but i just dont see all my data.
what should i do to repair it?
If you have a card reader remove card from phone and put it in there, computer should see everything, then when you put it back in the phone it ought to be good.
otherwise just remove it reset the phone and then put it back in again, that might just about do it.
rootbit said:
Hey everyone,
for some reason, my MiniSD card looks empty all of the sudden.
didn't do anything special.
i just see a Outlook folder, and it had 1.8GB of music and programs.
when i click memory i see 1.8GB of 2GB used.
but i just dont see all my data.
what should i do to repair it?
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Well, that didnt work.
i ran StorageTools on it, but then it just deleted the rest of the missing files and gave me the whole miniSD as empty.
so i did a hard reset and reinstalled all my software
and today it happened again
all the data is lost again
what do i do?
I have the same! Once in a while I loose files from my storagecard. I have to reinstall the programs.
I made a copy to my PC, so I can copy back if again I loose files. But I really don't know why this strange behaviour happens.
Maybe it's the card itself?
So its not even just me
anyone else had this issue? found how to solve it? i had it day after day.
do you also have the problem where the card looks like it hasent recovered the space?
It's an old problem. If you use search, it turns up few dozens.
Are you using WM6 or WM5? WM6 reportedly has better driver support for SD(HC).
I'm using WM5.
2GB cards arnt SDHC?
i tried searching but didnt find anything that looks like that problem.
want to help me out with a link?
I have this file loosing problem with WM6 and WM5, but not so often, maybe once or twice a month.
Hmm... it was reported that WM6 would solve this problem but it turned out that it's not true.
Perhaps you guys should try the application called sdsentry, which would save your day.
happened to me a few days ago.. something to do with losing power and killing the file allocation table (or something like that).. I used a program called 'GetDataBack for FAT' and got almost everything back.
MiniSD Data dissapearing workaround
1. Stop ALL programs running from miniSD (plugins, background progs, etc.)
2. Trinity On, remove miniSD card.
3. Soft reset Trinity.
4. Using File Explorer (since this could be the only option available), DELETE the "STORAGE CARD" directory.
4. POWER OFF Trinity.
5. Insert miniSD card
6. POWER ON, voila!
Use it at your own risk, it worked for me just fine.
For Admin: Since thius is a pretty common issue for Trinity owners it may be a good idea to make the message STICKY.
Cheers, Fanelul
Yeah this is a pretty common problem. I had a patriot 2gb nonSDHC card once which had this problem, recurred all the time, changed to kingston and never had it again.
This is probably gonna be your best choice unfortunately.
I had the same issue some days ago with my Trascend 2GB , that's what I did:
1- via a card reader I saved all data in the minisd to a tempdir on my desktop
2- reformatted minisd in FAT
3- copyed all files again from the tempdir to the minisd and reinserted in my Trinity
4- All my files are back again
This help only if you can see your files on the desktop via the card reader..obviously..
Bye
fanelul said:
1. Stop ALL programs running from miniSD (plugins, background progs, etc.)
2. Trinity On, remove miniSD card.
3. Soft reset Trinity.
4. Using File Explorer (since this could be the only option available), DELETE the "STORAGE CARD" directory.
4. POWER OFF Trinity.
5. Insert miniSD card
6. POWER ON, voila!
Use it at your own risk, it worked for me just fine.
For Admin: Since thius is a pretty common issue for Trinity owners it may be a good idea to make the message STICKY.
Cheers, Fanelul
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fanelul,
how can you delete the "STORAGE CARD" directory since you removed the miniSD card before? As you know when you remove the card the directory disappear from file explorer list..
Bye
I've had this problem twice.
What I did when data diasppears was:
1) soft reset
2) use the file explorer of ppc
3) you should see 'storage card' AND 'storage card2'
4) delete 'storage card' and leave 'storage card2' alone
5) soft reset
6) you should get everything back whe the ppc reads 'storage card2' as the offset storage card when it changes back to 'storage card' minus the '2'
Hope this helps many.
isnt the case
Hey, this isnt the case, sorry.
i dont have Storage card2.
anyway, i just got this thing again
this time i lost all the folders on the miniSD
but the files that were flat on the miniSD are still there
i think ill try buying a new miniSD card.
if that dosnt work ill send the Trinity for repairs.
Hi,
I've same problem since I use a PNY 2 Go sd card.
To solve it quickly I switch off the screen (hard button on the right top), remove and replace mini SD, and it's ok.
No problem with my 1 go....
After my christmas trip I'll replace Wester_Europe map by French_map and burn my 2go card....
I had a similar problem too. But not all the data disappeared from my minisd.
I used to store images taken from the camera in the rootSD/MyDocuments/images.
My Trinity deleted ALL the data inside the MyDocuments directory, and the data inside Windows directory.
This happened after a soft reset. My Trinity was frozen and i had to soft reset through the lower button.
When it turned on again didn't find any of the programs installed.
Related
I have installed TomTom 5 on my SD card, all working well.
I have one irritating problem however, whenever I remove and then reinstall my SD card, it automatically launches tomtom.
I've tried to stop the auto starting with the usual registry entries for START, etc, however nothing seems to work.
Does anyone know how to stop the SD card autolaunching this app?
The problem is caused by the folder 2577 on your Storage Card. IF you delete the Tomtom cabs from this folder it will stop happening. Alternatively you could rename the 2577 folder in case you need to install the software agin away from your computer.
HTH
Fin
Is there an app in the root of the SD card called start.exe? Also, when you insert an SD card it will automatically run stuff which is present in the "2577" directory if it exists. This is responsible for installing the app initially. Try renaming 2577 to something else and see if it still happens. If it does, try renaming the start app.
That's spooky findus... maybe we should get a room?! [j/k] :lol:
lol
Brilliant, such speedy response, and a positive result. Thanks guys, this works! Has been bugging me for months. Cheers
I've installed realplayer. I rebooted my wizard and upon reboot my storagecard has been renamed to storagecard2. therefore my shortcuts to programs installed on the storagecard do not run due to the 2. I've tried to rename the storagecard but it won't let me do it! any ideas how to force the rename back to its original?
maby WMStorage??
Hi! have U install WM Sorage?? When i activate WMStorage with activesync enabled, i see StorageCard & StorageCard2. I have disabled WMstorage & all was OK. (sorry - my english is very bad
what is wmstorage? the last things I installed are flashplayer 7 and realplayer!
JPHCCFC said:
I've installed realplayer. I rebooted my wizard and upon reboot my storagecard has been renamed to storagecard2. therefore my shortcuts to programs installed on the storagecard do not run due to the 2. I've tried to rename the storagecard but it won't let me do it! any ideas how to force the rename back to its original?
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Hi - yes this happened to me once - look in the root directory of the device there should be a folder called \storage card - probably empty and then your minisd card called storage card2. Delete the storage card folder - check first if there are any files in there, if so save them. Then soft reset and all should be well - no need to relabel your minisd card it will rename itself when you soft reset.
meschle said:
Hi - yes this happened to me once - look in the root directory of the device there should be a folder called \storage card - probably empty and then your minisd card called storage card2. Delete the storage card folder - check first if there are any files in there, if so save them. Then soft reset and all should be well - no need to relabel your minisd card it will rename itself when you soft reset.
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This happens if your device tries to write to the Storage Card when it isn't avaliable (either ejected or before the hardware is ready on boot). I had the happen several times when I was storing e-mail and temp files on my storage card.
tweaks 2k2
this happened to me aswell but this was due to a app...tweaks 2k2. this is a common bug with this app (see website if youn have app installed)
tweaks 2k2
this happened to me aswell but this was due to a app...tweaks 2k2. this is a common bug with this app (see website if youn have app installed)
thanks guys problem solved now
Guys how did you fix this issue with tweaks2k2?
I have just tried 3.25 upgraded from 3.18 and it is now giving me this storage card2 issue... I havent changed any settings in tweaks2k2!
Any help would be appreciated... I have tried deleting the fake storage card dir and then resetting but still comes up with this problem... pls help.
Thanks.
Thanks guys! I was about to restore an old registry (which would not have helped) when I found this thread! Life saver!
Please guys and gals follow my articles - I've elaborated on the problem (and the solutions to it) several times; for example, at http://www.pocketpcmag.com/blogs/in...s_to_rename_itself_to_sd&more=1&c=1&tb=1&pb=1
I had the same problem and I had to perform full restore. Maybe could someone try to install the application to the main memory not on the card...
ralpheboyo said:
this happened to me aswell but this was due to a app...tweaks 2k2. this is a common bug with this app (see website if youn have app installed)
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I can't seem to find any solution to this problem! Any suggestions? It won't let me delete "Storage Card" at all....
--Quordandis
quordandis said:
I can't seem to find any solution to this problem! Any suggestions? It won't let me delete "Storage Card" at all....
--Quordandis
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See if it will let you rename it then soft reset. It proberly wont let you delete it because there are some protected files in the folder.
Hi,
I recently installed an app that made my phone go into SAFE MODE -- So I uninstalled the app and realized messaging was gone. So I did the Clear Storage function and started from sctratch.
Oh -- I am using the Dopod ROM with GPS
Now once I started steeing my phone back up again, I noticed my "Memory Card was Locked" message when I directed the email attachments to be stored there. ALSO when I look at the Storage card memory in the SYSTEM/DEVICE INFORMATION screen -- it shows that my old stuff is still on there. But File explorer cannot read them.
ANY SUGGESTIONS?
Thanks in Advance!
diablonyc2 said:
Hi,
I recently installed an app that made my phone go into SAFE MODE -- So I uninstalled the app and realized messaging was gone. So I did the Clear Storage function and started from sctratch.
Oh -- I am using the Dopod ROM with GPS
Now once I started steeing my phone back up again, I noticed my "Memory Card was Locked" message when I directed the email attachments to be stored there. ALSO when I look at the Storage card memory in the SYSTEM/DEVICE INFORMATION screen -- it shows that my old stuff is still on there. But File explorer cannot read them.
ANY SUGGESTIONS?
Thanks in Advance!
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When you do a "clear storage" it resets your device, but it doesn't erase your external storage card. The best policy is to take out your storage card, save the important files on your PC, then reformat it. Do your "clear storage" hard reset without the card in the device. This way you are sure that you are starting fresh without any old problems hanging around. You can then copy back to your card any important files, but not old messages...this is asking for trouble.
Thanks Matterhorn. I wound up purchasing a card reader and reformating the card. It took a while but I got everything up and running.
I had a 4g microsdhc card in the xv6800. Verizon btw.
Had a couple larger programs installed to the storage card.
Decided to upgrade a bit and got 8g microsdhc. Turned off
ppc, copied 4g's files to laptop, then copied to 8g.
Tried using Garmin gps, problem with that as I assume card id
has changed. Couple other card id generated serials did not want
to work either.
So I remove everything from storage, cept for some personal files
etc... And in the process of removing I came up with the brilliant
idea, hmm... new storage card, might as well try out the hard reset
feature and start fresh.
At the beginning everything was fine. I restored pim data with Sprite,
and when I installed Sprite, I installed to the storage card. Install went fine
but after the soft reset, its got default icon, and don't work. So I am thinking, ok, maybe its gotta be installed to the device. Yep that worked.
So I installed some other apps I thought should also go to the device, and they worked as well.
Came to some larger apps, Garmin first, and it works. But it's the only one
that works when I install to the storage card. Any app I have tried to install
to the storage card, after soft reset, has default icon, and won't open.
I searched thru the storage card, win folder, programs folder, my documents just in case, and they are all empty. and yes I am browsing with show all files checked.
Soz its prolly something real simple that I am overlooking. All I know is the
programs that I had installed to the storage card i assume aren't actually installing, cause there are no files, but same program will install to the device
and run/work.
Any takers want to point out my stupidity for me? What I doing/did wrong?
I really have NO clue what the problem is,
BUT,
I had an odd problem with files lost on my 4G card. I stuck it into a good card reader and plugged it into my laptop. I did a 'chkdsk' on it (checked it for errors) and it found a number of lost clusters. I let it repair those, and all was well.
Actually, I believe that when I saw the errors, I copied everything off the card and just reformatted it.
Don't forget the 'safe to remove' button on the PC.
thank ya very much.
done and done and working now.
formatted it using disc management in xp.
all good now.
thanks for pointing out my stupidity.
i forgot this is windows, when in doubt...format. lol
Guys,
Am in need of some desperate help.
Up until tonight all was well with the HD2.
However, for some unknown reason every time I now launch Opera it changes the name of my Storage Card to Storage Card 2 which you then can not enter in Resco Explorer and in place creates a new folder named Storage Card and places 2 folders inside:-
OperaCache (with 264 files within)
Inbox.numbers (and inside this folder Mail Attachements which is empty).
What this means is because it has changed the name of the Storage Card I can't access any of my installed applications/photos/videos/music...nothing.
If you then soft-reset, as it is rebooting it is looking for items in the content of Storage Card but Storage Card was renamed and the consequence is the phone doesn't boot up correctly.
The only 'tempory remedy' (until I next use Opera) is when the Phone has finished rebooting, I launch Resco Explorer, Rename Storage Card to Storage Card 3 and again soft-reset.
This time when the Phone reboots Storage Card 2 (the real Storage Card) is renamed back to it's original name of Storage Card and the Phone boots up normally.
All seems well until I then load Opera again ........ which then goes through the whole process over again in renaming Storage Card and creating another.. etc. etc.
Help... help... help.
This is more than annoying as it is effecting my work and here we are talking patient care which is of paramount importance to me.
Note:
I have tried rolling back the system to a previous Backup point using Sprite Backup but no matter which Restore file I select once the system reboots to this restore point and I again launch Opera it does the same thing over again.
I got the same, it was because I had changed the cache location to the SD Card, but when I had the device plugged in via USB in Disk Mode it stops the phone seeing the SD Card.
I just moved the cache back to the phone, and the problem goes away!
stratplayer said:
I got the same, it was because I had changed the cache location to the SD Card, but when I had the device plugged in via USB in Disk Mode it stops the phone seeing the SD Card.
I just moved the cache back to the phone, and the problem goes away!
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Are you talking about Cache Directory4 in the Opera:Config?
Edited:
Many thanks statplayer. Initial findings show this may have cured the problem.
I'll be doing some testing later tomorrow when I get up (bed time now).
The only thing I am totally baffled about is I did the Cache Directory switch to Storage Card quite some time back.
Since then I have used Opera and the rest of the system every day without any problems.
What's made it all of a sudden decide it wanted to react today and not on the day I first changed the Cache area???????
Obviously this I would love to know.
Anyway, if this has cured the problem I owe you a debt of thanks.
Will report back tomorrow.
In the meantime ~ Guys if you can offer any further advice on why it's not played up before, please chip in.
Beards
I had exactly the same issue in the situation specified regarding changing the Opera cache location to the storage card, accessing Opera with the USB plugged in (not activesync mode), and disconnecting the USB card then causing the phone to call the ACTUAL SD card "Storage Card 2" because Opera had already stolen the name.
It did cause a panick at first!
morpheus1982 said:
I had exactly the same issue in the situation specified regarding changing the Opera cache location to the storage card, accessing Opera with the USB plugged in (not activesync mode), and disconnecting the USB card then causing the phone to call the ACTUAL SD card "Storage Card 2" because Opera had already stolen the name.
It did cause a panick at first!
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What I don't though is that I did this tweak quite some time back and until yesterday all was well.
I connect via USB daily and the same with Opera. Not once did I receive any errors.
Something triggered this all off and I would be grateful to whoever who can explain any reason why yesterday it all went 'pear-shaped' and played up.
Thanks Guys.
Beards