I don't know what is wrong with me but I'm just having an awful time trying to format and mount this SD card. I've tried using both gparted and the paragon software a few dozen times with different results over the last 6 hours.
As it stands right now, I've split it into two partitions:
2.9gb PRIMARY FAT32
997.7mb PRIMARY EXT2
I've done a wipe and fresh update again to jf 1.41 adp version.
This time through Astro it's seeing the fat32 partition and the files I have on it. Still, when I when plug in the usb cable and mount, Windows is unable to see the drive.
This is pretty much the point I've gotten to before. When I go any further and try to mount the ext2 partition, things start going to hell and won't see it, or the fat32 partition anymore for that matter.
I've read through all the threads here but at this point I can't figure out what to do. I've seen different sets of instructions that seem to contradict each other. Can someone give me a url to the definitive method? Perhaps I've been reading things that are no longer valid.
As far as I know, Windows doesn't expect memory cards to have partition
Maybe you can try to find a card reader that identify itself to windows as a drive
drive might not be the corrent word here, but there's different between a harddisc and a card reader
How did u read the card from windows? Through g1 or some card reader?
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I just got a 16gb class 2 memory card but it only shows that I only have 200mb. I've tried format the card but it isn't showing anything different. I've tried FAT and FAT32. Any suggestions would be appreciated. Thanks
It's probably a fake. Where did you get it?
I got it from ebay but when I first used it it was fine. Now I can't even see it show up on my computer.
Have you tried rebooting pc? If I do the safe to remove hardware , and then put my card back in it doesn't read....until I reboot.
Ok, I've tried rebooting pc and putting it back in it still doesn't recognize it. Weird thing is is I can put it in my Mac and it reads it fine.
That is weird. Sorry I can't be of more help.
Is it possible that I may have deleted the partition on the SD Card that needs to be there in order for it to work? when I go into recovery and try to flash zip from it it tells me that it cannot mount the sd card.
corybucher said:
I just got a 16gb class 2 memory card but it only shows that I only have 200mb. I've tried format the card but it isn't showing anything different. I've tried FAT and FAT32. Any suggestions would be appreciated. Thanks
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You said you tried formatting. Did you try formatting on your pc or mac?
I've tried on both and nothing is working
I will get the error message from when in recovery.
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I've tried on both and nothing is working
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I had the same problem when I partition my card using recovery 1.5.2. I had a 8gb card but it only show 3gb when put it on my pc. I used http://www.sdcard.org/consumers/formatter_3/ to fix it. Maybe it will help you.
E: Can't Mount /dev/block/mmcblk0p1
(or /dev/block/mmcblk0)
(invalid argument)
E: Can't mount SD Card
I have had similar failures with generic memory cards (mine came from Hong Kong and were real looking fakes).
You may be able to repartition the card using a program called Paragon Manager in Windows (note sure if you can get this legitimately free).
Here is a great article from overclockers.com about spotting fakes and what to expect from them (click here):
Fake Memory Cards
From OCAU Wiki
Purpose
As fake memory cards have now proliferated throughout the marketplace, it is important to be able to spot a fake. This page includes methods to spot fakes, and examples of fake cards.
Why should you care?
Inferior quality card - you're not getting what you paid for
No warranty - when the card fails, you're out of luck
Fake cards sometimes have invalid partition sizes, making it likely to fail
It will drive costs of genuine cards up
Spotting a fake
A program called H2testw 1.4 has been written (thanks to German writer Herald Bögeholz and c’t Magazin für Computertechnik) which correctly analyzes and reports a flash drive's true size capacity; letting you know it is a fake.
If you don't believe that, read this article at http://sosfakeflash.wordpress.com/2...standard-in-detecting-usb-counterfeit-drives/
This make life a bit easier!
Presentation quality and differences
First thing to look for is poorly printed labels and material; most fake cards have slight differences from the real deal. Most manufacturers have a page where you can download high resolution pictures of their cards. Below is a list of manufacturer image page links:
Sandisk
Sony
Olympus
Example of fake 1GB Sandisk SD Card
(Click here for high resolution image)
This particular card was also missing a notch, making it quite easy to spot:
Put it in phone, boot into recovery , select partition, then change allocations to 0 for first two options, the it will format remainder to fat 32.
I would appreciate help with creating multiple partitions on my micro sd card. over the past few days I sat for hours reading all about it but still have some trouble. OK, so I know that windows won't allow you to create multiple partitions on removable media. Therefore I created 2 fat32 partitions using Gparted. So far all was well, and my phone recognized it as 2 storage cards. The problem is Windows Vista (or XP and 7) still won't recognize more than 1 partition.
Now if you search around on the internet you will find people referring to the Hitachi MicroDrive Driver which can be hacked to make an SD card (or USB flash drive) appear to windows as a local disc, making it possible to create multiple partitions on your card. That's when Vista x64 gets in the way since the driver isn't x64 compatible. So far I still have not found a solution, and would appreciate it if anyone knows how to do this on a x64 system (including assigning drive letters to each partition). Just to make it clear, using WM5 Storage and USB to PC didn't help either.
Thanks
BIG problem.
i know this is an old post, but did you ever find a solution for it? im having the same problem. my scenario...
using an HTC HD2, i've installed wp7 to the phones memory. wp7 by default re-formats any micro sd card so that it can only be used fully by wp7. there was a work around here...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=945565&highlight=micro
and i was able to dual boot wp7 and then an android build from the micro sd card. here's the BIG PROBLEM... both wp7 AND my sd android build WILL NOT see anything else on the micro sd storage card.
furthermore, any attempt to format that card in windows is met with the message of windows will only recognize one partition on a removable data (something like that).
now here's the real kicker... in linux, all partitions are recognized. i have do have 3 partitions on my micro sd card now, 1 for wp7, 1 for my sd android, and 1 that im hoping to find a way for at least one of these builds to read. the idea is to have that final open partition for storage of music, pictures, and video files to share between the 2 systems. i'll be happy if just one of these systems can read it though
im not sure where to post, or really what to do. however, i saw your post and it was the closest thing i've found to anyone else having a similar problem. if anyone can point me in the right direction i'd appreciate it.
best program is EASEUS Partition Master 6.5.2 Home Edition.
I'm over at: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1448186 performing this really really nice ROM image upgrade that 'racks" and his team have made for the Nook Color. Boy, it's the best! Nice and responsive, good looking interface, the whole bit...
Now, I mounted this on a "clean" 16 gB Class-4 MicroSD card by Transcend. I'm using my trusty dusty Belkin USB microcard reader feeding to and from Windows XP Pro. The image and additional modules went on and set up like butter (just follow the instructions). However in paragraph #3 the OP states that optionally you can extend the last or 7th partition (the leftover space) and then be able to use it as storage for files. I assume that just about anything can go on that 7th partition.
I used the ROM for about a day of flawless testing. Then I went back and tried to make some room on that 7th partition. Used miniTool to look at the card. The 7th section (unallocated) is there. I created a partition, formatted it FAT32 and mounted it with a drive letter of "E".
I must be missing a step because not only will Windows not detect and see "E" but neither will the Nook Color. I gracefully ejected, unplugged the reader, reintroduced it but no "E" and I can't seem to see the extra SD card space using Astro. The card still works the Nook just fine.
Is 16gB too big for the Nook?
Isn't it possible to go back such as I did, after booting and using the ROM?
I need to find out what I missed in trying to make some room on this "drive" so that I can use the whole card.
Do we have someone who can help me figure out what I did wrong?
Thanks.
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Guess I'll answer half of my own question since no one seems to be coming in. Should have done this research myself. According to this: http://www.barnesandnoble.com/p/nook-color-barnes-noble/1100437663
The NC microSD capacity is 32gB.
But the other part/question still remains: What step did I miss in formatting/partitioning/mounting that additional 11+gB of space that's just laying there and can't be seen?
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Hi. I got my Meenova in the mail about a week ago. Since I have a Nexus 5, I thought this would be perfect. I bought a brand new 16gb, class 10 Lexar sdhc to go with the Meenova. I formatted the card in my computer to Fat32. I have read through the different threads, and the process seems simple enough. Anyways, every time I connect the Meenova to my N5, I get "Preparing USB Storage" in the notification bar. Underneath that it reads "checking for errors". But it never goes away. I've tried Stickmount and also formatting the sd card to exfat and NFTS. I am currently rooted, running Commotio Nightly 2-20-2014. Are there any settings on the phone itself that I need to adjust? Same thing happens with an older sd card too... What do I need to do? Any help would be much appreciated! It bugs me that I can't get this to work properly. Thank you!
NEXUS 5
Make sure the card is formatted to primary not logical.
Is that just a setting in the format menu on my pc? I'll go check... Thanks.
NEXUS 5
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Is that just a setting in the format menu on my pc? I'll go check... Thanks.
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I don't know what program you're using but it should be there somewhere. When I ran winblows I used this free formatting program:
Mini Tool
Ok cool. I'm looking now.
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With Windows, I go to my computer, right click on the SD card, go to format. It gives the option for fat32, exfat, nfts I think. Plus the option to quick format or format the longer way. I've tried all of them. The link you gave me brings me to a page with a bunch of programs to download. Sorry, I'm not real computer savvy. I tried another program, but it just kept giving me tons of pop up ads. Thanks for the help though.. I appreciate it.
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dave2metz said:
With Windows, I go to my computer, right click on the SD card, go to format. It gives the option for fat32, exfat, nfts I think. Plus the option to quick format or format the longer way. I've tried all of them. The link you gave me brings me to a page with a bunch of programs to download. Sorry, I'm not real computer savvy. I tried another program, but it just kept giving me tons of pop up ads. Thanks for the help though.. I appreciate it.
NEXUS 5
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I use EaseUS Partition Master (http://www.partition-tool.com/personal.htm) for all my formatting needs on my Windows 7 PC. It's super simple to use. I've used it to format my 2 64GB SanDisk Ultra Micro SDXC cards to FAT32 and I've never hit any issues. Just plug in your SD card to your computer, open up the program, right click on the sd card you want to reformat, select format (or reformat (I can't remember what it says)), select FAT32, and voila. It's super quick to (done in a matter of seconds).
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I don't know what program you're using but it should be there somewhere. When I ran winblows I used this free formatting program:
Mini Tool
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Awful tool. Seen so many bad formats with it.
I wouldn't touch it ever again, even for the simple tasks it should be able to do.
charesa39 said:
I use EaseUS Partition Master (http://www.partition-tool.com/personal.htm) for all my formatting needs on my Windows 7 PC. It's super simple to use. I've used it to format my 2 64GB SanDisk Ultra Micro SDXC cards to FAT32 and I've never hit any issues. Just plug in your SD card to your computer, open up the program, right click on the sd card you want to reformat, select format (or reformat (I can't remember what it says)), select FAT32, and voila. It's super quick to (done in a matter of seconds).
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Hello,
I desperately wish I could use another filesystem (exFAT, NTFS, etc) but I need my external HDD to be readable from my Amazon Fire TV box, Android phone/tablet, and hopefully iOS devices (though the latter is less of an issue if this won't work). From everything I've read, the ONLY file system that can be read by all of these is FAT32. I've tried on my Android phone/tablet using other options like NTFS and even using premium apps, I could get the drive to mount but nothing could be read. I only include this information but I know FAT32 isn't the best option and people will rightfully share that with me but sadly, it's the only option I have in this case.
I also know that while 2TB should be the max that FAT32 can handle, there are several people who have successfully gotten around that. If needed, I can share links to a post talking about that. However, what no one can seem to share is how to actually do that? Do I need to change the disk sector size? I've tried using multiple different software including AOMEI Partition Assistant, EaseUS Partition Master, and MiniTool Partition Wizard, obviously Windows built in (useless), and one or two others whose names escape me at the moment and, although most of them advertise that they can handle FAT32 partitions larger than 2TB, I can find no info on how to actually use them to accomplish this. Is GParted able to do this without problems? Is there any other program that can? Can anyone please share what I need to do to accomplish this? I know I have to have GPT rather than MBR but I don't know what else I need to do.
Thanks so much in advance! I truly appreciate any tips or advice you can share! Take care!!
Open a command window by going to Start, then Run and typing in CMD.
Now type in the following command at the prompt:
format /FS:FAT32 X:
Replace the letter X with the letter of your external hard drive in Windows. Windows will go ahead and begin formatting the drive in FAT32!
Format external hard drive fat32
There seems to also be an issue when using the command line besides the size limit problem. Namely, it can take forever to format the hard drive for some users. Not sure why, but I’ve seen it enough times and it can be very frustrating to wait 5 hours and then have the whole format fail.
As I know the snap-in disk management could not support formating partition from NTFS to FAT 32 when it is larger than 32 GB, if you want do that, you could use some partition software, such as Partition Assistant, GParted, and etc, btw, from your post it mentioned Acronis Disk Director, unquestionable, it is a powerful partition software, however, it need cost too much.
This should be possible with gparted, as long as the sector size of your hard disk is greater than 512 Byte. If not, 2TB will be the limit with Fat32.