Hi All,
I have a problem with partitioning my SD card under windows 7,
I updated it with cwm image which creates 4 partitions
boot, data, and two more
From here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2032364&page=1
Windows 7 is only able to see the first one.
How do I change that or at least make it see the larger partition and not boot, which is only 120 Mb?
minitool
I used minitool to correct that, but it looks like it is not possible to change without breaking boot partition
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Okay so guys i've recently got a new sd card (32gb) for my nexus and ive made a 1gb ext3 partition on it and everthing a-okay but now I want to give my mom my previous sd card so she can use it. Its only a 4gb but its better than nothing but....Its got 2 ext partitions on it (ext2 & ext3) so thats using 2gb.....How can I reverse the partitions so i can have my 4gb of space back? And no i cant go out and buy a new one because we tight on cash at the moment
Thanks
Stu \m/
Well, Im hoping its as easy as just doing a reformat? if Im wrong, please pipe up, someone. But I think that should remove any and all partitions.
Boot into recovery and wipe ext partition. Simple.
You can also remove repartitions in Gparted (its possible to download gparted live cd)
Pop it back in your phone and format it from settings..sdcard..unmount..format.
If that don't get rid of it you can use windows. Go to disk management and remove both partitions on sdcard and create a new one to fill the card. I think anything less than windows 7 wont let you change partitions on an SD, in which case use gparted live CD or a Ubuntu live CD.
to lee droid hello.
i am a "silent admirer". i have a rooted desire and i use only leedroid roms for more then a year. as always i never had any problems with any of the roms and install them all without wipe at all.
about a month ago i installes v. 2.3.
today i saw the thread about the new version 3.0 gb and downloaded the following files: 1. 3.0 gb leedroid rom.
2. the new radio ...56....
3. the ext3 file.
after downloading i checked the md5 of the first two files and found it OK.
i backed up my 16 gb sd and tried to install the 3.0 tom via rom manager.
the thing is that i believe that the rom was install OK but the rom did not go up and my desire got stuck with the dumb green "htc".
thereafter i restored the system which went well and tried again - this time with file and cach wipe.
again - all seems to go well but did not load.
tried to install the ext3 file - went ok but did not load.
from that moment i got really worried but nothing i tried (deleating the sd card and copying from backup) or thought i know didnt work and now i am the proud owner of stupid green "htc" screen.
please help
erezinna
p.s. i couldt read all the 53 pages of your thread so if anybody already got an answer - please send me there.
I had this same issue.
It seems that although I originally partitioned my SD card as ext3 at some point without me knowing the partition got changed to ext4 I really can't explain how as I never messed with partitions after I initially set them up.
if the EXT3 fix is not working for you try booting into gparted and checking the partition there. as soon as I did that and realized it had been changed to ext4 I deleted the partition and made a new ext3 patition and it worked flawlessly after that.
"try booting into gparted and checking the partition there"
where? when? who?
can you you be more gentle? i booted milion times and never heard of "gpart" (it is a secret socaity)?
it's a live cd that you boot into on your PC to partition the SD card with a ext3 partition.
just google gparted live cd
You need to verify that the second partition on your sd card is in fact ext3 or leedriod will not load
i have to burn it or ghost-burn it or just download it and transfer to my desire?
like i said in my previous post you need to boot into on your PC.
I have to ask how did you originaly partition your SD card?
dear larkspeed:
i did all you have suggested but the gparted (or the regular win 7) was unable to recognize the sd card at all.
i did recognize all the other harddisks on my computer. it is probably because of the ext4 and now i cannot delete it. (also i hardly can operate the phone - only basic functions).
what sould i do now?
Windows will not see ext4 at all but it will see the partition itself so you can delete and remake it.
Gparted should have seen it just fine and let you reformat it to ext3
However if neither windows or gparted can see the partitions on the card then it's very possible the card itself has a fault.
Stupid question but when you loaded gparted you did use the drop down in the upper right corner of the window to actually select your sd card right?
if not then you were looking at primary hard drive only
yes i did several times. you have to move with "tab" and keboard because the mouse does not work there.
if the sd card have a fault, should i format it or erase it totally or something?
if you are totaly sure you have a ext partition on that card you will need to delete that partition either with windows **** manager or gparted
if you just format the card it will only format the partition it can see which will be the fat32 partition.
Now I assume you are putting the micro sd into some kind of adapter to plug it into the PC.
Now I have 2 options for this a USB stick that the micro sd plugs into or a micro sd to sd adapter plugged into an internal card reader which plugs into a USB header on my motherboard.
both of these systems work fine for me.
if gparted is not seeing the card at all then I would think whatever system you are using to plug the card into your PC is not supported.
I have to ask when you plug the card in when in windows what size does it say the "removable drive" is?
1. i gparted the sd card into main fat 32 partition about 12 gb and 1.6 gb ext3 partition
2. i cloesd the program after compleating that and the device informed me that the sd card is damaged and needs formating
3. i formated it and moved the leedroid 3.0.
4. it refused to go into recovery because lacking .update.zip file so i copied that too.
5. i installed the 3.0 but i won't go.
6. what to do? give it up?
all I can suggest is to try a different SD card and see if it works then.
I decide to install one of android builds from this section on my X1,It's CWM needed,so I have make 4 partition on my card[ 1Fat 32 & 3 EX2]using MiniTool Partition Wizard Home Edition 5.2 and then apply.....My device doesn't detect the card anymore,just asking for formatting and I hit yes,and It appears again and again,trying to format the card using MiniTool Partition Wizard again to NTFS,Fat 32 and FAT again,no results,Unformat mark appears on the partition on this app.
I also tried HP format tool,but it doesn't help too....
PS:maybe it's better to ask it in X1 section,But I prefer to ask it here Bcoz of visiting by more peoples,sry....
i was using mintool to partition my 32gb microsd for use with link2sd on xperia mini pro
it formated cleaning sectors
but now its not picking up on phone or pc
can adb via android fix it
tried to format on other android and old windows 6.5 phone but no success:crying:
any ideas to fix greatly appreciated
It is not clear question. Although it is quite long time ago, but i know minitool can partition sd card perfectly. i dont know why you format it, if you want to convert files system, you can use minitool partition wizard to convert files system directly and without data losing.
Hello guys. I've been struggling with this for 3 days now.
The thing is that I need to have an SD with 2 partitions for internal storage on android. The wierd thing is, no matter what procedure I take, the second partition cannot be formated. I can create the partition, but I when I format it it ends up with the file system "Other".
I've tried with A LOT of procedures, a lot of programs, I read a lot of guides, and nothing works.
This is all the info I can provide:
First partition works well in every case, I can read and write in it.
If second partition is Primary, file system is ALWAYS "Other" and NO free space left (all space marked as used), but if partition is logical, it does not even create it (updates as unallocated after commitment, as if nothing ever happened).
That "Other" partition is not recognized by nothing, and there is no way I can explore it.
I've tried in Windows 7 64 bits, Linux GParted Environment, Android 6.0 Marshmallow and Android 4.4 Kitkat.
I've tried in 3 devices: A PC, a Notebook and Moto E android with stock rom and CM 13.
I have 2 MicroSD, Kingston 16 GB Class 4 and Kingston 16 GB Class 10. All the procedures where repeated in both SD cards, so I discard the SD being broken.
I've used MiniTool Partition Wizzard, Acronis Disk Director Suite, EaseUS Partition Master and Paragon Hard Disk Manager on windows and AParted, Apps2SD: All in one tool and Parted4Android in Android (As well as GParted).
Tried both MBR and GTP. Same issue.
Tried FAT16, FAT32, NTFS, ext2, ext3 and ext4 in both first and second partition in MBR and GTP, primary and logical (ALL combinations, yes, a LOOOOT of formatting :3)
If third, fourth (and so on) partitions are created, the same as second partition happens.
I can succesfully create a second partition in a USB PenDrive.
Tried for example this: Created 2 partitions as FAT32, as always second partition marked as "Other", entered the first partition from windows, created a file. After that I switched the partitions with wasp. Once the other partition was active, when I tried to enter windows said "Drive X has no format, want to format?" Yes "Could not format X".
So, WHAT in the world am I supposed to do? D:
Thanks in advance guys :3 And sorry for my bad english.
UNATCOPres said:
Hello guys. I've been struggling with this for 3 days now.
The thing is that I need to have an SD with 2 partitions for internal storage on android. The wierd thing is, no matter what procedure I take, the second partition cannot be formated. I can create the partition, but I when I format it it ends up with the file system "Other".
I've tried with A LOT of procedures, a lot of programs, I read a lot of guides, and nothing works.
This is all the info I can provide:
First partition works well in every case, I can read and write in it.
If second partition is Primary, file system is ALWAYS "Other" and NO free space left (all space marked as used), but if partition is logical, it does not even create it (updates as unallocated after commitment, as if nothing ever happened).
That "Other" partition is not recognized by nothing, and there is no way I can explore it.
I've tried in Windows 7 64 bits, Linux GParted Environment, Android 6.0 Marshmallow and Android 4.4 Kitkat.
I've tried in 3 devices: A PC, a Notebook and Moto E android with stock rom and CM 13.
I have 2 MicroSD, Kingston 16 GB Class 4 and Kingston 16 GB Class 10. All the procedures where repeated in both SD cards, so I discard the SD being broken.
I've used MiniTool Partition Wizzard, Acronis Disk Director Suite, EaseUS Partition Master and Paragon Hard Disk Manager on windows and AParted, Apps2SD: All in one tool and Parted4Android in Android (As well as GParted).
Tried both MBR and GTP. Same issue.
Tried FAT16, FAT32, NTFS, ext2, ext3 and ext4 in both first and second partition in MBR and GTP, primary and logical (ALL combinations, yes, a LOOOOT of formatting :3)
If third, fourth (and so on) partitions are created, the same as second partition happens.
I can succesfully create a second partition in a USB PenDrive.
Tried for example this: Created 2 partitions as FAT32, as always second partition marked as "Other", entered the first partition from windows, created a file. After that I switched the partitions with wasp. Once the other partition was active, when I tried to enter windows said "Drive X has no format, want to format?" Yes "Could not format X".
So, WHAT in the world am I supposed to do? D:
Thanks in advance guys :3 And sorry for my bad english.
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HI.BRO
GO.TO. CM13 THEN Reboot TO ClockworkMOD Recovery THEN CHOOSE Advanced THEN.Choose PARTITION SD CARD
Choose Partition SIZE
THEN Choose SWAP SIZE(SELECT 0 IF.U WANT TO.LEAVE SWAP)
GIVE A THANKS.IF I.HELPED U