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help with formatting sd card

I think I messed up my sd card for my G1.
I have a 8gb memcard and it was with 2 partitions ext2 and fat32. I just wanted to enlarge the fat32 side because the ext2 was 4gb big. Useless I thought So i deceided to make it only 500mb as ext2 and 7gb as fat32.
Now the computer can't access the card, it says that the cardslot is empty.
I use Paragon Partition Manager and there I can't modifie my sdcard. Nothing helps. I can see my sdcard in Paragon, but can access it and modify it!
Is my card messed up and do I have to buy a new one? Anybody knows how to restore it as it was when I bought it (only fat32 8gb)

Try this: http://www.sdcard.org/consumers/formatter/

mikedmeyer said:
Try this: http://www.sdcard.org/consumers/formatter/
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YES you are so great!
It works now! Just like new. 8gb no partitions.
Thx!

No problem.

Now I have an another problem!
It always says write delay failed constantly!
Cannot access it, cannot format it, even not with sd formatter.
Is it now realy broken?

nobody :'(
Otherwise I have to order a new 8gb memory card which costs me a lot

use partition magic, create 2 partitions, make the primary partition your biggest and format it fat32, the second partition format in ext2. Then you will be okay

atlmatt said:
use partition magic, create 2 partitions, make the primary partition your biggest and format it fat32, the second partition format in ext2. Then you will be okay
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The problem is that I cant access my mem.card.
Always a fault: write delay failed. It makes even my computer freeze.

well if you have to get a new one get one of these:
http://www.androidaccess.com/sdcard/store.html
read about it here:
http://androidcommunity.com/forums/...allow-you-to-run-apps-from-the-sd-card-15502/

M3 SMGII said:
I think I messed up my sd card for my G1.
I have a 8gb memcard and it was with 2 partitions ext2 and fat32. I just wanted to enlarge the fat32 side because the ext2 was 4gb big. Useless I thought So i deceided to make it only 500mb as ext2 and 7gb as fat32.
Now the computer can't access the card, it says that the cardslot is empty.
I use Paragon Partition Manager and there I can't modifie my sdcard. Nothing helps. I can see my sdcard in Paragon, but can access it and modify it!
Is my card messed up and do I have to buy a new one? Anybody knows how to restore it as it was when I bought it (only fat32 8gb)
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Had the same problem after i used Paragon, would not read micro sd anymore. I did a system restore to before i installed Paragon. Problem solved. I am able to read my cards again. I noticed that in that "finish formatting after reboot" Paragon had an error. Figured thats what caused the problem.

antempire4 said:
well if you have to get a new one get one of these:
http://www.androidaccess.com/sdcard/store.html
read about it here:
http://androidcommunity.com/forums/...allow-you-to-run-apps-from-the-sd-card-15502/
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hmm that's nice!
I will buy a new one then.

Did You try sdsplit ??
It worked good for me, when there was no PC / laptop available.
(ps. Happy with the white version?? )

karloe said:
Did You try sdsplit ??
It worked good for me, when there was no PC / laptop available.
(ps. Happy with the white version?? )
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Hi Karloe
Yes very happy with my white G1.
How is it with the black one running ADP 1.5?
I will try SDSPLIT, but i think it will not help

If it doesn't work, try a linux live CD (Ubuntu, OpenSuse, Knoppix (I like Knoppix because of the extensive toolset for testing))
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The black one is doing fine, engineering bootloader, ADP1.5 with appstosd
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wow thanks!!!! i tried and it worked awesome!!!

pr0cl1v1ty said:
wow thanks!!!! i tried and it worked awesome!!!
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It would be nice to tell us what You tried, so other users can learn from your reply

[Q] How to Recover Ext2 Partition?

Hi,
I Created Ext2 Partition for Galaxy3, I inserted the SD Card into Plone and Use Link2SD , Work Fine
Now When I Unmount the Sd Card from Phone and Run the Minitool but there is Only Fat32 Partition Shows?
Why?
How to Convert or Recover It from Ext2 to Fat32? The Ext2 Partition Shows in My Stock Rom via Link2SD.
Thanks,

julie_bholu said:
Hi,
I Created Ext2 Partition for Galaxy3, Now How to Convert or Recover It from Ext2 to Fat32?
I tried MiniTool as I created from It. but it didnot Shows Me My Ext2 Partition, Why?
Thanks,
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Try putting the card in a cardreader if you have one and look if you can see the partition appear on Partition wizard. If you don't have a card reader you could also try to connect the card to your pc by using a digital camera or something like that, although thats a bit riskier for your card.

Wiggierip said:
Try putting the card in a cardreader if you have one and look if you can see the partition appear on Partition wizard. If you don't have a card reader you could also try to connect the card to your pc by using a digital camera or something like that, although thats a bit riskier for your card.
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I try same as you suggest but in mini tool , the ext2 partition not there, only fat32 displays in wizard.

julie_bholu said:
I try same as you suggest but in mini tool , the ext2 partition not there, only fat32 displays in wizard.
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Well, this may sound stupid, but did you actually make a partition on your card? I mean, did you ever see the partition or got it working after you made it with Partition Wizard? I know I've made a mistake once, were I THOUGHT I made a partition allready, but DIDN'T because I didn't click the 'Apply' button in Partition Wizard and thats the only way the software acctually changes something.

Wiggierip said:
Well, this may sound stupid, but did you actually make a partition on your card? I mean, did you ever see the partition or got it working after you made it with Partition Wizard? I know I've made a mistake once, were I THOUGHT I made a partition allready, but DIDN'T because I didn't click the 'Apply' button in Partition Wizard and thats the only way the software acctually changes something.
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Yup, the ext 2 part shows in the phone and work nice.
I am confused why it not shows in partition wizard. I am also run mini tool as admin in windows 7

julie_bholu said:
Yup, the ext 2 part shows in the phone and work nice.
I am confused why it not shows in partition wizard. I am also run mini tool as admin in windows 7
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GOT SOLUTION
Used Ubuntu , Get EXT2 Partition there and Recreate from Ubuntu and used again , Thanks all for Help....

julie_bholu said:
GOT SOLUTION
Used Ubuntu , Get EXT2 Partition there and Recreate from Ubuntu and used again , Thanks all for Help....
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Glad you got it working

Thx for Help ,

julie_bholu said:
GOT SOLUTION
Used Ubuntu , Get EXT2 Partition there and Recreate from Ubuntu and used again , Thanks all for Help....
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If you are using windows OS you can use Easus Partition magic for formatting to ext2

[Q] 32GB Micro SD card dead, only show 30MB available

it seems that I am not the only one having the problem, i found this thread
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=52106638
Now
1. windows won't let me format it
2. using gparted and it still only see 30MB, i lost my 32GB
3. tried SanDisk formatter v4 and it said my card is write protected
Anyway to save it? Or it's totally dead?
Thanks guys

xdax1 said:
it seems that I am not the only one having the problem, i found this thread
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=52106638
Now
1. windows won't let me format it
2. using gparted and it still only see 30MB, i lost my 32GB
3. tried SanDisk formatter v4 and it said my card is write protected
Anyway to save it? Or it's totally dead?
Thanks guys
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Have you connected it directly to your computer without using a phone?

LS.xD said:
Have you connected it directly to your computer without using a phone?
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yes, my Android phone or tablet etc can't see it anymore, so I have been using different card readers to connect to computer, same result

disk part
try disk part in cmd

fayechuagonzales said:
try disk part in cmd
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i will give disk part a try, could anyone explain what command i should use it my case? Thanks
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc766465(v=ws.10).aspx

I think this could be of some help
xdax1 said:
i will give disk part a try, could anyone explain what command i should use it my case? Thanks
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc766465(v=ws.10).aspx
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Try listing the partitions of your sdcard to see if there are any unnalocated space with "list partition" or "detail disk"

..............

list disk
select disk
clean
create partition
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not working still
same result as i see in Gparted in linux, only 30MB, no other space anywhere

Where you able to fix it? I have a 64gb SD card that also shows as 30mb, I cant afford to lose a 64gb sd card!!
Thanks

are you sure this isn't a fake upgraded sd card? very common in the market

Same thing: 16 gb => 15 mb

[Q] 64 Gb micro sd card shows as Raw filesystem

So i had this sd card ( micro ) and i tried formating it knowing everything that i once had on it was useless and might as well you know and at the time it was exFAT and formated it again then i put it into my lg g3 and sd sd card is blank or file system is corrupt format sd card so i was like lulz ok den. So i proceed to do so although the error would come back right once it formatted and it was a cycle. So i decided to plug it into my computer and see whats happening so i open the micro sd card in windows explorer and said i needed to format the drive for it to work so now when i try i get a msg saying windows was unable to complete the format . and in dis manager it shows as file system raw and partition healthy and basically i cant use it any more help ??

thelgog said:
So i had this sd card ( micro ) and i tried formating it knowing everything that i once had on it was useless and might as well you know and at the time it was exFAT and formated it again then i put it into my lg g3 and sd sd card is blank or file system is corrupt format sd card so i was like lulz ok den. So i proceed to do so although the error would come back right once it formatted and it was a cycle. So i decided to plug it into my computer and see whats happening so i open the micro sd card in windows explorer and said i needed to format the drive for it to work so now when i try i get a msg saying windows was unable to complete the format . and in dis manager it shows as file system raw and partition healthy and basically i cant use it any more help ??
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Have you tried out another partition tool, e.g. Partition Wizard ?!

na lemme try fast reply and

LS.xD said:
Have you tried out another partition tool, e.g. Partition Wizard ?!
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this would proabaly be a problem yes ? in disk manager it didnt say it was allocated thanks btw
it also shows up as a basic MBR what ever that means

thelgog said:
this would proabaly be a problem yes ? in disk manager it didnt say it was allocated thanks btw
it also shows up as a basic MBR what ever that means
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MBR = Master Boot Record.
Can you create a new partition with partition wizard?

LS.xD said:
MBR = Master Boot Record.
Can you create a new partition with partition wizard?
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Yes altought i dont know which format to do or what ever i know how to navigate to everything i learned that and you cant do exFAT as a format or partition option on ext2-4 ntfs and fat32 i also have a lg g3
In a summary yes i can

thelgog said:
Yes altought i dont know which format to do or what ever i know how to navigate to everything i learned that and you cant do exFAT as a format or partition option on ext2-4 ntfs and fat32 i also have a lg g3
In a summary yes i can
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if you want to use the sd card in your phone choose "fat32".

LS.xD said:
if you want to use the sd card in your phone choose "fat32".
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I have the lg g3 it says that exFAT is support out of thr box and others says it too and form what i know is that fat 32 doesnt support stuff over 4 gb correct me if im worng and or 32 gb is there a way after i make it fat. 32 and working to make it exFAT or is it unnecessary yoyr the boss here

thelgog said:
I have the lg g3 it says that exFAT is support out of thr box and others says it too and form what i know is that fat 32 doesnt support stuff over 4 gb correct me if im worng and or 32 gb is there a way after i make it fat. 32 and working to make it exFAT or is it unnecessary yoyr the boss here
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Of course you're right with the 4GB file limit. But for testing if your sd card still works it should be totally fine. Once the card works, you can format it to exFat in windows.

LS.xD said:
Of course you're right with the 4GB file limit. But for testing if your sd card still works it should be totally fine. Once the card works, you can format it to exFat in windows.
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ok thanks ill do that once its all done.. still bugs me how i didnt think to use a partition manager before been on this for a day and a half

LS.xD said:
Of course you're right with the 4GB file limit. But for testing if your sd card still works it should be totally fine. Once the card works, you can format it to exFat in windows.
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more problems arouse its still on RAW file system after every thing and i dont think anything even changed even though it said it was converted to FAT32 in the wizard

thelgog said:
more problems arouse its still on RAW file system after every thing and i dont think anything even changed even though it said it was converted to FAT32 in the wizard
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Try to use SDFormatter. Try different options. If it doesn't help, may be your beloved sd card is (physically) broken.

Fat32
I think you have to format your SD into fat32

sd card write problem

hi yesterday I unexpectedly remove sd card (samsung) without unmounting from htc u11 now I can not write to it. can not format the sd card from phone as well from pc. recently I updated my htc u11 to oreo also. I dont know is it because of unexpectedly remove of sd card or oreo update because I dont remember that after oreo update I use(means download something) my sd card. If anyone have the solution thanx in advance.

How old was sd card? Could be just bad luck, and card died, happen to me. And what pc - win version you tried formated? It should let you do it whitout any problems.

If the external sd card was being written to at the time it was disconnected then it will be broken. If it wasn't then try to recover it using a pc.
The oreo update won't have changed anything with the external sd card so you can rule that out.

Sometimes, when you pull out the memory card unexpectedly (also the pen drives or even memory sticks on pc) you can lock the card. It denies to write on it. This happens due to the chip controller of the memory card. The only solution is to repair it on PC with special software tools from manufacturer or from russian/chinese/vietnamese forums which can reset that lock 'flag'. That sw contains drivers to raw access the chip controller.

MoshPuiu said:
Sometimes, when you pull out the memory card unexpectedly (also the pen drives or even memory sticks on pc) you can lock the card. It denies to write on it. This happens due to the chip controller of the memory card. The only solution is to repair it on PC with special software tools from manufacturer or from russian/chinese/vietnamese forums which can reset that lock 'flag'. That sw contains drivers to raw access the chip controller.
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thanx to all for the reply. This is samsung evo 32 gig sd card. @MoshPuiu please pm me if you know any forum or software.

Hi,
Try to format your SD Card using this tool "MiniTool Partition" on Windows.
https://www.partitionwizard.com/
Windows doesn't do the right job to format SD Cards.
Cheer's

luarpc said:
Hi,
Try to format your SD Card using this tool "MiniTool Partition" on Windows.
https://www.partitionwizard.com/
Windows doesn't do the right job to format SD Cards.
Cheer's
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thanx for your reply I use it(minitool partition) and also easeus but no one work. They show that your disk is formated but when I check in explorer data is still there. Is there any other software or method to format.

raokashan said:
thanx for your reply I use it(minitool partition) and also easeus but no one work. They show that your disk is formated but when I check in explorer data is still there. Is there any other software or method to format.
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Try to search something like that: 'mass production utility', usually under this name you can find utilities to access the chips. It is time consuming to find what chip/controller your card use and find an utility which can access that chip since samsung do not publish such a tool...
You can try ChipGenius or another sw to find details, you may digg in sites like 'http://www.flashdrive-repair.com' to find a way of repair.

raokashan said:
thanx for your reply I use it(minitool partition) and also easeus but no one work. They show that your disk is formated but when I check in explorer data is still there. Is there any other software or method to format.
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So, are you looking for SD card recovery software like this list: https://www.cisdem.com/resource/sd-card-recovery-software.html#FAQ
Or to format the SD Card? https://www.techadvisor.co.uk/how-to/storage/how-format-sd-card-3529689/