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I bought a 16 GB SDHC card and attempted to load the wiki database onto it. It wouldn’t go; turns out the SDHC card is FAT32 formatted and can only accept 4 GB or smaller files. I reformatted the SDHC card to NTFS using Windows XP’s format tool, and now the card is no longer visible to Windows and therefore a complete brick. Can anyone help me with this?
2010-03-13 06:55:00
Do you see the card in the 'Disk Managmement' menu?
Control Panel -> Administrative Tools - > Computer Management -> Disk Management
2010-03-15 19:54:00
Yes.
2010-03-18 06:10:00
Hi PeltierI researched the issue on the web and found a couple of suggestion from the folks who had same/similar issue.See, http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/forum/11414-28-card-reader-card-write-protectedScroll down to a comment by
cobee10
that says:
"put a piece of tape over the switch on the sd card and it will work."
There are couple of other suggestions below it as well.Let us know how it goesAibek
2010-03-13 01:44:00
Peltier Cooler,Maybe the SD Formatter can help you. Check it out:http://www.sdcard.org/consumers/formatter/
2010-03-15 20:01:00
Thanks, Steve. I have tried this, and it reports that my SD card is write-protected. The little switch is not in the "Lock" position, though (I tried it in the "Lock" position, too. Nothing).