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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?

Aibek
2010-03-13 06:55:00
Do you see the card in the 'Disk Managmement' menu? Control Panel -> Administrative Tools - > Computer Management -> Disk Management
Peltier C
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2010-03-15 19:54:00
Yes.
Aibek
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
Steve Campbell
2010-03-13 01:44:00
Peltier Cooler,Maybe the SD Formatter can help you. Check it out:http://www.sdcard.org/consumers/formatter/
Peltier C
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).