On Tue, 31 Oct 2006 22:12:17 +0000, Richard <> wrote:

>Last September, while travelling in the US, my 2Gb SD card, containing
>all my installed program files, mapping progs etc. suddenly went
>blank.
>

>Any suggestions gratefully received.
>
>TIA.
>
>Richard.

First, what brand is the SD card? In each case.

Second, what file system are you formatting it with? Don't just use
the card as it comes - you need to format it; preferably in your
device. Go with FAT32.

Third, had you made a backup? While you will still need to reinstall
any applications that were installed to the card, any other data
doesn't have to be lost. Just use a card reader and copy the entire SD
card to your desktop or notebook PC.

--
J-Mac

Unfortunately, this "only 1G can be seen of 2G cards" is very common. Also
see http://www.pocketpcthoughts.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=47204 for more
info / tips.

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--
Werner "Menneisyys" Ruotsalainen - Microsoft MVP - Windows - Mobile Devices
Please see the Pocket PC Mag Expert Blog (including mine) at
http://www.pocketpcmag.com/blogs/ - you will definitely like it.


<Richard> wrote in message
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> On Fri, 03 Nov 2006 01:59:24 -0500, J-Mac <jcmcgowan@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>>On Tue, 31 Oct 2006 22:12:17 +0000, Richard <> wrote:
>>
>>>Last September, while travelling in the US, my 2Gb SD card, containing
>>>all my installed program files, mapping progs etc. suddenly went
>>>blank.
>>>
>>
>>>Any suggestions gratefully received.
>>>
>>>TIA.
>>>
>>>Richard.
>>
>>First, what brand is the SD card? In each case.
>
> It's a KeyMem 133x
>>
>>Second, what file system are you formatting it with? Don't just use
>>the card as it comes - you need to format it; preferably in your
>>device. Go with FAT32.
>>
> Did that, both under XP and from within the Axim, but they only
> formatted the active partition which is now approx. 900Mb.
> Under Win XP, I can't delete the active partition as the option is
> greyed out.
> I did download a prog called Storage Tools which claims to fix all
> cards etc. but unfortunately it only sees the CF card! Maybe it only
> works from memory? I'll try that next.
>
>>Third, had you made a backup? While you will still need to reinstall
>>any applications that were installed to the card, any other data
>>doesn't have to be lost. Just use a card reader and copy the entire SD
>>card to your desktop or notebook PC.
>
> I've got loads of backups, but now they don't all fit on the reduced
> size card, needless to say.
>
> It does appear to be an unfortunate feature of the Dell |Axim.
>