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2gb flashcard only quarter full

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I've just bought a new 2gb sandisk flashcard, it's only about a quarter full and when trying to add more files windows tells me I'm unable to do so.

I probably know the answer to this one, "it's a faulty card",

but I was hoping theres some diagnosis tool or something to get around this if it's a common fault.

Thanks

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  • HoofeHearted
    HoofeHearted Posts: 2,652 Forumite
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    Here's a posibility. What device are you using this with? Does it have a limit to the size of memory that it can handle? (512MB maybe?)

    Might be worth checking the manual.
  • Lexis200
    Lexis200 Posts: 272 Forumite
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    Have you tried formatting it again? Could be something simple like a screwed MFT.
    Te audire no possum. Musa sapientum fixa est in aure.
  • jampton
    jampton Posts: 224 Forumite
    Where did you buy it ?

    There are fake cards on a certain auction site
  • Cricri
    Cricri Posts: 579 Forumite
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    jampton wrote: »
    Where did you buy it ?

    There are fake cards on a certain auction site

    Indeed. You can get cheap cards on eBay from the far east, but some of them are fake and do not hold the advertised size (e.g. someone buys a bulk of el-cheapo 512MB cards, sticks some nice Sandisk 2GB stickers on them and sell them on eBay).

    If you did buy it on an auction site, always check the feedback prior to bidding.
  • Keanosafc
    Keanosafc Posts: 298 Forumite
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    Lexis200 wrote: »
    Have you tried formatting it again? Could be something simple like a screwed MFT.

    Thanks i've formatted it again, and it seems to have sorted it.
  • Keanosafc
    Keanosafc Posts: 298 Forumite
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    Keanosafc wrote: »
    Thanks i've formatted it again, and it seems to have sorted it.

    It was initially formated in FAT and would only allow one quarter of the card to be used.

    I've formatted it to FAT32 and it allowed me to use it to full capacity. The only problem is the card reader (its for a gameboy advance) will only accept FAT format not the other method.

    I've reformatted it back to FAT and again I'm stuck with only quarter of the card being able to be used.

    Does this sound normal?
  • Cricri
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    Hm, theoretically, FAT16 supports up to 2GB.
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File_Allocation_Table
    Do you mean the PC doesn't recognise more than 512MB, or the GBA? In the latter case, it might be a limitation of the supercard (although some of those also suppot 2GB: http://eng.supercard.cn/products_sd.htm)

    Did you format it with the standard Windows XP tool from the right click?
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