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Micro SD Not Visible In Windows This PC
molerat
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One of my micro SD cards is not visible in Windows This PC using both a USB card reader and the card slot and using different card adaptors. It is visible in Disk Management and shows exactly the same as all my other cards but when I try to do anything to it I get "The system cannot find the file specified". It is visible and works fine in my dash cam and sat nav and when those are plugged into the laptop it is visible and I can read / write to it from the laptop. Any clues ?
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Does it have a drive letter in Disk Management? If not, can you assign one?Jenni x0
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When you say it is 'not visible' what do you mean? It must be visible in some way for you to do something and get that error message.
What do you mean when "when I try to do anything to it". Like what?
What are you doing when you get that error message?
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It is only visible in Disk Management. I cannot format it or assign a drive letter, attempting those gives the message.
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What exactly do you see in Disk Management in relation to that card? i.e. what is it reported as being? For example my backup HDD shows as BACKUPS (G:) 931.51 GB NTFS Healthy (Primary Partition)Jenni x0
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It comes up the same as all the other cards minus the drive letter.7.28GB FAT32Healthy (Active, Primary Partition)0
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So you can't right-click and assign a drive letter from the menu that appears?Jenni x0
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Jenni_D said:So you can't right-click and assign a drive letter from the menu that appears?No, the error message appears when the menu option is clicked.I have now swapped the cards in my sat nav and will use it there, no need to access it directly on the computer. Problem by-passed
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