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Moving My Docs To Storage Card

Now I have a working M2000 and a 1gig SD card, I'd like to move My Docs onto the card, so I can boost the internal memory for programs.
I've created a folder on the card and removed the "ignore my docs" file, as well as resetting (I think) every program to save to the card ... but ... how do I (assuming I can) get ActiveSync to forget the old directory and syncronise files with the new folder on the storage card?
Thanks.

[Q] Moving to a new SD Card

I recently bought a Desire Z and got an 8GB Micro SD Card (I believe Class 4) in the box.
I wish to upgrade to a 16GB card. Having over a 100 apps installed, I am a little skeptical about the whole transfer thing.
Can anyone provide me with a step by step method to transfer my data and apps to a new sd card without any loss.

I've done this several times -- its not that hard. All you have to do is mirror the old SD card to the new one.
I recommend using a card reader connected to the PC instead of connecting the phone directly in SD card mode.
1. shut off the phone and remove the old SDcard.
2. make sure your PC is set up to see hidden and system files -- Google this as its probably slightly different for different flavors of Windows.
3. create a folder to hold the files from the SD card, for example c:\sdcardbackup. Have this folder opened up on the Windows desktop
4. Insert the old SDcard into the card reader connected to the PC. Take a look at the files and make sure you can see some folder names preceeded by a dot -- for example: ".android_secure"
5. Now just control-a to select all the files and folders from the old SD card folder, and drag them to the backup folder c:\sdcardbackup
6. Remove the old SDcard and put it in a safe place -- you'll want to keep this as a backup for a while just in case.
7. Insert the new SDcard into the reader -- format it if it tells you that theres no format. Even if its already formatted you might want to consider formatting it anyway -- Google this is theres different options available. I format mine EXT3 32K
8. Now, in a reverse from before, just copy all the files from c:\sdcardbackup to the folder representing the new SDcard.
9. When done, remove the new SDcard and put it in the phone. Powerup and test. If you can run any apps that have been installed to the SDcard then you're good to go -- and you still have the old card and the backup c:\sdcardbackup just in case.

burtcom said:
I've done this several times -- its not that hard. All you have to do is mirror the old SD card to the new one.
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I can confirm that this does work!
i am using the fat32 apps to sd and just did a copy paste to pc then back to new card. worked a treat!

[Q] USB Storage setup

Confused on External SD card, Internal SD card etc etc. I have a 32GB Patriot Class 10 card. I formatted this card in Clockwork recovery on the phone with a 1024MB Partition. Don't think it even asked me about ext 3, or 4 etc. OK. Now, If I use settings, then under wireless and Network settings Usb Utilities, Click on connect the storage to PC. I connect my USB cable then I have the familiar Android and it says USB is connected. OK, now I have a drive I will call Drive Q. This drive has all the TMobile stuff such as QIK , Photo editor, etc. It also has a folder called External_SD as well as another Folder called usbStorage. This drive Q is roughly 12GB. OK...Now, my SD card which is 32GB is seen as drive U on my desktop. This drive has my clockwork folder with my backups and my Music folder.
I guess I am trying to figure out the best use of drives and there intended purposes. The External_SD folder is only 580Kb or so. The usbStorage folder is a zero byte folder. And finally, when I did run a backup using Clockwork recovery, it basically said it was skipping External SD card since folder was empty.
Now that I am confused on all of this, maybe someone here can actually follow my post and make sense of how the storage is working on our phones

Registry - change Microsoft Edge downloads location

Hi,
I have changed download location in Storage settings from SD card to local memory and then removed SD card.
Since then Microsoft Edge do not download any file.
I think it is still trying to save file to SD card.
Is there a registry value from where Microsoft Edge reads location where to save downloaded files?
I found a registry value on desktop (HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Classes\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Current Version\AppContainer\Storage\microsoft.microsoftedge_8wekyb3d8bbwe\MicrosoftEdge\Main) but it does not exist on mobile (checked HKLM/HKCU).

Setting, storage, new downloads will save to phone.

I have set Downloads location to phone storage. Without SD Card, downloads in Microsoft Edge do not start downloading, it is still trying to access SD card. When I insert SD card then the file downloads. If I change with SD card inserted downloads location to phone memory, files still downloads to SD card.
Probably bug, my OS version 10.0.14393.103

Copy SD card to larger SD card, how to?

I currently have a 32 gig SD card in my Samsung tablet running Lineage OS and would like to replace it with a 64gig card. How to copy the data from the 32 gig card to the new 64 gig card.

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I currently have a 32 gig SD card in my Samsung tablet running Lineage OS and would like to replace it with a 64gig card. How to copy the data from the 32 gig card to the new 64 gig card.
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Depends on sd card usage. If you installed it as portable storage, you can slmply remove it, copy the files to your pc's disk and from there to the new sd.
Adopted storage: better use usb cable from phone to pc.

Painfully copied to what appears to be the SD card only now looks like it all went to the internal storage and the SD card is almost empty? How can I move data from internal storage to SD card? SD card is NOT set as portable storage.

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Painfully copied to what appears to be the SD card only now looks like it all went to the internal storage and the SD card is almost empty? How can I move data from internal storage to SD card? SD card is NOT set as portable storage.
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Do you have the option to eject sd card in storage settings?

Yes, but found in storage an option to move stuff to SD card, which I did. This partly fixes my problem. But, I still can't "get to it" via explorer. It is a mystery to me how this works between internal storage and SD card.

@Quincofish "I currently have a 32 gig SD card in my Samsung tablet running Lineage OS and would like to replace it with a 64gig card. How to copy the data from the 32 gig card to the new 64 gig card."
This is probably too late for you but I had a similar problem this week transferring from a 128Gb to a 256Gb card. I sorted it quite simply (in the end!). Here's what I did - with detailed instructions!!
MSDOS ROBOCOPY can effectively 'CLONE' SD CARD
ROBOCOPY [source] [destination] /MIR
This command copies everything, including system and other hidden files even those with very long filenames. The following instructions enable you to transfer an exact copy of the contents of your old micro SD card to your new, larger, micro SD card.
Using MS Windows: in the search window, type: Command Prompt — and then press the Enter key to open the Command Prompt window then navigate to the root directory e.g. Drive C:
1) Make a directory in the root of the C: Drive
Enter the following commands (pressing the Enter key at the end of each line):
cd /
md sd-card
cd sd-card
The first command above changes the current directory to your root drive.
The second command creates a new folder (directory) in your root drive named “sd-card”. (You can use any legal file name here, but you must remember to substitute that name in place of “sd-card” in the code below. If you use spaces in your new name, then you must put double-quote marks around the new name.)
NB ENSURE THE NEW FOLDER "SD_CARD" HAS WRITE PRIVILEGES: in the folder's Properties in Windows Explorer, UNCHECK the READ-ONLY box. (If you cannot see the folder in Windows Explorer, go to the C:\ display and in the View Tab, click on the Options button on the far right and then 'Change folder and search options' and go to the 'View' tab and uncheck 'Hide protected operating system files'. For security, you should to revert to hiding these once the copy operation is completed).
The third command changes the current directory to “sd-card”.
2) Insert your micro SD card into a USB Adapter and plug it into your computer. Check what Drive letter has been assigned to it - either by looking at the pop-up message or checking the drive letter in Windows explorer or in other ways. The following instruction assumes the SD Card is in Drive F:
3) Then, in the MSDOS screen, enter:
robocopy F:\ c:\sd-card /MIR
This is the key line. Make sure you type exactly as shown. In this line, I have used the drive letter F, if your system assigned a different drive letter for your card, use that letter instead of the F. (Remember also, if you used a different name than “sd-card” for your folder, you must use the new name here - with quote marks if you have spaces in the name).The letters at the end this line are called switches and tell the system to mirror copy all your files, including system and other hidden files on your SD card.
It may take many minutes to copy the files from your current card into the sd-card folder (or whatever you have named it).
When the copying is complete the system will tell you how many files you have copied.
Eject your micro SD card adapter from the computer and then carefully remove the micro card from the adapter.
4) Now insert your new micro SD card into the adapter and insert the adapter into your computer's USB port. The system will assign it a drive letter (almost always the same letter as before — but it could be different, so check to be sure).
In the Command Prompt window, type in the following, hitting the Enter key at the end of each line:
cd /
cd sd-card
robocopy c:\sd-card F:\ /MIR
As you are typing the above, make the necessary substitutions if you are using a different name for the folder, or if your drive letter is different.
After the files have been copied onto your new card, eject the card and remove the adapter from your computer, and then carefully remove you new card from the adapter.
Carefully insert your new card into your phone, replace the cover, and start your phone.
You will find all your files (including apps, pictures, movies, text messages as well as system and other hidden files) that were stored on your old card are now on your new card.
5) Delete the sd-card folder and its contents from your computer (if you need the space) and Check 'Hide protected operating system files' in the C: drive's root folder, as advised above.
Hope it works for you and others!!