need help formating 2 gig micro sd - HTC Excalibur

how do i do it . new to this phone

Simply put it into a card reader, and into a computer. Then find the drive with the card, right click it and click format.
Src: http://wiki.answers.com/Q/How_do_you_format_a_micro_sd_card
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However, I wouldn't think that you would want to format a memory card. I remember hearing somewhere that it could be bad. However it could have been formatting or defragmenting (i can't remember which, but both seems a little unusual to me to do with a card). I suppose it is safe to use windows to format the card, but an alternative is to plug it into the computer, select everything on it, and just delete it. Then again, thats my opinion.

You can't defragment the card, but you can format it. There's no reason that I would suggest a regular format over a quick format though...

Regular format just does a chkdisk i think, and there is no need for that in a card

cudahy_boy said:
how do i do it . new to this phone
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There shouldn't be a reason for format the card to be used with the phone. All the cards I've used, I just put in the phone and used without having to do anything to the card.

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Memory card problems

I really need some help guys. I recently bought a 2gig memory card for my Dash running the Kavana 6.1 update. I later on inserted the card into one of my other phones and formatted it. However, when I view the storage card from Windows Mobile Device Manager, I no longer have my 1 point something gig of memory, but a paltry 966 MBs. Anyone know what happened and if there is a solution? I tried inserting the card into my memory slots using the adapters but no luck, as it never shows up..
wthe device manager might have corrupted the card because the dash is only supposed to have 1gig. cards is my guess and if thats the case u just have to reformatt on a card reader and not use with mobile manager...
wreiad said:
I really need some help guys. I recently bought a 2gig memory card for my Dash running the Kavana 6.1 update. I later on inserted the card into one of my other phones and formatted it. However, when I view the storage card from Windows Mobile Device Manager, I no longer have my 1 point something gig of memory, but a paltry 966 MBs. Anyone know what happened and if there is a solution? I tried inserting the card into my memory slots using the adapters but no luck, as it never shows up..
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try formatting your card in your phone you can use resco explorer to format it
The Dash (out of the box) can take up to 2gb card. Even after changing the ROM it would take a 2gb card. What phone did you use to format the card? if the phone you used to format it could not take a 2gb card it would format it exactly to what you are saying, basically change it to a 1gb card.
Format it in your computer use fat16, do a full format. Hopefully you will be able to erase the new file table that says 1gb and restore it to a 2gb.
rickwyatt said:
try formatting your card in your phone you can use resco explorer to format it
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It says to unlock it.
Bupahs said:
The Dash (out of the box) can take up to 2gb card. Even after changing the ROM it would take a 2gb card. What phone did you use to format the card? if the phone you used to format it could not take a 2gb card it would format it exactly to what you are saying, basically change it to a 1gb card.
Format it in your computer use fat16, do a full format. Hopefully you will be able to erase the new file table that says 1gb and restore it to a 2gb.
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How? I don't get that option...
you have fat32? try fat16.normaly have to show you the word (fat). if you windows dont give you this kind of fat , have to do in your phone.
good luck
wreiad said:
How? I don't get that option...
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wreiad said:
How? I don't get that option...
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Not on Vista you wont. You'll need a XP system... the only other option is to set your view types in windows exploere to show system and hidden files on the storage card then delete them. Then use your dash to format the card. Its a long shot but it might work. If not.. looks like you are in the market for a new 2gb card.
also remember windows never shows the full size of a card or any other form of storage. remember 1 gig is actually 1024 megs. and never shows the reserved system space.

[Q] Bad SD card after rebooting the phone (HELP!!!!)

Hello I have a big problem hope somebody can help me.
I have a 16g micro sd card. RA Recovery 2.2,
this is what happened:
I rebooted the phone in to recovery wipe everything in order to install a new rom I had just downloaded, after I wiped I try to install from sd card and I got a message saying that the card could not be mounted.
So I plug the phone on the computer turned on the USB-MS toggle, when I click on the sd card on the computer it tells me that the card is not formatted and ask if I want to reformat the card, If I click yes it brings me to the other screen but it tells me that the card is only 30.6mb and the card is 16g? it only gives me to option in the file system FAT or exFAT.
Can somebody help I really don’t want to lose the card
ps i have windows xp and windows 7 , the phone is running miui rom
Where did you get the card?
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I believe you will end up formatting SD card (FAT) but if you have anything that you want to keep you can move that to your PC. After you format card and phone recognise and accept it, you can try move your stuff from PC back to SD. Again that just my opinion and I may be wrong... Before anything, try to take card out > start phone > turn phone down > insert card again.
Rydah805 said:
Where did you get the card?
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i buy at walmart
erik077 said:
I believe you will end up formatting SD card (FAT) but if you have anything that you want to keep you can move that to your PC. After you format card and phone recognise and accept it, you can try move your stuff from PC back to SD. Again that just my opinion and I may be wrong... Before anything, try to take card out > start phone > turn phone down > insert card again.
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how can i change form FAT to FAT32 is that anyway to do that? in windows it only shows FAT or exFAT to format it with.
Cjunior said:
how can i change form FAT to FAT32 is that anyway to do that? in windows it only shows FAT or exFAT to format it with.
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I believe you can do that with older windows (XP), but is it necessary to do it ? FAT was just an example what I give to you. Why don't you format your card with phone using standard system?
erik077 said:
I believe you can do that with older windows (XP), but is it necessary to do it ? FAT was just an example what I give to you. Why don't you format your card with phone using standard system?
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i try but the only thing that shows is 30.6mb and this is 16g.
i was working before i had over 8g of pictures on it, when i restarted my phone and wipe to install a new rom it did something with the card. im about to give up hope
anybody had any idea to fix a bad fomated SD card??? it will only reconice 30.6mb and only gives me a option to format in FAT not FAT32 the card is supposed to be a 16g, im open to ideas
Cjunior said:
anybody had any idea to fix a bad fomated SD card??? it will only reconice 30.6mb and only gives me a option to format in FAT not FAT32 the card is supposed to be a 16g, im open to ideas
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Did you try booting into recovery, run partition, set swap at zero and ext at zero?? this should format the entire card...
jauger said:
Did you try booting into recovery, run partition, set swap at zero and ext at zero?? this should format the entire card...
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i did, it didn't work
Did you ever solve this issue ?

[Q] New SD card question

Just picked up a 16gb card and I am wondering do I have to do anything special or just copy everything from the old one on to it and plug it in?
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cochese2323 said:
Just picked up a 16gb card and I am wondering do I have to do anything special or just copy everything from the old one on to it and plug it in?
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I'm not sure if it is required, or if this is even the correct procedure....however, when I got my new 16gb sd card, I put it right in the phone, and then used the phone to format the sd card. I believe the option to format is in menu>settings>sd and phone storage or something like that. Once the card was formatted, I then transferred all my filed to the new card. I've experienced no problems at all. You could also use your computer to format the card FAT32 before you copy your stuff to it. Won't hurt anything.
k2buckley said:
I'm not sure if it is required, or if this is even the correct procedure....however, when I got my new 16gb sd card, I put it right in the phone, and then used the phone to format the sd card. I believe the option to format is in menu>settings>sd and phone storage or something like that. Once the card was formatted, I then transferred all my filed to the new card. I've experienced no problems at all. You could also use your computer to format the card FAT32 before you copy your stuff to it. Won't hurt anything.
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Yes he's right, but you should be able to just put it in and it'll work regardless

Closed.

I figured out the problem.
ogfrier said:
i just recently used mini tool partition wizard to wipe all the partitions off my SD card and now that i did that my sd card isnt recognized on my computer. it shows up on partition wizard and ive tried about everything i can think of but it wont show up. and i even switched SD cards and it still wont, and ive tried different usb ports and different usb cords. so im not sure if i did something wrong in partition wizard or what, all i did was wipe partitions and delete partitions on my sd card. it mounts on my phone and it says "blank SD card" and when i click the notification it pops up and says format SD card and i go ahead and format it. im getting pretty irritated to be honest and i feel like ive went through every option i can think of ive restarted the laptop ive rebooted my phone i even flashed a old backup of my old SD card ive factory reset and all so im completely lost, so if anyone can offer any advice its greatly appreciated.
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are u saying u changed the sd card on ur phone and the new one didn't show up either when u enabled mass storage..??
did u try using a card reader..??
are you used card reader for partitoning?
Put the card in a card reader.
Then open minitool.
Right click on the top slab where your memory card is shown and select delete partition.
Apply.
Now you will have unallocated space.
Create new partition, fat32 and primary.
Apply. I guess that would solve it.
Well I figured it out. I had to go to disk manager on my laptop and change the removable disk name and the file it shows up under. Thank you guys though, and no I wasn't using a card reader. I was just trying to wipe my partitions then create a bigger one so I can have more internal storage if that makes sense.
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CWM + My EXT SD CARD = No Fun

Well I have a new version of CWM Mod, and apparently when you format the sd-card, it no longer formats the inner sd card but your external sd card. I was really pissed as I lost all my data I had saved, but it also managed to screw up my sd card. Neither of my computers recognize my SD Card and I have no idea how I can go about restoring it. My phone can detect the sd card but it will say its corrupt randomly. So I'm guessing CWM formatted the card in a really screwed up way. Any suggestions brahs?
I'll even try to mount the sd card on CWM but it wont be able to mount it. It's a shame to waste a 32 gig sd card like this
Have you tried to format through the phone storage? Menu/settings/storage/format
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mrbmg said:
Have you tried to format through the phone storage? Menu/settings/storage/format
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Only gives me the option to mount or unmount the SD card
How old is the SD card? This phone is know for eating up the 32 GB cards. I had one for less than 3 weeks and it did the same. I use trwp but there is a thread about cards and our misfortunes with the 32 GB.
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Make sure you card is not in exfat. CWM will not read cards in exfat, I had the same problem. If it is you are going to need to format it to fat 32. Most 32gigs sd cards and higher come in exfat now. You are most likey going to have to do it on the computer also it cant be done from CWM.
Mateoftw said:
Well I have a new version of CWM Mod, and apparently when you format the sd-card, it no longer formats the inner sd card but your external sd card. I was really pissed as I lost all my data I had saved, but it also managed to screw up my sd card. Neither of my computers recognize my SD Card and I have no idea how I can go about restoring it. My phone can detect the sd card but it will say its corrupt randomly. So I'm guessing CWM formatted the card in a really screwed up way. Any suggestions brahs?
I'll even try to mount the sd card on CWM but it wont be able to mount it. It's a shame to waste a 32 gig sd card like this
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Aoe316 said:
Make sure you card is not in exfat. CWM will not read cards in exfat, I had the same problem. If it is you are going to need to format it to fat 32. Most 32gigs sd cards and higher come in exfat now. You are most likey going to have to do it on the computer also it cant be done from CWM.
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Yes but my computer won't even detect the SD Card. It was fine and dandy up until yesterday when I hit format on CWM on the SD Card thinking I was formatting the internal storage (since it's labelled /sdcard) but it formatted the actual SD. Windows won't detect my Micro SD and neither will my Mac. However if I put the SD card into my phone and connect via USB, it shows up.
Mateoftw said:
Yes but my computer won't even detect the SD Card. It was fine and dandy up until yesterday when I hit format on CWM on the SD Card thinking I was formatting the internal storage (since it's labelled /sdcard) but it formatted the actual SD. Windows won't detect my Micro SD and neither will my Mac. However if I put the SD card into my phone and connect via USB, it shows up.
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You pressed format /sdcard, and it formatted your extsd? That's a pretty serious bug, so thanks for the heads up. What version of CWM are you running?
Op. I did the same thing a long time ago. I have gotten into the habbit of removing the sd card when I am formatting with a custom recovery. I also back up the sd to my pc and reformat the sd when changing roms. A bit off topic but I also wipe system before flashing a new rom. So far I have avoided many of the issues mentioned day after day. Maybe I am lucky but my wierd habits have been successful so far.
jcbofkc said:
Op. I did the same thing a long time ago. I have gotten into the habbit of removing the sd card when I am formatting with a custom recovery. I also back up the sd to my pc and reformat the sd when changing roms. A bit off topic but I also wipe system before flashing a new rom. So far I have avoided many of the issues mentioned day after day. Maybe I am lucky but my wierd habits have been successful so far.
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Did you manage to fix the problem though? Not to be rude but I'm looking for solutions towards this specific situation, not advice on what to do next time :crying: :crying: :crying: :crying:
Aerowinder said:
You pressed format /sdcard, and it formatted your extsd? That's a pretty serious bug, so thanks for the heads up. What version of CWM are you running?
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5.8 something. It's weird because it allows for both internal and external SD use. When you backup the first open is to save to external then its internal. First version of CWM i've ever used with such an option.
For anyone wondering about a solution, I used an android 2.3 device which actually has a format option for the SD card and now my computers recognize it again. Life is good
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