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[Q] Chaining SDHC Card

Hey guys,
i will buy me a new bigger sd card for my desire (currently im using the 4gb sdhc card wich was included).
no i got two tiny questions:
1) my 4gb is a goldcard. are any problems known if i use the goldcard utility on the new card? e.g. the desire remembers only the "first" one?
2) what about my ext. partition? wich is the easiest way to "plug'n'play" the new card? i have no experience with ext partitions on windows systems. is it enough to install a ext driver to read it and just simple copy/paste the files? or should i use a existing nandroid backup after creating a ext partition on the new card?
thx for the answers!
regards,
sualfred

sualfred said:
Hey guys,
i will buy me a new bigger sd card for my desire (currently im using the 4gb sdhc card wich was included).
no i got two tiny questions:...
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1) No, there SHOULD not be any problem...
2) You will not be creating an EXT partition on the whole SDCARD... The EXT(2/3/4) space is meant for APP2SD - meaning your programs will be installed there (if you have a ROM supporting this). The rest of your SDCARD will/should be a normal FAT32 !

sualfred said:
2) what about my ext. partition? wich is the easiest way to "plug'n'play" the new card? i have no experience with ext partitions on windows systems. is it enough to install a ext driver to read it and just simple copy/paste the files? or should i use a existing nandroid backup after creating a ext partition on the new card?
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windows cannot read the ext file system, if you want to copy and paste your files like that you will have to use a linux live cd

How do i go about using a new card?

I'm running baadnews hd rom with a 512mb ext partition, i have now got a new 8gb card, obviously i cant just swap cards so how do i go about setting up the new card so that i can use it in my phone??
And is there a tool that will allow me to set up a 1gb partition?

I used gparted to partition my SD card. Make sure you put the partitions in order of storage, ext and swap

Upgrading SD card

Hey, I just got a 16 Gb SD card to replace my 8 gb card and I need to know what I should do to replace it. My 8 gb is partitioned and I want a bigger partition on my new one. I know how to partition it but I'm not sure if I need to just wipe everything and start from scratch. How do I replace the info in the partition to my new partition? I know to put my old SD info on my computer and copy it to my new one, its the partition info I'm unsure of.

[Q] Cloning SD card

Hi guys,
I just bought 16GB microSD card for my phone and I want to clone the 8GB one that I'm using now.
I'm using CM7.2 and have 512MB ext3 and a linux swap partitions, so I want to clone everything. I've tried with HDD Raw Copy, but after that I cannot resize my FAT32 partition with the remaining 7GB... (tried a couple of partition managing software).
I have a wild idea, but I'm not sure it will work.
Can I do a nandroid backup on my 8GB card, then copy all the contents from the 8GB FAT32 partition to the 16GB card(already partitioned) and insert the new one and do a nandroid restore? will that work to "fill" the ext3?

ce4ko said:
Hi guys,
I just bought 16GB microSD card for my phone and I want to clone the 8GB one that I'm using now.
I'm using CM7.2 and have 512MB ext3 and a linux swap partitions, so I want to clone everything. I've tried with HDD Raw Copy, but after that I cannot resize my FAT32 partition with the remaining 7GB... (tried a couple of partition managing software).
I have a wild idea, but I'm not sure it will work.
Can I do a nandroid backup on my 8GB card, then copy all the contents from the 8GB FAT32 partition to the 16GB card(already partitioned) and insert the new one and do a nandroid restore? will that work to "fill" the ext3?
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well, while waiting I've tried the backup-restore thing and it didnt work.
Any other ideas how to clone my card and use the whole space?

ce4ko said:
well, while waiting I've tried the backup-restore thing and it didnt work.
Any other ideas how to clone my card and use the whole space?
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You can try MiniTool Partition Wizard Home Edition it has a copy and resize functions.

Tera Tike said:
You can try MiniTool Partition Wizard Home Edition it has a copy and resize functions.
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As I said I've tried a couple of partitioning softwares Minitool Home and Pro and Paragon Partition manager.
when I clone the card the remaining Unallocated space is unusable... somehow... I cannot add it to the already copied partition

Try to use EASEUS TODO BACKUP. It gives perfect option to CLONE the entire memory and after that you can resize very easily in next steps after cloning. send me a PM if you cant. I will give you step by step instructions...

[Q] What should be done before changing microSD s

Dear Guys
I am using 8gb microSD with my HTC One V
Its full of programs, musics, videos etc
I bought 32gb
How should I continue with 32 gb microSD without crashing anything
Thanks

demirmert said:
Dear Guys
I am using 8gb microSD with my HTC One V
Its full of programs, musics, videos etc
I bought 32gb
How should I continue with 32 gb microSD without crashing anything
Thanks
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I prefer U can simply format your new card from phone & COPY & PASTE all stuff to it from old Card as it is.
(As same i follows whn buy new card & it works same as old card)

If you have 32GB SD Card, i think it'll be better if you create 2nd partition (EXT4) & 3rd partition for swap file.
You can read more details & find the tutorial from here or here. :good:
It's very useful since One V's internal memory is a lil bit small...

Thanks guys
I made 3 partitions
3gb Ext2
10gb Ext4
Remaining 18gb Ext4
I don't understand actually but I made like this
Is it OK?

Here's my opinion, hope it can help..
1st partition: 25GB FAT32 (Primary). It is for your main storage, such as video, music, photo, etc.
2nd Partition: 5GB EXT4 (Primary). For Link2SD. Make sure your kernel support EXT4. if it's not, then just make EXT2.
3rd Partition: 1GB Swap File (also Primary).

theiNDrAs said:
Here's my opinion, hope it can help..
1st partition: 25GB FAT32 (Primary). It is for your main storage, such as video, music, photo, etc.
2nd Partition: 5GB EXT4 (Primary). For Link2SD. Make sure your kernel support EXT4. if it's not, then just make EXT2.
3rd Partition: 1GB Swap File (also Primary).
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Thanks man
If I put the old files to the new card
Will it work same as before?

demirmert said:
Thanks man
If I put the old files to the new card
Will it work same as before?
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Well i never try to only copy & paste my files from the old sd card to the new one, so i'm not really sure whether it'll works perfectly or not..
But i think you can't just simply paste your files from your old sd card (without 2nd partition) to your new sd card (with 2nd & 3rd parttion),
because of the differences of the file system & the configuration within the old & the new ones. Except if you have the same setting & configuration between those two from the beginning.
So to play it safe, i guess you only able to paste your non-system file from your sd card...CMIIW

i thought there isnt any kernel which supports SWAP on one v yet .. the TITANIUM KISS only has a script to use 130 MB in the internal EMMC as Swap .. does making a swap partition in the SD help ?
See : http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=31441526&postcount=17