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Unable to Format using PC
Started Mar 25, 2007
Strengths: Good for digtal camera
Weaknesses: Unable to use directly from PC SD card slots
I recently purchased two 2.0 sandisk SD cards, one for my digital camera, the other for my PC for back up purposes. After inserting the SD card into my PC SD port I got a message stating the device could not be read and needed to be formatted. I selected the option to format the SD card (as I have in the past with other Sandisk SD cards) the process reached 100% then and error appeared with a message stating that the formatting could not be completed. I though the device might be defective so I inserted the card for the digital camera the same message appeared saying the device needed to be formatted ( I did not format) I’ve formatted SD cards in the past with this same PC using fat, fat32, and NTFS. The un-formatted card reads fine in the digital camera. I’ve searched the web for other having the same issue and found hundreds of hit referring to the same problem. I’m disappointed the Sandisk site has little or no support for the cards, I’ve used the search feature there and found nothing. It clearly states on the package100% compatibility with all devices using SD card slots (I know 100% compatibility is not always possible) but this is a laptop less than a year old running XP Pro SP2 with all updates applies. This is the first time I’ve had issues with Sandisk SD cards but its clear they should provide more info on their site
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