Can't format 2 GB mini SD

[two-zero]

I just bought a Kingston 2 GB miniSD. It was dead cheap (paid about $35, which is a good price here in Russia. Most others are double in price). I doubt it is a fake, because I bought it in a known tech-chain (Polaris).

After using the card for 2-3 days (it worked fine), I started getting problems with the card and the QTEK. When I accessed the card I could see the directory structure, but the directory names were all kinds of special characters, but not latin (my device is in ENG) anymore. After a while Windows (WM5) asked me to reformat the card. I thought its a good idea, but after this I can't use the card at all anymore. Its not recognized by the Wizard. I can see it in my cardreader on Vista, but when I try to copy some files on it, it gets super slow and eventually the copy process gets stuck. Trying to format the card via windows doesn't work either. Tried the repair function (which seems to go through) of chkdisk, but the card is still behaving bad.

I have been reading a few forums, tried other programs for formatting, but no solution. Any ideas? Its not about the money (I could also return the card to the store), but I just hate to become the slave of the machines and waste a brand new 2 GB card like this.

Thanks for your help in advance.

[demontefixo]

I just bought a Kingston 2 GB miniSD. It was dead cheap (paid about $35, which is a good price here in Russia. Most others are double in price). I doubt it is a fake, because I bought it in a known tech-chain (Polaris).

After using the card for 2-3 days (it worked fine), I started getting problems with the card and the QTEK. When I accessed the card I could see the directory structure, but the directory names were all kinds of special characters, but not latin (my device is in ENG) anymore. After a while Windows (WM5) asked me to reformat the card. I thought its a good idea, but after this I can't use the card at all anymore. Its not recognized by the Wizard. I can see it in my cardreader on Vista, but when I try to copy some files on it, it gets super slow and eventually the copy process gets stuck. Trying to format the card via windows doesn't work either. Tried the repair function (which seems to go through) of chkdisk, but the card is still behaving bad.

I have been reading a few forums, tried other programs for formatting, but no solution. Any ideas? Its not about the money (I could also return the card to the store), but I just hate to become the slave of the machines and waste a brand new 2 GB card like this.

Thanks for your help in advance.Did you try a non-Vista machine? Also, there are more threads in the other forum re:SD cards you might want to check out.

--M