Large Files Getting Coppupted on Mini SD

[CesarSan]

I´ve been trying to copy large files, as movies or maps databases to my mini sd and they are all getting corrupted.

Has anyone experienced this issue already? Do you think that it might be a problem with the phont or with the memory stick?

Thanks
Cesar

[hardworker]

i remember that long ago i had a similar problem. Then, i formatted the mini sd card on the pc with FAT32 and it is working fine since then.

[NeilM]

Are you copying direct to the card in a card reader, or using ActiveSync?

AS has always had a tendency to corrupt large files, and is limited to USB1 transfer rates. Originally the file size limit was about 14MB but I think AS4.0 is capable of a bit more :)

Anything more than 30MB would be best transferred with a card reader. If you already have corrupt files, I'd suggest copying what you have to the PC, then as suggested above, do a reformat (as long as the card is no larger than 2GB); MiniSD Cards larger than 2GB (as opposed to SDHC, which works in WM6) need special formatting, as the cluster size is modified.

[CesarSan]

Thanks for the tips. I´ve been using ActiveSync, but i´m going to buy a card reader.

I was thinking that it was a problem with my phone and i´m really glad to know that it´s normal!

Thanks



Are you copying direct to the card in a card reader, or using ActiveSync?

AS has always had a tendency to corrupt large files, and is limited to USB1 transfer rates. Originally the file size limit was about 14MB but I think AS4.0 is capable of a bit more :)

Anything more than 30MB would be best transferred with a card reader. If you already have corrupt files, I'd suggest copying what you have to the PC, then as suggested above, do a reformat (as long as the card is no larger than 2GB); MiniSD Cards larger than 2GB (as opposed to SDHC, which works in WM6) need special formatting, as the cluster size is modified.