microSDHC card reading problems

[xILukasIx]

Hey guys!

Last friday, I finally got my Toshiba TG01, which came with a 8GB Class 4 microSDHC card.
I didn't put it in my phone, since there's a virus on some of these cards!
Now I want to format the card with my Windows XP computer, but when I try to access it with a SD card adapter, it freezes my Explorer...

It gets stuck until I put the card out of it!

I also tried a USB adapter on my Vista PC and it only tells me this:
"Please insert a disk into Removable Disk ( H: )."
Same thing on the XP PC.

Can anyone help me?

[Rudegar]

sounds like a defect microSD card

[Clondyke]

Try disabling the autostart feature and then use the Panasonic SD formatting software.

[timmymarsh]

yip know the feeling, the cheap card that came with my HD does the same, although it still works perfectly with my device and is accessable using a/sync.

Going to buy a good make class 6:D

[-PiLoT-]

well id put it in the phone then put the phone into the pc and make it a usb mass storage device

then if it can be seen then awesome format it

the card wont have any affect of the phone its it plugged into the pc as a mass storage device as the phone cant se it

[Hammanu]

Try reformatting the card, to fat32 using hp's low level format tool it worked for me.

[timmymarsh]

my card is fat32, pc using xp pro still wont recognise it using card reader, although all is fine in disk drive and active sync......no real biggy....:)

[-PiLoT-]

it may be a defective reader

[barny_stumble]

Hi all, just wanted to add something to this, as I have a TG01, and have had a few issues with memory cards with it. This is something I poseted on http://www.modaco.com/content/toshiba-tg01-tg01-modaco-com/291115/strange-files-appearing-on-my-storage-card/
"Hi folks, just thought I would update you with a few issues I'v had re the memory cards. I've used the ones supplied by Toshiba, (not the best) but also a Sandisk 16GB and 8GB, and both suffered corruption issues. It took about a hour to copy most of the files over to my laptop, and to do that, I had to put the mem card in my Touch Pro! I'm not sure what this means, as some people have said they have had no issues. It would be interesting to see what proportion of us actually suffer from memory card corruption using other brands! Looks like I may have to carry a backup of my mem card for a while!!... :confused:"
I'm not the only the only one with issues, as a few others on that forum have had them too. Wish i knew what was causing it. May have to go back to the old reliable Touch Pro untill we get the promised upgrades?.. :D
Lets hope not.........

[timmymarsh]

nope its not the reader, bought a new one last week as i thought it may have been that. Im sures its something to do with micro sdhc cards and just being made baldy.... cheap is nto always good huh...............:(

mm thought id add a poll to the thread, would be interesting to see whats the worst offender.......

Let me know if your brands not there, ill add it :)

[Maxxx1973]

Hi, have you already tried this??

http://www.mydigitallife.info/2008/06/25/fix-sd-memory-card-disappearing-missing-folder-or-corrupt-in-windows-mobile-device/