My 2gb sandisk micro SD card reduce the size after formatting

you can unlock your sd card by formatting*.
formatting memory card will delete all datas

formatting method*

use a softtwaer phone for formatting.. (example nokia 6120c, 5800etc )
insert your sd card into the softwaer phone.. select SETTINGS > DATA MGR > MEMORY > OPTIONS > FORMAT MEMORY CARD

Hi,when you purchase a new micro SD card before use, youwill need to format the memory card so that you will be able to know the actual size of the Micro SD card by checking the details after formatting it.

After formatting the micro SD card and checking the details, if you still do not see the accurate size which is about 1.88mb or the about, that means the micro SD card you bought needs to be replaced. Not a good one.

Have a nice day.

format using sandisk format tool
http://www.sdcard.org/consumers/formatter/eula

Hello,

You can format your micro-SD Card using a software which you can download by clicking this link. I uploaded it to my FTP site for you and it will be there for a limited time. Download that file and save it to your PC. Then unzip that ".zip" file.

If you format micro SD card connecting it to your PC via USB port, it may not ask for password. (I think your phone asks password to format.)

To format your micro-sd card:

- First plug in your micro-sd card into you PC.

- Run the downloaded "HPUSBFW_2.2.3_MASTER.exe" file.

- In the program menu window, select the device (your memory card).

- Select FAT32 as file system,

- Confirm that all the format options unchecked. (Uncheck the quick format option)

- And click the "Start" button to begin formatting.


Hope this helps you.

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Hey there Colin,

The original R4 card only works with Micro-SD cards up to 2GB in size. To use Micro-SD cards up to 32GB, you need to buy the newer R4 SDHC card or a Nintendo DSi comaptible card. Check out R4 Cards / R4 DS Cards from DSCardWorld.com or NDS-Gear.com (NDS-Gear is probably better if you live in Europe or Canada as their shipping's slightly better internationally).

Good luck!

format the card first and check if its 2 gb still. now compress your songs with the software mp3toringtonegold. now you can load more than 1000 songs depending upon your compressions. but compression can reduce the quality of the sound.

use some other card reader for the purpose and format it from there.

From what info I have gathered is that my card reader on my printer is old and will not read that big of card. so off to the computer store to buy a new card reader.

Hi,

Its better to avoid using disk management to format to format the card.

Use this formatter to format(usually the memory cards are factory formatted in the FAT or FAT 3).

http://panasonic.jp/support/audio/sd/download/ftp/sdfv2003.exe

Or

ftp://ftp.vaio-link.com/pub/memstick/drivers/MSFMTINST250.exe

Usually its better to format the card using the phone only. 

Good Luck.

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