corrupted micro sd 64GB and other stories

[user88]

along with my new IPOD I tried to copy files to one sansa + with 64 GB microsd it appeared to be read only nothing could solve the problem in the net (the only links were to replace it which i havent done).
so now i Have a sansa 8GB without sd fortuntely I listen to my IPOD and dont need to worry about space meanwhile besides the battery life in the latest RB release is pretty good.
I am pretty much dependent on the music in my free time because it helps me not to get bored ect...(down)
and the IPOD with RB was pretty upgrade for the music experience.(just hope it'll live long enough to return the investment (don't want it to die cause it's not cheap pleasure))
Still I am ambivalent about downloading songs and taking about it publicly in this forum(but as my music teacher says music should be shared its it nature to be a gift)
hope this post wasn't too paranoid just it rolled along
besides I don't think that if someone wants to know what music I listen to will search this forum...
just edited the title

[saratoga]

A read only disk usually means you need to reformat the file system.  Usually if its corrupt its not possible to edit it, hence, read only.

[user88]

yeah it was corrupted as I said... unfortunately nothing could be done.

and another topic (rethread)

I read a post about RBoxing new device and it made me some inferiority complex cause I understand pretty much nothing in reverse engineering or its legal aspects and i am only a consumer of your work (counted 600 credits) so i am very greatfull...
and by the way I have plans to study some things in this area but I see myself listening to music rather then cracking devices ...
but its good that you do this work
will follow after new releases though meanwhile it seems to work pretty well (except for some reason it resets the settings of IPOD RB such as keyclicks but its not very important)

edit:

regarding the reformat I spent a whole evening trying to format it with different tools it said read only even played with regedit frankly  I made up with it that it's lost. as i said sandisk probably expects u actually send it back to it to replace on the other hand the backup sansa works fine with its installed 64 gb microsd as i said synchronzing too much devices when the library changes is not very easy so meanwhile I don't plan to replace the broken usd.

[saratoga]

If its actually a corrupt file system, then a simple reformat will fix it (since that erases the old file system and makes a new one).  If you can't reformat it, then its probably a bad card or a fake. 

[user88]

you can read my post above more thoroughly if you want, any way thanks for the attention and good night:)

[toehser]

Don't give up on the reformat.  It isn't really a hard thing in _principle_.

It seems some operating systems make it hard.  Not sensible, but, they do.

Basically, you have to do 2 things if you're going from scratch corrupt:

1. Create a partition table, partition, partition type.
2. Create a FAT32 filesystem in the partition.

There is a thread on here saying that WINDOWS MAKES THIS HARD with 64GB, but PEOPLE ARE DOING IT.

There is some utility, there is a link that was mentioned on here in the last week or two, even if you're using MS you CAN DO IT.

It isn't a Sansa issue, you shouldn't send the card back.  It is probably a "you're using Windows" problem.

(I use Linux, so, I don't have such idiocy as "can't format 64GB to FAT32 easily".

But, that is the part not to give up on, as it is a Windows problem, not a hardware issue.

[user88]

thanks for the reply I already gave a long reply about linux
and i won't install it meanwhile
frankly I did actualy believe it was corrupted and from some reason (psychological) threw it to trash.
As I said meanwhile I dont need a replacement because I Upgraded to IPOD.
and I have another sansa with working sd card(64gb) for backup.
just hope the IPOD wont die;)