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Offline wolfie138

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Do I Need to Format a Micro SD?
« on: April 14, 2016, 12:40:23 PM »
as per the title, ther's a load of conflicting info/opinions when i google this, so i thought i'd ask directly when i'm going to be using it.
got a Clip+, got the lasted Dev build as per my other thread about Win10 not recognising the player. after an initial success, i'm back to square 1 and it seems my micro SD is faulted; i tried a couple scan/repairs, but Windows isn't having any luck, so i thought i'd get a new Micro SD, 16GB. i was half wondering if i shuld have formatted this current one, so googled, and got nowt but confused. So;
do i need to format or not? and, if so what format? if it's FAT32 i take it i need a special util as Windows won't FAT that high.

also, just as an aside/curious - when you're sticking new music on an expansion card, what's the preferred method, connecting the player up w/ the car in, or taking the card out and using an adaptor? or does it make no difference?

TIA
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Offline saratoga

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Re: Do I Need to Format a Micro SD?
« Reply #1 on: April 14, 2016, 01:42:01 PM »
SD card needs to be fat32.  You can add files however you want.
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Offline wolfie138

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Re: Do I Need to Format a Micro SD?
« Reply #2 on: April 15, 2016, 06:04:09 AM »
cheers bud.
i wonder if my current card is glitching cos it's not formatted and not cos it's damaged.
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