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gram typed on Thu, 11 Feb 2010 08:46:10 -0800 (PST):
> On 11 Feb, 08:28, "BillW50" <Bill...@aol.kom> wrote:
>> Innews:1d0dd7d3-0b1e-4ba1-a830-f8d5959e9105@3g2000yqn.googlegroups.com,
>> gram typed on Wed, 10 Feb 2010 22:20
5 -0800 (PST):
>>
>>> hi,,,i have a 64gb memory stick with some files on it and some
>>> laptops it works fine and on some others it dosnt open and i get a
>>> message do i want to format it yes or no....whats the problem
>>> ...thanks
>>
>> Are you using the memory stick from USB or some built in card
>> reader? As for the latter, some card readers can only read up to so
>> much. My Gateway laptops for example from '06 can only read up to
>> 1GB memory cards under XP. Btw, if I put in a 2GB card, it asks to
>> reformat it. Anything larger, it can't even see anything to format.
>> And there are no drivers for them under Vista or Windows 7. So I use
>> an USB connected card reader to read anything higher. Although the
>> limit for the card readers I have is up to 32GB.
>>
>> So I believe you are seeing a similar thing. As the machines that
>> want to format them, can't read anything that large. But I have an
>> idea that might or might not work. That is to partition the drive
>> and maybe those that can't read it, might be able to see at least
>> the first partition.
>>
>> Now most partition utilities won't partition them into anything more
>> than one partition. I have one that will. Although I should write
>> down which one of mine that will. Because I forget which one allows
>> you to do this. And I have to try a number of them before I find out
>> the one that can. You might be able to find one using Google too.
>
> hi...thanks for reply....im using an all in one 64gb usb memory
> stick.....i bought it on ebay from china....it was cheap...but its
> strange it works fine on some laptops and then others cant open it and
> want to format it....
OH NO! I would find a utility to check for fake flash drives and run it
right away on yours. And a lot of those sold on eBay from China are
fake. Meaning they don't hold as much as they say they do. Windows won't
complain while saving files until it thinks it has reached its capacity.
Although if it is a fake, most of the saved files are not really there.
They show in the directory, but the files themselves won't be there.
That is the first thing I would do. These utilities write data and reads
it back to make sure each cell actually works. That way you can make
sure you don't have one of those fake ones. And they will give you the
true capacity. For 64GB it could take a day or two to check through it.
At least for the one I have.
I bought a fake 8GB SDHC card on eBay from China. I kind of figured it
was a fake when I bided on it. And sure enough, it was really a 2GB
flash drive and not a 8GB one. And there is no easy fix to make them to
report the true amount. One you have to know the chipset that is used
inside. Then and only then, you might find an utility to correct it. You
can get your money back like I did if it is a fake. That is if you don't
wait too long.
I kind of cheated with mine. As I have a partition manager that can
partition flash drives (most cannot). And I partitioned the first 2GB
and left the other 6GB (that really doesn't exists) unpartitioned. So
far (knock on wood) it still works fine. Although I don't trust it for
original files.
--
Bill
Gateway M465e ('06 era) - Windows XP SP3
