Is it possible to partition SD Card?

[Guest giddyup]

I have a Magellan GPS and broke a 128k SD flash card, I purchase a 1gb

flash card and the GPS refuses to recognize it. The card works with

other card reader devices. I was wondering if the GPS possibly has a

limit with the size of card. Because my transflash in my cell phone

does work - it is a 128k card.

 

This is why I would like to partition the card so that the 1st partition

can maybe be read by GPS. I can not find a flash card that small

anymore in stores.

 

Thanks

[Guest Big_Al]

Re: Is it possible to partition SD Card?

 

giddyup wrote:

> I have a Magellan GPS and broke a 128k SD flash card, I purchase a 1gb

> flash card and the GPS refuses to recognize it. The card works with

> other card reader devices. I was wondering if the GPS possibly has a

> limit with the size of card. Because my transflash in my cell phone

> does work - it is a 128k card.

>

> This is why I would like to partition the card so that the 1st partition

> can maybe be read by GPS. I can not find a flash card that small

> anymore in stores.

>

> Thanks

 

Do you mean 128Meg and not 128k?

 

http://www.flash-memory-store.com/128mb-secure-digital.html?gclid=CLmrhaScpZYCFQJ-xgod-0AB6g

[Guest nass]

Re: Is it possible to partition SD Card?

 

"Big_Al" wrote

>giddyup wrote:

>> I have a Magellan GPS and broke a 128k SD flash card, I purchase a 1gb

>> flash card and the GPS refuses to recognize it. The card works with

>> other card reader devices. I was wondering if the GPS possibly has a

>> limit with the size of card. Because my transflash in my cell phone

>> does work - it is a 128k card.

>>

>> This is why I would like to partition the card so that the 1st partition

>> can maybe be read by GPS. I can not find a flash card that small

>> anymore in stores.

>>

>> Thanks

>

>Do you mean 128Meg and not 128k?

 

NO. he Ment 128g Moron!

HTH,

nass

---

http://www.nasstec.co.uk

[Guest ShadowTek]

Re: Is it possible to partition SD Card?

 

giddyup <nospam@nospam.com> wrote in news:#ZP$g9XLJHA.4360

@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl:

> I have a Magellan GPS and broke a 128k SD flash card, I purchase a 1gb

> flash card and the GPS refuses to recognize it. The card works with

> other card reader devices. I was wondering if the GPS possibly has a

> limit with the size of card. Because my transflash in my cell phone

> does work - it is a 128k card.

>

> This is why I would like to partition the card so that the 1st partition

> can maybe be read by GPS. I can not find a flash card that small

> anymore in stores.

 

I created 2 partitions on an external hard drive only to find out the XP

can only recoginize the first partition.

 

You may end up with the same problem if you try to create multiple

partitions on something that will be read by XP as a typical USB drive.

 

If that does turn out to be the case, you could use something like a Linux

live boot disc to interact with the card once it is formatted.

[Guest Big_Al]

Re: Is it possible to partition SD Card?

 

nass wrote:

> "Big_Al" wrote

>

>> giddyup wrote:

>>> I have a Magellan GPS and broke a 128k SD flash card, I purchase a 1gb

>>> flash card and the GPS refuses to recognize it. The card works with

>>> other card reader devices. I was wondering if the GPS possibly has a

>>> limit with the size of card. Because my transflash in my cell phone

>>> does work - it is a 128k card.

>>>

>>> This is why I would like to partition the card so that the 1st partition

>>> can maybe be read by GPS. I can not find a flash card that small

>>> anymore in stores.

>>>

>>> Thanks

>> Do you mean 128Meg and not 128k?

>

> NO. he Ment 128g Moron!

> HTH,

> nass

> ---

> http://www.nasstec.co.uk

Boy you got out of the wrong side of the bed.

[Guest Ian D]

Re: Is it possible to partition SD Card?

 

 

"ShadowTek" <fake@email.address> wrote in message

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> giddyup <nospam@nospam.com> wrote in news:#ZP$g9XLJHA.4360

> @TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl:

>

>> I have a Magellan GPS and broke a 128k SD flash card, I purchase a 1gb

>> flash card and the GPS refuses to recognize it. The card works with

>> other card reader devices. I was wondering if the GPS possibly has a

>> limit with the size of card. Because my transflash in my cell phone

>> does work - it is a 128k card.

>>

>> This is why I would like to partition the card so that the 1st partition

>> can maybe be read by GPS. I can not find a flash card that small

>> anymore in stores.

>

> I created 2 partitions on an external hard drive only to find out the XP

> can only recoginize the first partition.

>

> You may end up with the same problem if you try to create multiple

> partitions on something that will be read by XP as a typical USB drive.

>

> If that does turn out to be the case, you could use something like a Linux

> live boot disc to interact with the card once it is formatted.

 

XP can create and use as many partitions as you want on an

external HD, up to the drive letter limit. However I've found

that USB flash drives and flash memory cards cannot be

partitioned in XP or Vista. There may be 3rd party utilities

that can do this. Sandisk U3 USB drives have a hidden partion.

[Guest ShadowTek]

Re: Is it possible to partition SD Card?

 

"Ian D" <taurus@nowhere.com> wrote in

news:edf5KCZLJHA.5596@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl:

> XP can create and use as many partitions as you want on an

> external HD, up to the drive letter limit. However I've found

> that USB flash drives and flash memory cards cannot be

> partitioned in XP or Vista. There may be 3rd party utilities

> that can do this. Sandisk U3 USB drives have a hidden partion.

 

All I can say is that I created 2 partitions on my external drive, accessed

them just fine in Linux, then tried to access them in XP and I could only

see the first drive. I then googled for a reason, and remember seeing

someone else saying something about the single partition limitation.

 

I did, and still do, have plenty of free drive letter left.

 

Have you actually used multi partition drives in XP?

[Guest Ian D]

Re: Is it possible to partition SD Card?

 

 

"ShadowTek" <fake@email.address> wrote in message

news:Xns9B36E80C8CCD1psistormyamatocscom@85.214.90.236...

> "Ian D" <taurus@nowhere.com> wrote in

> news:edf5KCZLJHA.5596@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl:

>

>> XP can create and use as many partitions as you want on an

>> external HD, up to the drive letter limit. However I've found

>> that USB flash drives and flash memory cards cannot be

>> partitioned in XP or Vista. There may be 3rd party utilities

>> that can do this. Sandisk U3 USB drives have a hidden partion.

>

> All I can say is that I created 2 partitions on my external drive,

> accessed

> them just fine in Linux, then tried to access them in XP and I could only

> see the first drive. I then googled for a reason, and remember seeing

> someone else saying something about the single partition limitation.

>

> I did, and still do, have plenty of free drive letter left.

>

> Have you actually used multi partition drives in XP?

 

I have several external USB HD's, all partitioned with XP's

disk manager, and all are fully accessable. There is no single

partition limitation for hard drives, but it seems there is for

flash drives.

[Guest giddyup]

Re: Is it possible to partition SD Card?

 

Big_Al wrote:

> giddyup wrote:

>> I have a Magellan GPS and broke a 128k SD flash card, I purchase a 1gb

>> flash card and the GPS refuses to recognize it. The card works with

>> other card reader devices. I was wondering if the GPS possibly has a

>> limit with the size of card. Because my transflash in my cell phone

>> does work - it is a 128k card.

>>

>> This is why I would like to partition the card so that the 1st

>> partition can maybe be read by GPS. I can not find a flash card that

>> small anymore in stores.

>>

>> Thanks

>

> Do you mean 128Meg and not 128k?

>

> http://www.flash-memory-store.com/128mb-secure-digital.html?gclid=CLmrhaScpZYCFQJ-xgod-0AB6g

>

 

I am sorry you had to take flak for your response, thanks

 

I did mean 128Meg.