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Thread ID: 87463	2008-02-22 03:54:00	SD CARD READING DIFFICULTIES	James Kirk (3742)	Press F1

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642644	2008-02-22 03:54:00	I am having reading problems with some SD cards and seek advice. The most recent problem is with two 2GB SD cards badged as made by A-Data, bought from Warehouse Stationery. The card records fine in a digital camera. It plays back the images fine on the camera’s LCD screen, and when the camera is connected by cable to a PC the pictures come up fine for viewing in Windows Explorer and PaintShop. However, if the card is removed from the camera and inserted into a card reader built into the PC, Windows Explorer goes quiet and very strange and eventually this error message is displayed: “WINDOWS – No Disk Exception processing Message C 0000013 Parameters 75b6bf9c 4 75b6bf9c 75b6bf9c. Cancel --- Try Again----Continue” Trying again produces the same result. After the card is removed, and Windows Explorer is closed, the same error message will pop up spontaneously now and again. If the offending SD card is put into a printer it is not seen; likewise into a handheld computer. However, a 1GB SD card by SanDisk can be read in the PC card slot by Windows Explorer, and is recognized by the printer and the handheld computer. The A-Data SD card is 2.09mm thick and the SanDisk card is 2.16mm thick, but too small a difference in dimensions to matter I would think. I formatted the card in the camera but nothing changed. Has anyone experienced this problem? Has anyone seen this error message, and/or knows what it means?	James Kirk (3742)
642645	2008-02-22 03:58:00	I would check out the site, for the card reader on the PC. And see how many GB of a particular memory card it can recognise. It may not support 2GB + SD cards. Likewise for the printer. A few sites also say that error may relate to malware Post a hijackthis log	Speedy Gonzales (78)
642646	2008-02-22 17:42:00	I'd just ignore Windows Explorer and use the Disk Manager like I do . Insert Card in whatever you have . . . Go to My Computer, right click and >> Manage>>Disk Manager>> and see the card is there . Now, Just right click on the Volume Name for the card . . . it'll likely be with the word "SD--" in it somewhere, but also most likely on the top of the list . Now click on EXPLORE . . . NOT OPEN! Click on EXPLORE again . . . and you MAY have to click on a blank space on the open data window now and click on "THUMBNAILS" to actually see the data . You should see the videos, and still pixs and maybe even a recovery area for the card if it has out-of-the-ordinary formatting . The videos will appear as a file or folder . . . not the actual video . BUT . . . . Don't mess with that little partition . It needs to be there for future file handling/storage while it's in the camera . (PS: I made the mistake of formatting the whole SD card once, but my Kodak camera re-inserted the partition again! Whew! Just use the FORMAT command when the SD is back in the camera and it's back . . . usually) . Then once you have the file(s) you want to save, just COPY them to whatever area you have set aside for them . Copy is the best idea . . in case something happens and the files get corrupted in that just SENDING them to that special area can unfortunately destroy them . Example: I made two file areas . . . . Kodak Videos & Kodak Pixs Then I pointed Picasa to those areas only for future inclusion in it's files . Copy will make a Copy (neat how that works, eh?) and leave them intact in the original SD . Once the transfer is complete to your requirements, then you can remove them from the SD at that time . RULE: Test the transfer, THEN delete the originals . I know from where I am speaking here .	SurferJoe46 (51)
642647	2008-02-22 22:26:00	Speedy, Thanks for your reply. The card reader is made by Apacer; I don't know the model number and have no documentation. I went to their website and of course my unit is out of date (4 years old). Their current internal reader like mine (looks almost identical) says it can read 4GB SD cards. I don't know the model number and have no documentation.	James Kirk (3742)
642648	2008-02-22 22:30:00	SurferJoe46, Thanks for your response. You've helped me before. The card shows as "unreadable" in Disk Manager. I've sent a support message to the manufacturer A-data in Taiwan, so we'll see what transpires.	James Kirk (3742)
642649	2008-02-23 00:04:00	Their current internal reader like mine (looks almost identical) says it can read 4GB SD cards. I don't know the model number and have no documentation. The >4GB point in SD cards is where they changed to SDHC except for some early 4GB cards. Your camera reads the cards OK, I think you need to try some more readers before pointing the blame at the cards.	PaulD (232)
642650	2008-02-23 03:31:00	PaulD, Thanks . However the card reader reads all my other cards OK; these are sized from 128MB to 1GB . The card maker A-data has come back saying: "we recommend you to drive USB Host of the motherboard again" . Do you, or anyone else, know what this means? I've also gone to Apacer the reader maker; we'll see what they say . My daughter has similar problems with a 1GB and a 2GB card badged by DigitalMax, the on-line photo print people .	James Kirk (3742)
642651	2008-02-23 03:36:00	PaulD, Thanks . However the card reader reads all my other cards OK; these are sized from 128MB to 1GB . The card maker A-data has come back saying: "we recommend you to drive USB Host of the motherboard again" . Do you, or anyone else, know what this means? I've also gone to Apacer the reader maker; we'll see what they say . My daughter has similar problems with a 1GB and a 2GB card badged by DigitalMax, the on-line photo print people . Are you by any chance trying to use a USB hub or attempting to read the card without the use of USB 2 hardware? I believe that there will be complications if you do . The fact that it requests direct (MOBO) connection might mean it is not going to communicate via an inferior system .	SurferJoe46 (51)
642652	2008-02-23 03:48:00	WHAT did you format the 2 Gb cards in?? FAT 16 or FAT32? You could try what Brian_C posted (forum.ncix.com) Could be what A-data are trying to say. Looks like other people have had the same prob, getting XP to read 2GB cards The steps I took are roughly: 1. Open Control Panel>System>Hardware Tab>Device Manager 2. Right click on the SD Card Reader (in my case "Toshiba Secure Digital host controller") and select "Update Driver". And just choose the default options. 3. The first time I run this, I was offered a driver from Microsoft in addition to the Toshiba driver already installed. I picked the Microsoft one and everything works fine after that.	Speedy Gonzales (78)
642653	2008-02-23 21:24:00	Yeah I think A-Data want you to update your USB driver. Funny way of saying it though Or maybe the card size (2GB) is incompatible with your reader/drivers. Physical size may also hint at it using a different kind of chip which may be incompatible also... very unlikely but still possible	Agent_24 (57)
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