Corrupted Sd?

[dockthepod]

So, I think gngeo managed to corrupt my SD while dumping GFX. It locked up in the middle of the dump so I turned off the 2X. When I start it back up, the 2X hangs until I removed the card. I've tried viewing it on my windows pc through a card reader and windows just gets pissed at me when I try to do anything to it (I want to format). My PS3 ignores it for the most part but one time I got it to try to format and it threw up an error at me.

I think my card was on the way out before, so it might not be gngeo's fault.

Is it time for a new card or is there some voodoo that I can pull on this guy?

 

[purple_goat]

how large is it? if its more than 2gb i'd try a friends comp or something..

but, a PS3!?

 

[dockthepod]

Nah, it's just a cheap ol 512 stick I've had for quite a few years.

And what's wrong with the PS3?

 

[purple_goat]

$!!

but also go to Fry's (US) and you can get a 1gb 60x SD for $15!! or a 4gb 150x for $60..
if the cards are on sale..

but that is kinda odd cuz i've had a 256mb card for years now (i paid $75 :rolleyes: ) and its fine!

 

[abertalia]

Hey how am I supposed to reformat my SD cards? Cuz one of mine also broke...

 

[dockthepod]

I guess I make too much money... 600 didn't seem too bad for what you get I'm really enjoying running linux on this thing. I can stream movies off my PC onto my tv and I'm getting emulators set up as well. Not to mention all the great games that will be coming out.

Anyhow, I'm going to order myself a new SD and maybe someone will give a suggestion on how to bring my old one back to life.

 

[purple_goat]

guess you right but i rather get a modchip for my psp (it bricked) or fix up my gaming rig <_< okay, computer

 

[Sphinxter]

So, I think gngeo managed to corrupt my SD while dumping GFX. It locked up in the middle of the dump so I turned off the 2X. When I start it back up, the 2X hangs until I removed the card. I've tried viewing it on my windows pc through a card reader and windows just gets pissed at me when I try to do anything to it (I want to format). My PS3 ignores it for the most part but one time I got it to try to format and it threw up an error at me.

I think my card was on the way out before, so it might not be gngeo's fault.

Is it time for a new card or is there some voodoo that I can pull on this guy?

powering off open files on a fat file system is always a risky venture, probably need to run fsck.msdos /dev/sdd1 or whatever. I did this a while back while powering off mame on transcend 4gb card, wasn't aware it corrutped until I was adding a bor pak that appeared to copy ok but never showed up on the card. fsck and still working great. Now I exit to the top menu before shutting down and don't let the battery run out completely.

 

[imhotep]

dockthepod:-
1. Try accessing the card through 'disk management' in Windows XP.
2. Some people have had success accessing corrupt cards through other OS'es like Win98 or Linux. You could also try accessing via PDA or digital camera for formatting.

Edit: Wade through the comments at this link http://www.quickonlinetips.com/archives/20...b-flash-drives/ some of them have useful ideas. Lets us know if and how you fix it as I have had problems like yours in the past. See ya!

 

[imhotep]

Now I exit to the top menu before shutting down and don't let the battery run out completely.

It's wise to treat your SD card carefully whilst it's being written to. One thing I now do in Windows is to never pull out the SD card without first right clicking the drive letter in My Computer choosing 'eject'. This tells Windows to dismount the card and stop all read/writes. I now never get Windows 'delayed write failed' errors. <_<

 

[dockthepod]

Thanks for the tip imhotep. I'll try this out at work tomorrow.

 

[Anhaedra]

Yeah I learned that the hard way, I have a somewhat corrupted filesystem on my SD card now, since apparently my NES ROM folder is 400GB in size.

 

[dockthepod]

Yeah, those NES roms are huge man.

On the plus side, I just priced out some SD cards on newegg and damn they are cheap now.

 

[imhotep]

Yeah they are getting cheaper all the time.

 

[gmiller1018]

Hey how am I supposed to reformat my SD cards? Cuz one of mine also broke...

See http://www.gp32x.de/board/index.php?s=&am...st&p=480977

 

[PokeParadox]

Did you try running scandisk on the SD card?

 

[purple_goat]

Yeah, those NES roms are huge man.

On the plus side, I just priced out some SD cards on newegg and damn they are cheap now.

i told you FRY'S!!!! they are very cheap there!

 

[dockthepod]

Hehe, newegg - 7.99 for 1 Gig

Look

I think there's a Fry's in my area (seattle) but I think it's quite a ways away.

 

[purple_goat]

Hehe at newegg - 7.99 for 1 Gig

Look

I think there's a Fry's in my area (seattle) but I think it's quite a ways away.

wow i stand corrected!

 

[linoleum13]

Newegg has much cheaper cards than fry's. At least that was what I found 2 minutes ago when I searched both.