| Subject: Does not recognize SD card > 1 gig in size. |
| Group: microsoft.public.windows.vista.general |
| Date: 5/11/2008 9:35:16 PM |
| From: DanteMatrix [Email Address Protection] |
I've just figured out that Windows Vista Home & Ultimate editions, before and after SP1, does NOT recognize any SD cards in a card reader if it's greater than 1 gig in size. Vista will insist you format it first prior to use. The formating consists of dumbing down the card to 1 gig in size. This occured on 3 PC's. 1 Desktop and 1 Laptop with built-in card readers, and 1 USB 2 card reader. A Google search on the terms "vista sd problem" yields thousands of complaints. The funny thing is: Vista will recognize a 2 gig SD card (that it refuses to read from a card reader) if you have it plugged into your PDA and link through Mobile Sync. Hot fixes either state that with SP1, it's not applicable. Or that you don't have enough space. My systems have 1 Terrabyte free on SATA drives and 300 gig free on PATA drives with 2 to 4 gigs of RAM. |
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| Subject: Re: Does not recognize SD card > 1 gig in size. |
| Group: microsoft.public.windows.vista.general |
| Date: 5/12/2008 5:40:35 AM |
| From: ray [Email Address Protection] |
On Mon, 12 May 2008 05:28:01 -0700, Toughskinn wrote: > I am using Vista Home Premuim and Business with a internal 15-1 card > reader and 4GB SD card....and it works fine. I was under the impression that SD was limited to 2gb - are you sure it's not SDHC? > > "DanteMatrix" wrote: > >> I've just figured out that Windows Vista Home & Ultimate editions, >> before and after SP1, does NOT recognize any SD cards in a card reader >> if it's greater than 1 gig in size. Vista will insist you format it >> first prior to use. The formating consists of dumbing down the card to >> 1 gig in size. This occured on 3 PC's. 1 Desktop and 1 Laptop with >> built-in card readers, and 1 USB 2 card reader. >> >> A Google search on the terms "vista sd problem" yields thousands of >> complaints. >> >> The funny thing is: Vista will recognize a 2 gig SD card (that it >> refuses to read from a card reader) if you have it plugged into your >> PDA and link through Mobile Sync. >> >> Hot fixes either state that with SP1, it's not applicable. Or that you >> don't have enough space. My systems have 1 Terrabyte free on SATA >> drives and 300 gig free on PATA drives with 2 to 4 gigs of RAM. >> |
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