Is it possible to partition SD Card?

[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

 

[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

 

[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

 

[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.

 

[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.

 

[Ian D]

Re: Is it possible to partition SD Card?


"ShadowTek" <fake@email.address> wrote in message
news:Xns9B36C3EF8DD9Fpsistormyamatocscom@85.214.90.236...
> 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.

 

[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?

 

[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.

 

[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.