wont work Says it has to be formatted. i put it in my comp clicked format and says unable to format what do i need to do?
500830
If you go to the SanDisk website (www.sandisk.com) and look up the memory card you want, it will tell you if your phone is compatible. Scroll to the bottom of the page and where it says compatibility and go from there.
500831
I have the same problem and wondered if some were worse than others .. I have searched on-line with no luck and the best I can suggest is try not putting the card in all the way so you have more card to pull on .. I snap and unsnap the end of the adapter to save the card and this has worked so far .. Please let me know if you find out anything !!
500832
you need to format it first on your phone before using it. what phone are you using to format it. again to eric, it needs to be formatted first in your phone.
500833
Does anyone else have problems getting the card in and out of the adapter? Mine got stuck in the adapter. needed to use tweezers to get it out. Is this my problem or the cards?
500834
I have had the same problem with a 512Mb Sandisk micro SD. I'm using a usb card reader. At first it kept giving me an error that it could not read it. Now it won't even show up on my computer (Mac powerbook) Any luck finding a solution?
500835
How can people help you if you give no details as to the phone, etc. that are involved in your problems?
500836
If you read the instructions on the original page, it says to put it in your phone to format it, not your computer.
500837
Actually mine doesn't work either. It will not format to the phone. I tried running it through the computer to see if there may be a problem with the chip itself and it comes back that it cannot be formatted. There is an error. The irony here is that I bought it through bulk packaging on Amazon. The company insistst that I send it back with all the original packaging of which there is none. How nice. I am out the money and the disk.
500838
In most (phone) cases it is a firmware/hot start problem, that is putting the card in while the phone is ON, turn off the phone and put it in... As for the PC format for phone use.. You can do it but DO NOT FORMAT IN FAT32 but a phone format is recommended..
1668239
why does it have it be formatted if the software is supposed to work for both mac and pc ?
87689
One you have formatted the card, you've erased the software that comes on it. The instructions, if I'm recalling correctly, instruct you to copy the folder from the card to your computer before doing any formatting. Go to their Web site. Support should be able to help.
51826
No it's a blank hard drive. You will need to format to what ever operating system u are using.
489158
It should work. What do you mean not recognized? Can you not see the drive in Disk Utilities in order to format the drive?
342169
If it didn't accept a size that was bigger that would mean that it came formatted to FAT32, and it would need to be formatted to NTFS, the only downside of NTFS being that if you pull it out without safely removing, there is a bigger chance of corruption. To reformat it to NTFS just look up some guide on google.
134559
Yes, You may have to format to work. The one I bought was exFAT. exFAT is compatible with Mac OS X 10.6.5 or newer, Windows Vista, Windows 7 and Windows 8.
2075426
You can format it to whatever file system you want. If you want it to work with your X360 just put it in your console, go to Storage in Settings, choose the flash drive and the console will offer to format it for you.
1430468
Try formatting the thumb drive. Try NTFS. If that doesn't work, separate the file into parts. I use WinRAR. However, there are several freeware programs that would do it.
250487
Trying formatting (full not quick) in NTFS on your PC before plugging it in. This worked for me on a similar HP Flash Drive. Then leave it plugged in, XBOX doesn't like it plugged and unplugged will attempt reformat when detected. I lost a almost a month of save files that I had stored by removing it.Good luck.Neil
211416
Yes, - it has to be reformatted. It's easy - my non-tech sister just did it.
980738
This flash drive is by default formatted in fat, but which number I am unsure, to my understanding fat formatting is extremely backwards compatible. This flash drive would more likely than not work for you.
1955085
It is formatted for NTFS Windows OS. Also, I have dropped it once when I was getting out of the car. The drive is totally unusable due to bad sectors after that.
1118388
Try This: Go to Control Panel-> System and Security -> Administrative Tools -> Computer Management -> Disk Management -> Select the F: Drive by click it (If F: Drive is shown, otherwise the drive is not good)-> Click "Action" MENU -> Move mouse to "All Tasks" and Select "Format"
1493114
Try the manual download. I had the same problem and after downloading the software to my desktop it worked.
1981109
Hey, I found really good instructions online.. It's already formatted in fat32 but it needs to be set up on a laptop first.. After you do the setup you just plug and play. It's been a great storage device so far.. Feel free to get back to me.. Oh yeah, it was on ehow.
1113799
I would suggest getting a refund and ordering a new one. I've only had to reformat it once and I've had it since February. No other issues with it.