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RE: HOWTO : Repair a Corrupted MobyMemory Card with your PC

mattieb — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 11:50:36 GMT

hi all i bourght a SanDisk 8GB memory card for my N95 a week or so ago from Mobymemory, as all was working fine, now in the last few days my phone says that it is corrupted(i dont think i have done anyting to cause this?), it then goes on to say would i like to format now, i key in yes, then it says the memory card is in use by another application, do you wish i end this application and format now, i key in yes....and nothing happens, When i insert my card into USB Reader & SanDisk MicroMate and connect to my computer, my computer does not detect anything and say insert card in drive??? Is there anything i can do to fix this?thanks all

RE: HOWTO : Repair a Corrupted MobyMemory Card with your PC

climaxxspid — Fri, 14 Mar 2008 23:09:11 GMT

Ok, I have done all the things written here, but still can't fix my corrupted MMC. During formatting in DOS mode a message appears on the screen "I/O device error." Is there another solutions with this problem?

RE: HOWTO : Repair a Corrupted MobyMemory Card with your PC

kamransaleem — Thu, 04 Oct 2007 07:49:24 GMT

Yes this is good information dear.

RE: HOWTO : Repair a Corrupted MobyMemory Card with your PC

kolobos — Wed, 14 Feb 2007 20:36:08 GMT

I have a 1gb micro sd memory card that will not format to 100%, it just says unable to complete formatting. The software and files are still there and i can use it but i cannot delete or add anything to it.

I want to Low-Level format it but i can't find any software what so ever to do this?

Regards,

Steve...

RE: HOWTO : Repair a Corrupted MobyMemory Card with your PC

webmaster — Sat, 25 Nov 2006 18:05:15 GMT

roostar,

"software" driven problems like formatting in a device that may not be able to handle the capacity will lead to a corrupt file system on the memory card.

what capacity/card tpye do you have.?

do you have a USB2 card reader (a compatible one, like ours) to connect the card to a PC and try and reformat, as in this guide, at the CMD window, or via Windows Explorer..

try this first as the card is likely to still be fine physically and it may save 2 rounds of postage and delay.

Yours sincerely,

RE: HOWTO : Repair a Corrupted MobyMemory Card with your PC

roostaar — Sat, 25 Nov 2006 13:53:40 GMT

I am having massive problems here too.

My card would only 'mount' within my PDA, not in windows or OS X.

I needed to copy files to it, so I tried to format it using the PDA.

The format failed and now the card is unreadable on any platform.

I cannot format it using any OS.

I think the card may be beyond repair! Can i get a refund/new card??

R

RE: HOWTO : Repair a Corrupted MobyMemory Card with your PC

mope — Sat, 08 Apr 2006 14:48:55 GMT

I've tried both formatting mathods for my transflash card(just got it this morning ffs!) and its saying here is no card in the drive??!!

It has been working, i've got files on it and theyve worked on my phone. I jst went to add more and now its not working in either my phone or pc. Help?

RE: HOWTO : Repair a Corrupted MobyMemory Card with your PC

besimqe — Fri, 27 Jan 2006 23:36:56 GMT

what can I do now, form computer - DOS system I'm getting these message.!?

do you know any another form repairing my MMC

Volume label (11 characters, ENTER for none)?
Invalid media or Track 0 bad - disk unusable.

RE: HOWTO : Repair a Corrupted MobyMemory Card with your PC

SeanR — Fri, 26 Aug 2005 23:46:24 GMT

OK, i had formatted using my phone instead and now its asking for a Password ? I tried using applications to recover the password and the one it finds does not work... How can i fix this so that there is no password anymore, as my RS-MMC is now locked and i cannot unlock it.

HOWTO : Repair a Corrupted MobyMemory Card with your PC

webmaster — Wed, 26 May 2004 18:02:47 GMT

HOWTO: Repair a Corrupted MobyMemory Card

Correct Treatment of your MobyMemory Card:

Physically, memory cards are quite fragile pieces of high technology, susceptible to damage from various silly things like excessive heat, condensation, strong magnetic fields, physical damage from rough handling and/or bending! (similar to most electronic devices then..)

Given the natue of mobile memory card products, they are constantly being taken in and out of some form of interface with a mobile phone, a camera, a laptop, or desktop PC, or a separate memory card reader. The number of different devices they have to be able to interact with is in the thousands.

It is not too surprisingly, then that sometimes the state of the file system on the memory card can get damaged.

This may happen for a number of different reasons, including:

removing the card from a device whilst an application is trying to read/write to it.. (Just be patient...)
battery drain on a device whilst in use meaning an insufficent voltage failure whilst writing to the card.
a poor implementation of the MMC standard on the device using the card
poor connectivity software drivers on the device or the Windows PC/Mac
physical damage like card or device being dropped, bent, getting wet etc...
lots of others i am sure..

As often as not, the problem is not terminal for your memory card, but just a software issue ( or in physical terms, it could be called "a temporary disalignment of the all the bits and bytes on the card").

The fix for this problem is the same as for any other file storage device (like a floppy or hard drive) with corrupt or invalid file system, namely; re-format the file system.

Re-Formatting your MobyMemory MMC Card:

It is possible that your mobile will offer you the option of formatting the memory card if it is found to be invalid. (However, the likes of Nokia nGage, Nokia 6600, and Siemens Sx1 often just prefer to reject the media as corrupted).

In that case, to format the card, you will need access to one or more of the following:

A Windows PC or Mac.
A separate multi-format memory card reader (verify that it is compatible with the MultiMediaCard -MMC- standard).
(This can come in USB or PCMCIA flavours. If USB, try and ensutre it is a USB2 device.
Alternatively, many of the newest laptop and desktop PCs now come with integrated Multi-format memory card readers.

If you are using a separate memory card reader, then connect it up to your PC, and let windows recgnize the device through plug-and-play.

Now you can insert your MobyMemory card into the appropriate slot in the memory card reader. (Please note that because the MMC card is pretty much symmetrical it is very easy to insert it upside-down in the slot).

Open up [Windows Explorer] (or the equivalent for MAC users..sorry not well-versed in OS X).

There should be at least one icon visible for a [Removable Drive] in the list of available drives. (in fact, there is often a list of about 5 or 6 Removable drives, one for each of the different Memory card formats that your reader is compatible with).

Find the drive that is mapped to the MMC card by clicking on each in turn until it confirms there is a drive present. (Sometimes it is easiest to do this by trying a fully-functional MMC card in the MMC slot first so you can confirm which drive letter it is.)

(NB. It will always be labelled as a [Removable Drive], don't mistake it for one of your PC hard drives like [C:] drive, as that could be catastrophic later on!)

At this stage it may give an error message saying that the drive is unreadable.

By right-clicking on the drive letter, it will provide the option of formatting the drive.

Select format the drive, and the [Format Drive] dialog will appear (Double-check again to make sure it not your [C:] drive!).

There is only one setting to focus on in this page, and that is to ensure that the FileSystem selected for formatting is the [FAT] option (not FAT32, or NTFS or any other option)

(Note: All mobile phones, to my knowledge, and most cameras (etc..) use the FAT file system (or at least are compatible with it) on their memory card media.)

Now click on Format Now ( ensure [Quick Format] is not selected as this will not actually restore the file system space byte by byte, but only resets the header information so the drive thinks its empty again. This may not be enought to solve your corruption problem.)

The PC will now - hopefully!- chug away happily until it has restored the memory card space back to its original configuration (of course, any information on there is long gone by now!).

If you recieve an error message back from the [Format Now] request, then you can try anoither way to format your card, from the command line.

Formatting from the Command line:

Select Start-Run and Type: CMD

A Command window will appear (With the old-style DOS prompt).

And now you can type: FORMAT i: /FS:FAT (where i: is the drive letter for your memory card)

NB. (Remember again to not format your C: drive !!)

Sometimes a format at the DOS prompt will work where the Explorer format fails.

If your problem still persists, the damage to your may be more permanent, and not just a software issue. In this case, it may still respond to a format request in a different memory card reader or device.

If you believe it to be a failure of manufacture, then the warranty on the card offers the prospect of a replacement card, subject to a confirmation of the fault upon return of the goods.

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Having said all that, if care is taken with your MobyMemory card, noting the points above, then it should serve you well for many years without a problem...

Thank goodness for that!