Help!, I can't partition my Micro SDHC card after SGS lag/stalling fix!

[Guest barumpuhabalen]

Hi!

I have a really annoying issue that i've tried to solve the last couple of days.

I've just bought a Kingston 16gb Class10 Micro SDHC memory card for my Samsung Galaxy S phone.

The reason for this was that i wanted to try out the Samsung Galaxy S stalling/lag fix.

Now, i used Paragon partition Manager 11 to do this, and it went fine with the fix.

Then after some days my phone crashed and it took some re-flashing of firmwares before i was able to revive it.

This occured after i implemented the fix for my phone so i thougt i've did someting wrong, i then decided to try out the ext4 file system on my Micro SDHC card.

And now for the real problem, after i deleted the ext3 and FAT32 partitions in Paragon Partition Manager 10, i get this error messasage when i try to create a new partition:

"The disk already contains four primary partitions. Basic hard disks can contain only four primary partitions, including extended ones."

And it does have a partition, according to Paragon, it's a Primariy unformatted partition, when i then format it and try to create a new partition i get the above error message.

It's as if paragon can't do anything with this SD Card, because if i shut the program down and reopen, it still sees it as a Primary, Unformatted partition.

The only way i've figured out to format it, is to use the official SD Formatter from http://www.sdcard.org/, it then becomes one big FAT partition, which i can store files on, but that's not the reason i bougt it!.

Even after formatting it this way, Paragon still sees it as an Unformatted primary partition and i still gets the annoying error message!.

Even more annoying, i've actually been able to recover the files from the ext3 partition and even see the partition itself, but i am not interested in recovering the files, only to be able to make new partitions on my Micro SDHC card.

So far all software i've tried only recover the files, not repair my SD Card which is my only interest.

Hope someone out there can help me!.

[Guest Kilack]

Try using a better program like gparted.

[Guest barumpuhabalen]

Try using a better program like gparted.

I've tried booting with gparted live disc on my Windows PC, but i can't see my sd card in gparted.

I have never used Linux before so i'm kinda lost on how to make gparted even see my SD Card.

[Guest barumpuhabalen]

I've tried booting with gparted live disc on my Windows PC, but i can't see my sd card in gparted.

I have never used Linux before so i'm kinda lost on how to make gparted even see my SD Card.

I went out to buy an USB SD Card Reader and it worked, i can now see and format my Micro SDHC Card.

...turns out the problem was Windows :)

Hello Ubuntu!

[Guest Low Keng Siang]

perhaps this may help

1. Install Oracle VM Virtualbox

2. Download Ubuntu ISO

3. Fire up Virtualbox then load Ubuntu ISO (no need to install, just click "try Ubuntu")

4. Insert your USB adapter with your MicroSD card after Ubuntu loaded

5. Click at "Devices" next to "Machine" under Virtualbox, mount your Sdcard

6. Then click "system" => "Administration" => "Gparted"

7. Select your Sdcard

8. Resize your Fat32, then resize your Ext3/Ext4, then click "apply"

cheers !

[Guest richconnor]

perhaps this may help

1. Install Oracle VM Virtualbox

2. Download Ubuntu ISO

3. Fire up Virtualbox then load Ubuntu ISO (no need to install, just click "try Ubuntu")

4. Insert your USB adapter with your MicroSD card after Ubuntu loaded

5. Click at "Devices" next to "Machine" under Virtualbox, mount your Sdcard

6. Then click "system" => "Administration" => "Gparted"

7. Select your Sdcard

8. Resize your Fat32, then resize your Ext3/Ext4, then click "apply"

cheers !

I could not see my internal SD card reader with Virtualbox and Ubuntu but had no problems seeing and formating it running Ubuntu in VMware Player.

[Guest Low Keng Siang]

I could not see my internal SD card reader with Virtualbox and Ubuntu but had no problems seeing and formating it running Ubuntu in VMware Player.

did you mount your card reader or not under devices? Once ubuntu has loaded, plug in your card reader/adapter, Virtual box will start detecting and initializing the device, then your card reader will appear under devices. select it then it will be mounted under Ubuntu.

[Guest paolobacci]

Hi, I googled for the same error as reported by the author and it led me here.

I can´t create an ext partition in gparted nor in amonra recovery tool

My sd card is a sandisk 32gb cl4 and it doesn´t accept the ext2/3/4 partition but accepts fat32 or linux swap

here are the screenshosts I take:

If need anymore info just ask.

Edited August 24, 2010 by paolobacci