[dirtymoney]

Ok, I just got a new sandisk 64gb sdhc card.

When i first put it in the card slot, the mini 9 tells me I have to format it. Ok, I go to format it & it says it cant. SO I do some research & find out I need a specific microsoft xp update to use the card (never had to do this with my toshiba or lexar cards). So I do that. Seems to work fine. But then it occasionally stops responding & never recovers. So i am forced to physically eject the card.... which corrupts it & makes it non-writable. So I do some research at sandisk & they recommend I reformat the card. So I have to transfer all the data off of it (to a portable HD), format it, then transfer the data back. WHich takes hours. This is just incredibly inconvenient to have to do repeatedly. I have had to do it twice now within the last two days.

Is there anything I can to do make this sdhc card work better with my mini? ANd keep it from becoming unresponsive.

Note: I cannot take the card back (its a nonreturnable item) and it is not a counterfeit.... I bought it from a major brick & mortar retailer.

I have never had this kind of problem with lexar & toshiba brand cards I own & have used in the past.

[lswartz]

Win XP had a 32 GB limit so you needed that Win update in any computer to use a 64 GB SDHC. I recall Win XP having an option to safely remove a device, if that doesn't work for you then force a reboot. Hopefully your data won't be corrupted. I don't use Win much anymore, sorry I'm not more help than this.

[dirtymoney]

Originally Posted by lswartz

Win XP had a 32 GB limit so you needed that Win update in any computer to use a 64 GB SDHC. I recall Win XP having an option to safely remove a device, if that doesn't work for you then force a reboot. Hopefully your data won't be corrupted. I don't use Win much anymore, sorry I'm not more help than this.

This card is basically going to be useless to me uf it repeatedly locks up & has to be safely removed each time. Or if it cannot be... then reformatted each time.

[holmes4]

It is not true that this is a Windows limit. The SDHC format, which the Mini 9 uses, maxes out at 32GB. To go above that you need an SDXC card, which the Mini 9 cannot use. Windows has nothing to do with this.

[lswartz]

Originally Posted by holmes4

It is not true that this is a Windows limit. The SDHC format, which the Mini 9 uses, maxes out at 32GB. To go above that you need an SDXC card, which the Mini 9 cannot use. Windows has nothing to do with this.

My memory might be wrong, I thought sure there was a Win XP update to go above the 32 GB barrier. Old age & senility has set in

[rrfranczak3]

you can try this:

Windows XP (SP1 or later)
Download Details - Microsoft Download Center - Update for Windows XP (KB955704)

Windows 7 (32bit)
Download Details - Microsoft Download Center - Update for Windows 7 (KB976422)

Windows 7 (64bit)
Download Details - Microsoft Download Center - Update for Windows 7 for x64-based Systems (KB976422)

Vista (32bit)
Download Details - Microsoft Download Center - Update for Windows Vista (KB975823)

Vista (64bit)
Download Details - Microsoft Download Center - Update for Windows Vista for x64-based Systems (KB975823)


This is an update from Microsoft which will allow Windows (versions listed above) to recognize the exFAT file system which is the file system used with the SDXC cards......

[holmes4]

You need a reader that has the added pins for SDXC. The Mini 9 doesn't have them.

[dirtymoney]

Originally Posted by holmes4

It is not true that this is a Windows limit. The SDHC format, which the Mini 9 uses, maxes out at 32GB. To go above that you need an SDXC card, which the Mini 9 cannot use. Windows has nothing to do with this.

You need a reader that has the added pins for SDXC. The Mini 9 doesn't have them.

please explain this.

[rrfranczak3]

did you use the drivers that I posted above for that to be recognized?

I KNEW it would work, I just dont have a 64gb card to test it....thank you for the confirmation though

[dirtymoney]

Originally Posted by rrfranczak3

did you use the drivers that I posted above for that?

I used the "WindowsXP-KB955704-x86-ENU.exe" (name of the file... I still have it on my desktop) that I found when I googled the sandisk sdhc problem before I even made the original post here.

edit: The card still sometimes goes unresponsive & I have to basically wait until it comes back. Still a pain though. I use the card as storage for torrented films I download. I have my utorrent client deposit the torrents directly into the card. I have found that when I attempt to watch a completed film from the card AND I am downloading a torrent.... that the card locks up. Seems it cant handle the load. So when i watch a film from it... i just make sure I am not using utorrent or downloading something.

One strange thing... ever since I started using utorrent with the card.... utorrent seems to quit, but its process is still running even though utorrent seems to close. I have to end the process & utorrent starts a recheck when it is eventually started up again. Again.. slightly annoying.