Computer Help

[VZ_V8]

Gday,

This is really pissing me off and I have no idea what is wrong.

I have a SanDisk 32GB MicroSDHC Class 10 card in my Samsung GS4 and it works fine, also tried it in my GoPro and it works fine in that as well. I put it into the SD adaptor that came with it and chucked it in my card reader and it won't show up on my computer. Found some info in regards to old card readers not supporting the SDHC format so I went and bought a new card reader today, a USB3.0 one with SDHC support, plugged it in and nothing...

I have checked the disk management to see if windows just wasn't assigning a letter to it but it's not showing up there either. The drivers for the card reader automatically installed when I plugged it in.

Have tried 3 different SD adaptors and I tried using the SD card reader in my Asus ultrabook and it isn't showing up on any.

Has anyone got suggestions as to what else I could try, all I want to do is read the card on my computer!

Cheers!

[Roach]

You said it worked in your GoPro, just chuck it in and use the GoPro's cable to read the files?

[VZ_V8]

Whilst that does work its a bit of a pain having to get my GoPro out and switch cards every time I want to transfer data to or from a microSD. There surely must be an actual fix for this, I can't be the only one wanting to use a MicroSD with my PC.

[brynj]

Is the card/adapter locked? (small switch on the side)

[VZ_V8]

Checked that as well. Tried it both ways. Made no difference.

[Brett_J]

When you view it through the GoPro, can you check the properties isnt set to some privacy of sorts?

[Niva]

try reboot the PC with the card inside the reader

[TheChad]

This shit fucked up my computer. Same card in my s4 s4 constantly un-mounting the card.

Transferring files to it the other day and it unmounted and froze the computer. Now my HDD that I was transferring off wont read or play files.

I will buy a new hdd and try and recover to it but I'm not holding my breath. Didn't even know that was fucking possible.

[evo5aurus]

Gday,

This is really pissing me off and I have no idea what is wrong.

I have a SanDisk 32GB MicroSDHC Class 10 card in my Samsung GS4 and it works fine, also tried it in my GoPro and it works fine in that as well. I put it into the SD adaptor that came with it and chucked it in my card reader and it won't show up on my computer. Found some info in regards to old card readers not supporting the SDHC format so I went and bought a new card reader today, a USB3.0 one with SDHC support, plugged it in and nothing...

I have checked the disk management to see if windows just wasn't assigning a letter to it but it's not showing up there either. The drivers for the card reader automatically installed when I plugged it in.

Have tried 3 different SD adaptors and I tried using the SD card reader in my Asus ultrabook and it isn't showing up on any.

Has anyone got suggestions as to what else I could try, all I want to do is read the card on my computer!

Cheers!

do other micro SD cards work in your reader? try another card and if it works you have narrowed the problem down to the microSD card itself.

failing that I would look into a driver/conflicting software problem


This shit fucked up my computer. Same card in my s4 s4 constantly un-mounting the card.

Transferring files to it the other day and it unmounted and froze the computer. Now my HDD that I was transferring off wont read or play files.

I will buy a new hdd and try and recover to it but I'm not holding my breath. Didn't even know that was fucking possible.

should be able to get the data back, sounds like a filesystem problem any decent file recovery should help.

[TheChad]

i have 7 of the 9 best recovery tools stored on my PC.


guess where they are stored haha?
(i do have two installed on my SSD so fingers crossed!)

[VZ_V8]

Righto, tried the re-booting whilst it was plugged in. No joy still.

I tried the SanDisk 64GB microSDXC class 10 which I use in the GoPro and it will not show up either so I don't believe it is isolated to just a particular card.

I haven't checked for privacy settings so will chuck it in the GoPro again and see if I can see anything.

It seems strange that both cards will work fine in the GoPro and the S4 but just won't show up on the PC. Makes me think its a driver issue. However I am not sure what too look for, the driver for the card reader was automatically installed by windows today.

[Brett_J]

It's not password protected by your phone is it?

[XF Falcon]

pretty sure the 64gb sandisk which i bought for my gopro does the same, i formatted it in my gopro when i first set it up and I think it does the exact same thing.
i just gave up and transferred files off it when its plugged into the gopro

[VZ_V8]

I have never set up a password on my phone for it. Just have the swipe unlock thing on the home screen.

But I am going to assume it isnt protected as the card in the GoPro is doing the same thing and it definitely isn't password protected. Also formatted the card using the computer while it was in the GoPro today and it still wont work in the card reader.

[evo5aurus]

does the 64gb card work in your laptops built in reader?

if it doesn't work in either your PC or laptop its probably something the go pro/ s4 is doing to the card and not a driver problem.

also this may/may not be relevant
http://www.phonearena.com/news/SanDisk-says-it-produced-some-bad-32GB-and-64GB-microSD-cards_id40986


i have 7 of the 9 best recovery tools stored on my PC.


guess where they are stored haha?
(i do have two installed on my SSD so fingers crossed!)

I'm sure you know where to re-obtain your software

[brynj]

What version of Windows?

Couple more options..
Check if it's a counterfeit card - http://sosfakeflash.wordpress.com/2008/09/02/h2testw-14-gold-standard-in-detecting-usb-counterfeit-drives/
Download exFAT drivers for your OS - https://www.sdcard.org/consumers/sdxc_capabilities/using_sdxc#cards-for-pcs
Download and install new chipset and BIOS drivers
With card in phone, power off phone. Remove card from phone, try with PC again.

If that doesn't work.. pretty safe to say the card is fucked.

[VZ_V8]

What version of Windows?

Couple more options..
Check if it's a counterfeit card - http://sosfakeflash.wordpress.com/2008/09/02/h2testw-14-gold-standard-in-detecting-usb-counterfeit-drives/
Download exFAT drivers for your OS - https://www.sdcard.org/consumers/sdxc_capabilities/using_sdxc#cards-for-pcs
Download and install new chipset and BIOS drivers
With card in phone, power off phone. Remove card from phone, try with PC again.

If that doesn't work.. pretty safe to say the card is fucked.

Windows 7 Pro - 64-Bit

1) Not sure how I can use that counterfeit checker as the computer will not register that anything is even plugged into it. The card came in full SanDisk retail packaging from shoppingsquare over east and now I have formatted in exFat is holding its full capacity, could it still be a counterfeit version?
2) When it was in the GoPro I used the computer to format it in exFAT format, would that mean that the drivers are already suitable?
3) Will try updating chipset and BIOS drivers and see if it does anything.

If its fucked, how come it would work in everything except the computer? My understanding would be if its fucked its not going to work in anything? Also my 64GB microSDXC in the GoPro will work in both the phone and GoPro but not the PC. Unlikely that they are both fucked but both work in two devices but just won't read on the computer???

I am still thinking it is something to do with the SDHC and SDXC format not being handles by the computer. Normal SD and CF cards both work fine in the card reader, it is only the SDHC and SDXC ones which aren't.

[VZ_V8]

does the 64gb card work in your laptops built in reader?

if it doesn't work in either your PC or laptop its probably something the go pro/ s4 is doing to the card and not a driver problem.


Na neither will work.

I am going to email SanDisk and see what they have to say.

Cheers for everyones suggestions.

[evo5aurus]

I am still thinking it is something to do with the SDHC and SDXC format not being handles by the computer. Normal SD and CF cards both work fine in the card reader, it is only the SDHC and SDXC ones which aren't.

I don't think that's it. If that was the case it should work fine in your laptop, they definitely work fine in both my PC and laptop. I would lean towards the go pro doing something funny to the card that windows doesn't like. Try to reformat it in the phone and see how that goes.

[dnl777]

Ok, so this happened to one of the users at my work (I work in I.T) not so long ago and I managed to fix it.

There is nothing wrong with any of your equipment there is a setting on the PC itself.

I can't actually remember what the fix is but sit tight and I will figure it out again, it may be as easy as showing hidden files but I can't remember.

Can you do me a favour and take a screenshot of your "my Computer" and place it here, does it actually pick up and make a chime noise when you plug in the card reader?

[VZ_V8]

Ok, so this happened to one of the users at my work (I work in I.T) not so long ago and I managed to fix it.

There is nothing wrong with any of your equipment there is a setting on the PC itself.

I can't actually remember what the fix is but sit tight and I will figure it out again, it may be as easy as showing hidden files but I can't remember.

Can you do me a favour and take a screenshot of your "my Computer" and place it here, does it actually pick up and make a chime noise when you plug in the card reader?

Nope, it does not register at all. The light on the card reader turns on indicating something has been plugged into it. But the computer does not do anything.

http://i117.photobucket.com/albums/o64/tim6489/MyComputer_zpsfbabd839.jpg