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My computer can't read 8GB micro SDHC card

Discussion in 'Technical Help' started by Deathbreak911, Dec 27, 2008.

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  1. Deathbreak911

    Deathbreak911 Well-Known Member

    My computer reads the 512 micro SD card fine.
    My adaptar came with the 8GB Micro SDHC card, so I know it should work.
    I have downloaded the drivers, but it said I already had them.

    Help?
     
    Deathbreak911, Dec 27, 2008
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  2. anandjones

    anandjones Well-Known Member

    It needs to be a MicroSDHC reader.
     
    anandjones, Dec 27, 2008
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  3. Deathbreak911

    Deathbreak911 Well-Known Member

    What do you mean? It is a Micro SDHC reader, or so I think.... it came with the Micro SDHC card
     
    Deathbreak911, Dec 27, 2008
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  4. Loonylion

    Loonylion Administrator Staff Member

    it may be considering it to be a hard disk and thus is not assigning it a drive letter.

    Right click on 'my computer' and choose 'manage'. In the left pane of the window that comes up, select 'disk management'. After a while, two horizontal panes should appear, the top one showing a list of all the hard disks in the computer. There should be one that is slightly less than 8GB in the list. Look at the name/letter in the leftmost column, it is probably blank. If so, select it and right-click 'change/assign drive letter and paths'. A blank box will come up, click 'Add' and choose a letter from the drop-down box. Click OK on all boxes until you are back to Computer Management, which after a few seconds should refresh to show the new drive letter. You can format the microSD by right clicking on its entry in the list if you wish, and it will now appear in my computer.
     
    Loonylion, Dec 27, 2008
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  5. Deathbreak911

    Deathbreak911 Well-Known Member

    Thank you for your aid and advice, but that didn't seem to be the problem. I'm starting to think the printer that I'm plugging it into may be at fault because now nothing is getting read. unless... There is one problem I haven't tried that I will now.^.^

    EDIT: Nope... The computer is a duel computer hooked up to one monitor... I tried switching the computers and found that I was on the right one.
     
    Deathbreak911, Dec 27, 2008
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  6. Loonylion

    Loonylion Administrator Staff Member

    you need to connect it directly to your computer.
     
    Loonylion, Dec 27, 2008
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  7. Deathbreak911

    Deathbreak911 Well-Known Member

    PROBLEM RESOLVED: The Micro SD card to SD card adaptor was plugged into a printer which was not SDHC compatiable. The USB adapter was not SDHC compatiable. I went to the store and bought a good adaptor for 20 bucks and now it works fine.
     
    Deathbreak911, Dec 27, 2008
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  8. anandjones

    anandjones Well-Known Member

    Like I said, you needed a MicroSDHC reader. :)
     
    anandjones, Dec 28, 2008
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