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The 32G micro sd cards I use in my dash cam, won't work any more for some reason. When I downloaded the vid's off them and delete the content, they say there is only 1.9G available. When I put them in the dash cam, it says the storage medium is full. So was wondering, would formating them make a difference, or should I remove just a few files at a time and not the lot. Played around with one and deleted everything and now it won't even register as being there, so decided to get some advise before doing anything else. Didn't happen with 8-16G SD, but 2 x 32G have done the same thing and don't want to wreck any more until I have an answer.
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Lobby Dosser (26-06-21),peter3535 (05-10-15),porkop (05-10-15),Tiny (04-10-15)
if you can plug it into a card reader, or maybe camera or phone that shows on the pc
go to my computer, right click in the device\card
go format, pick fat 32
quick format
should wipe it
probably got recycle bin or temp files on it, hogging the space
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I had a similar problem recently to the OP (although not 32GB or dash cam).
I too thought that a quick format using FAT32 would be the answer, but after doing so, I still had a problem.
I then investigated further and discovered the SD formatting utility referred to in jwoegerbauer's post #2.
After using the utility, the card was recognised as having the correct capacity and functioned perfectly.
Does your Car Cam have the option of reformatting a card and did you try it?
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tried the formatting in the cam, but it said it was already formatted and still only has 1.9g, which doesn't seem to work at all. Will go to a linux forum and ask there, thanks.
Did you try the utility jwoe & tristen suggested?
tristen (05-10-15)
i had a similar issue a while back and used the program posted above by jwoegerbauer
and it fixed the problem
dont say linux if i wanted it id install it
sd formatter is a windows and mac app, doesn't work on linux. Have been able to access the card in mint, can only recover a fraction before it gets an error. Reformatted it to fat32, reinstalled and nothing. So will wait until I get hold of my linux mate who will probably fix it in a couple of minutes.
On "Linux" you use gparted (command line version: parted) to format an SD-card.
Gparted is not always installed by default on some distros, which I find sensible for those who haven't been using it long enough to fully understand how to do things properly, as you can easily wipe out your whole system with a few mouse clicks.
so you might need to:
sudo apt-get install gparted
...and make sure you are wiping the right partition (it will never start with sda or hda, stay away!)
The card may also just be faulty or a dodgy clone and beyond repair, in that case it may show in gparted an incorrect size.
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Used gparted to reformat one of the cards after doing some terminal work, now have to work out what I did that allowed gparted to connect to it and format, have another to fix as well. Now when I put the card in, nothing in gparted, yet it can be found and it is 32G. Checked one I have that's ok and it's fat32 as they say that's what cams use, I formatted the one to ext4 for linux to see what happens and now it can't be accessed.
Any way, thus exercise will get me more familiar with linux and will have to find the commands I used to get into the card. Typically when I got it to format, deleted the page the commands were on. Having use windows since the beginning for so long, have to say linux is so much easier to work with, especially if you want to get beyond the hood. No complicated code, all the commands are pretty much normal language. The terminal also tells you when you have it wrong and suggests steps to take to go forward, unlike windows.
I do a lot of video and audio work and spent heaps over the years with corel, photoshop and premier elements and kept my win because was told linux had nothing of worth for media work, My linux mate told me to try Gimp and open shot, can't believe how far ahead of windows they are, using blender and inkspot, opens up so many doors including 3d and an endless supply of different formats, plus you can create your own.
Thanks to everyone, using linux is an easy learning curve I'm beginning to really enjoy, wish I'd got into it a few years ago instead of struggling with the antiquated slow and bloated junk called windows. Only got rid of windows a week ago and that's when I learnt gparted. Another surprise was libreoffice, installed the mega package and it makes office look like infant school stuff and having a system that is fast to load, fast the use and constantly upgraded without having to download huge files, most updates are just a few megabits and bugs are extremely rare. Took a few years for my mate to get me to change but win8 and one experience with win10, along with being show what linux can do and that was it.
Skepticist (05-10-15)
What had me scratching my head when first using GParted is the need to unmount the card or disc before you can start modifying/deleting/formatting etc. It's a very powerful tool and with absolute power comes the ability to corrupt absolutely so great care is advised
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