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Hello all, i have a frustrating problem.

I have a 2gb mini sd card, brand name is TekQ, and I'm using an adapter. I used my camera, canon powershot sd10, to format the card. After formatting, the camera read it as having max capacity of 1gb (or 972mb to be exact). I've read up on this on the internet and found some people had same problem, however I couldn't find a solid solution.

Other than my camera, my pocket pc (which is what I'm going to use the card with) and windows pc reads it as the 1gb capacity. I tried numerous tools on the pocket pc to reformat, but with no success. I don't have a card reader, but I'm going to see if i can borrow one and try to fix this problem on the pc.

I have found tools to fix these problems, but some appear to be manufacturer specific:
www.transcendusa.com/Sup...ngNo=0&FAQNo=410
www.ritekusa.com/ebpage....Secure%20Digital
panasonic.co.jp/pavc/glo...d_formatter.html

TekQ doesn't seem to have anything useful, but I'm going to try use some of these tools above after getting a card reader (or should i not since difference in manufacturer?).

Please let me know if you need any more information. I would greatly appreciate any suggestions/feedback.

Thanks.

I had the same problem with my older Canon camera. The solution was to format the 2GB card in my father's newer Canon camera which will format the full 2GB.

Once that is done, you can see the full 2GB in your older camera and card readers.

Thanks for replying, that sounds good. I'll see if i can find any new cameras to do this. I knew i shouldn't have formatted with my camera. I thought it would be a good idea at the time since it was the quickest option.

I was just wondering, it might sound like a stupid question but... regardless, i can still get the card to 2gb one way or another right? This isn't permanent?

peter_nguyen writes...

regardless, i can still get the card to 2gb one way or another right? This isn't permanent?

It shouldn't unless there is a problem with the min sd card.

You should able to get the 2GB space back :-)

Awesome. Shouldn't be anything wrong since i checked before formatting, it did say 2gb in capacity, its just that i formatted so many times after it lost capacity, trying to format in different file systems in attempt to recover the lost 1gb.

You could try putting it in a card reader and using partition magic on it.

I've managed to resolve my problem. I couldn't get my hands on a newer camera to format it there, but i was able to borrow a storage card reader off a friend. Windows XP didn't format it to 2gb, but one of the fixes (www.ritekusa.com/ebpage....Secure%20Digital) was able to change it back (2gb FAT16 file system).

Thanks all for your help.