Jinx wrote:
>> Did your google search find this site:
>> http://www.sdcard.org/consumers/formatter/
>>
>> Might get the job done!
>>     
>
> Here's hoping. I've downloaded it and will try in the morning
>
> I installed Nicola's HP formatter. Unfortunately it reports "No
> media" in the card reader, although I noticed when selecting the
> card reader with the HP formatter that it came up as "1GB". So
> is it there or isn't it ? During my Google search yesterday I read
> that people had reported the smaller SD cards formatting to only
> half their capacity, and I suspect that if the HP formatter had
> worked this might have happened
>
> Perhaps this card is faulty or SD is somehow flakey in my
> situation, because these seem unreasonable lengths to go to
> to simply format it. If the card formatter above doesn't work
> I think I'll go with Plan B and return it in exchange for a 4GB
> SDHC, which I have no problems with
>
>   

I've heard of fake SD cards where the actual capacity is much less than 
the stated capacity. These fake ones do return the correct properties 
but fail when you try to actually access the data in the non existent area.
David...

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