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Gear / Technical Help => Recording Gear => Recording Media => Topic started by: bluntforcetrauma on June 26, 2008, 11:59:54 AM

Title: 2 8gb sdhc cards with different capacity? is this unusual
Post by: bluntforcetrauma on June 26, 2008, 11:59:54 AM

I have 2 of the same 8 gb sdhc class 6 cards.

1. capacity of 7.62 gb

2. capacity of 7.41 gb

is this unusual?

please advise

thanks

Title: Re: 2 8gb sdhc cards with different capacity? is this unusual
Post by: Dede2002 on June 27, 2008, 02:43:29 PM

Quote from: bluntforcetrauma on June 26, 2008, 11:59:54 AM

I have 2 of the same 8 gb sdhc class 6 cards.

1. capacity of 7.62 gb

2. capacity of 7.41 gb

is this unusual?

please advise

thanks

No, it's not unusual. I've heard similar reports from my friends.
To be honest, a 8GB card with less than the 8GB capacity is strange enough to begin with. >:D

Title: Re: 2 8gb sdhc cards with different capacity? is this unusual
Post by: Digital Quality on June 27, 2008, 05:23:48 PM

Open a DOS window and run

     chkdsk <vol:>


There will probably be differences in formatting.