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Offline Melanie

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difficulty in formatting a San Disc micro SD card
« on: July 28, 2026, 10:51:01 AM »
Someone sent a San Disc micro SD card for transfer, says micro HC on it, will not format in my computer, will not recognize when inserted into Tascam X8 which uses micro SD card. Says change card. My San Disc card that functions fine says Micro XC , not HC . Any thoughts? I spoke to sender, he will send a different card. Bob
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Re: difficulty in formatting a San Disc micro SD card
« Reply #1 on: July 28, 2026, 02:05:41 PM »
HC is High Capacity, which is an older specification than XC (Extended Capacity)

HC cards are only made up to 64 GB in size, the XC can be up to 2 TB in storage.

So it's an older card. Good thing the sender can get you the data some other way.

I would not stress on it, but I also would be wary of using it for anything mission-critical, even if you can get it to format.

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Re: difficulty in formatting a San Disc micro SD card
« Reply #2 on: July 28, 2026, 04:09:00 PM »
Quote from: morst on July 28, 2026, 02:05:41 PMHC is High Capacity, which is an older specification than XC (Extended Capacity)

HC cards are only made up to 64 GB in size, the XC can be up to 2 TB in storage.

So it's an older card. Good thing the sender can get you the data some other way.

I would not stress on it, but I also would be wary of using it for anything mission-critical, even if you can get it to format.
Thanks for info, he is getting recording from  me, so replacement of card is on him.
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Re: difficulty in formatting a San Disc micro SD card
« Reply #3 on: July 29, 2026, 04:20:10 AM »
Just send it via SwissTransfer...
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Re: difficulty in formatting a San Disc micro SD card
« Reply #4 on: July 30, 2026, 04:56:29 AM »
Is it a real or counterfeit card?  

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Re: difficulty in formatting a San Disc micro SD card
« Reply #5 on: July 30, 2026, 08:31:30 AM »
Quote from: daspyknows on July 30, 2026, 04:56:29 AMIs it a real or counterfeit card? 
Don't know, I didn't buy it.
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Re: difficulty in formatting a San Disc micro SD card
« Reply #6 on: July 30, 2026, 02:29:14 PM »
Quote from: Melanie on July 30, 2026, 08:31:30 AM
Quote from: daspyknows on July 30, 2026, 04:56:29 AMIs it a real or counterfeit card? 
Don't know, I didn't buy it.
there is a PC or Mac version of a tester app you could run if you cared to
https://sdcardchecker.com/guides/is-my-sd-card-fake/

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Re: difficulty in formatting a San Disc micro SD card
« Reply #7 on: Yesterday at 09:57:43 AM »
Quote from: morst on July 30, 2026, 02:29:14 PM
Quote from: Melanie on July 30, 2026, 08:31:30 AM
Quote from: daspyknows on July 30, 2026, 04:56:29 AMIs it a real or counterfeit card? 
Don't know, I didn't buy it.
there is a PC or Mac version of a tester app you could run if you cared to
https://sdcardchecker.com/guides/is-my-sd-card-fake/
The guy that sent it is sending a different card, I'll be sending back the card along with the new card he is sending with my recording on it. Not my concern whether it is fake  or not. Bu thanks for info.
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