PRS 505 SD Card Strangeness

hmgreen · 04-16-2008, 12:19 PM

I have had my '505' since last October and have always kept books and collections on a 1Gb SD card. No problems.

Yesterday I decided it would be wise to create a backup of the card. I bought a 2Gb Toshiba SD Card (conventional - not high-speed).

Using Windows Vista's file manager and my computer's built in SD slot I formatted the new 2Gb card, then made a complete image of the 1Gb SD card on my hard drive, followed by copying that image to the new 2 Gb card.

I turned off the '505', inserted the new card, and lo and behold it wasn't even recognized as being present! Only my books and collections in RAM showed up.

I turned off the '505', removed the 2Gb card and put the old, previously working 1 Gb card in and turned on the machine (in all cases this was not sleep mode - it was a complete device shut-down.

When I turned on the device with my original card al the books were there but all my collections were gone as was the record of where I was in the book that I had been reading from the card. I then reconnected the '505' to my computer via USB and recreated all the collections.

Anyone have any idea what caused all this - 1) the non-recognition of the data on the 2Gb card (again I did nothing selective - I copied everything rom the original card to the new one!) and 2)what would have caused the erasure of my collection data on the original card?

How would everyone suggest that I perform a back-up of my card?

Thanks.

gwynevans · 04-16-2008, 12:24 PM

Maybe try reformatting the 2GB card using FAT if you didn't use that before?

hmgreen · 04-16-2008, 01:31 PM

That's how I reformatted it before copying anything to it.....

04-16-2008, 12:19 PM	#1
hmgreen Enthusiast Posts: 41 Karma: 10 Join Date: Nov 2007 Device: Sony PRS-505, -600, -900, Kindle 2, Touch, PW1 (all gone), PW2, Voyage	PRS 505 SD Card Strangeness I have had my '505' since last October and have always kept books and collections on a 1Gb SD card. No problems. Yesterday I decided it would be wise to create a backup of the card. I bought a 2Gb Toshiba SD Card (conventional - not high-speed). Using Windows Vista's file manager and my computer's built in SD slot I formatted the new 2Gb card, then made a complete image of the 1Gb SD card on my hard drive, followed by copying that image to the new 2 Gb card. I turned off the '505', inserted the new card, and lo and behold it wasn't even recognized as being present! Only my books and collections in RAM showed up. I turned off the '505', removed the 2Gb card and put the old, previously working 1 Gb card in and turned on the machine (in all cases this was not sleep mode - it was a complete device shut-down. When I turned on the device with my original card al the books were there but all my collections were gone as was the record of where I was in the book that I had been reading from the card. I then reconnected the '505' to my computer via USB and recreated all the collections. Anyone have any idea what caused all this - 1) the non-recognition of the data on the 2Gb card (again I did nothing selective - I copied everything rom the original card to the new one!) and 2)what would have caused the erasure of my collection data on the original card? How would everyone suggest that I perform a back-up of my card? Thanks.

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04-16-2008, 12:24 PM	#2
gwynevans Wizzard Posts: 1,402 Karma: 2000000 Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: UK Device: iPad 2, iPhone 6s, Kindle Voyage & Kindle PaperWhite	Maybe try reformatting the 2GB card using FAT if you didn't use that before?

04-16-2008, 01:31 PM	#3
hmgreen Enthusiast Posts: 41 Karma: 10 Join Date: Nov 2007 Device: Sony PRS-505, -600, -900, Kindle 2, Touch, PW1 (all gone), PW2, Voyage	That's how I reformatted it before copying anything to it.....

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