8 gig sd card not being recognised  


  1. Posts : 1
    Windows 7
       #1

    8 gig sd card not being recognised


    Hi

    I have 2 8 gig sd cards, 1 Transcend and the 2nd a Sandisk, however Windows 7 refuses to recognise them in either the card reader or the usb adaptor. XP reads them fine and Windows 7 can read the 2 512 meg cards I have. Any ideas to resolve would be greatly appreciated.

    Regards
    Idak
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  2. Posts : 6,243
    win 7 ultimate32bit, Win8.1pro wmc 32bit
       #2

    are the 8 gig cards SDHC? if so your card reader may not be able to read them :)
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  3. Posts : 3,371
    W10 Pro desktop, W11 laptop, W11 Pro tablet (all 64-bit)
       #3

    When you say XP reads them fine, are you using the same card reader on XP as on Win 7? As pebbly said, your reader will need to support SDHC to read cards greater 2G. If you are using the same reader and it works on XP but not Win 7 then I would go to the mfgr. website to see if there is a driver for Win 7 or Vista. Also, are you running 32 or 64 bit?
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  4. NoN
    Posts : 4,166
    Windows 7 Professional SP1 - x64 [Non-UEFI Boot]
       #4

    I know you're only having probs with a 8 Gigs card...

    But try to install this update from Microsoft kb976422...or maybe you have it already?

    x64
    Download details: Update for Windows 7 for x64-based Systems (KB976422)

    x32
    http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...3-2a9aff5915ea
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  5. whs
    Posts : 26,210
    Vista, Windows7, Mint Mate, Zorin, Windows 8
       #5

    How old is your system. I have the same problem with a 3 year old laptop. But at that time SD-HC cards did not yet exist. So the readers are not designed for it. And it does not seem to be a driver problem, it is the physical reader. But all my PCs that are younger than 2 years can read those cards without problems - Vista and Windows7.
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