gang this should be easy as cake but none of the links I've found and Utils I've tried work. Simple good 8GB Kingston SD card [fullsize]. long past was formatted FAT32 half the space, yielding one good 3.something GB partition, the other 4gb is orphaned.
Cannot delete the partition, merge freespace, reformat to take maximum.
how??
Click Start Menu, right click on My Computer, and select Manage.
Under Storage, click Disk Management and it should be there.
Then Right Click on your Device and select Format
What you need is right here....SD Formatter 2.0 | Download | SD Memory Card | Digital AV | Consumer Products | Support | Panasonic Global
It's much more effective on SD and microsd cards than the Windows built-in formatter.
the sd formatter fails. same as disk management it only assumes dealing with an existing partition to redo the existing.
Easeus worked. so I know have a clean 8GB partition.
jumangi I'm there - thought of that this a.m. but doesn't it default a <4gb Fat 32? how do I get the win7 iso on there with it such that it boots, executes?? anyway I'll give it a shot now and report back
Done! now what?
the HP formatter did the trick, all 79@### bytes...
so... do I just simply copy the iso on there and give it a shot? guess so -
No, you don't just copy it. You have to use diskpart. Here's a tutorial.
How to Create a Windows Bootable Install SD Card or USB Flash Drive
Your motherboard also needs to support booting from SD.
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