PCMCIA Card lost disk space
Hello everyone,
I recently bought a 2GB PCMCIA card which had two partitions, 1.6G and 400MB. I decided to delete both partitions and start anew with just one. Unfortunately, when I attempt to use FDISK an incorrect size of 493MB is reported and the software only allows me to create a partition that size, leaving a whole 1.5GB unallocated.
Now, I used the TestDisk software to check if the 2GB were absolutely real, or if I fell of to a cheap trickster, and it does report the real amount of 2GB, but that software only scans and shows partitions to recover, it doesn't want to help me in creating a fresh 2GB FAT16 partition.
Is there anything I can do to fully recover the whole space of the card? Any software you can recommend? Am I doing something wrong?
Thank you very much for your time and patience.
I recently bought a 2GB PCMCIA card which had two partitions, 1.6G and 400MB. I decided to delete both partitions and start anew with just one. Unfortunately, when I attempt to use FDISK an incorrect size of 493MB is reported and the software only allows me to create a partition that size, leaving a whole 1.5GB unallocated.
Now, I used the TestDisk software to check if the 2GB were absolutely real, or if I fell of to a cheap trickster, and it does report the real amount of 2GB, but that software only scans and shows partitions to recover, it doesn't want to help me in creating a fresh 2GB FAT16 partition.
Is there anything I can do to fully recover the whole space of the card? Any software you can recommend? Am I doing something wrong?
Thank you very much for your time and patience.
Comments
For me that (very simple to use) tool always works for USB sticks, flash cards in card readers and HDD’s. I always use that tool before I use Fdisk and Format.
Why Windows 98's FDISK tool did not recognize the real capacity of the card, I will never know...