Can not get my card(s) to accept or erase data

Riggs · Mar 20, 2016

I Can not get my card(s) to accept or erase data. My card reader is unlocked. Don't know how to correct.

Sagebrush · Mar 20, 2016

Riggs said:
I Can not get my card(s) to accept or erase data. My card reader is unlocked. Don't know how to correct.

I can't do anything with the card while it's in the flat SD-like card reader. I use a card reader that looks like a thumb drive (USB) and I can drop/drag and delete.

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Meta4 · Mar 20, 2016

Are you able to format the SDcard in the phantom?

Riggs · Mar 21, 2016

I can format the card only in the Phantom. Anything else nothing! Help!

happydays · Mar 21, 2016

Is there a lock on the SD card adapter?

Air Ontario · Mar 21, 2016

Are you using the sd card in an sd card adapter?

alokbhargava · Mar 21, 2016

Simply your card reader is not compatible with your micro SD card.

Air Ontario · Mar 21, 2016

I have had to put a piece of Scotch tape on my adapter so my sd card could be written to.

Not A Speck Of Cereal · Mar 21, 2016

Riggs said:
I can format the card only in the Phantom. Anything else nothing! Help!

Riggs, you are really better off formatting in the Phantom. It will have the file system it needs. If you format it elsewhere and chose an incompatible or undesirable file-system, it could record badly or not at all in the Phantom.

That said, I almost never format any more. When I pull files off the SD in the SD card reader attached to my computer, I select them all, do a CUT (not a COPY), then PASTE to the destination folder on my computer. That leaves the card intact, but mostly empty (just the folders).

Air Ontario · Mar 21, 2016

Not A Speck Of Cereal said:
Riggs, you are really better off formatting in the Phantom. It will have the file system it needs. If you format it elsewhere and chose an incompatible or undesirable file-system, it could record badly or not at all in the Phantom.

That said, I almost never format any more. When I pull files off the SD in the SD card reader attached to my computer, I select them all, do a CUT (not a COPY), then PASTE to the destination folder on my computer. That leaves the card intact, but mostly empty (just the folders).

I do it again that way...cut from sd, paste to PC file.