Memory card shows multiple drives on card??

[FADEC]

I have a memory card issue that I can't seem to find a way around. First off its a Sandisk Extreme 128 gig card.





I used it briefly in my Air tv box to record over the air broadcasts. It worked fine. I have since put an older hard in it and want to copy some music to the card.





When I put it in my desktop instead on one drive “E” it shows E. F and G drives. Can't seem to get to one big formatted drive which would be “E”





The card always shows up with the extra F and G drives on it although shows 0 bytes on those.





Any ideas?? Just want one 128 Gb drive as E.

 

[OVERKILL]

You'll want to delete the partitions through Disk Manager under Computer Management and set it up with a single partition.

 

[FADEC]

You'll want to delete the partitions through Disk Manager under Computer Management and set it up with a single partition.

Thanks for the advice Overkill. Will try that now!

 

[JC1]

You'll want to delete the partitions through Disk Manager under Computer Management and set it up with a single partition.

+1. Also check if the device you are using it on can read a card that large, or if that device does something to show multiple partitions. I know on my cheap Dashcam, you cannot use a Micro SD larger than 32MB.

 

[Quattro Pete]

When I put it in my desktop instead on one drive “E” it shows E. F and G drives. Can't seem to get to one big formatted drive which would be “E”

Are you using a card reader by any chance?

If a card reader accepts multiple card types, each slot may show as a separate drive letter under Windows, but your card should only be accessible through one of those drive letters, even though other letters are visible.

 

[UncleDave]

yup sounds like it was formatted with multiple partitions.

 

[FADEC]

Are you using a card reader by any chance?

If a card reader accepts multiple card types, each slot may show as a separate drive letter under Windows, but your card should only be accessible through one of those drive letters, even though other letters are visible.

No, not using a card reader. I think I got it straightened out with Overkill's advice. Just surprised that when I tried to format it, it would not return to the default just one drive letter.

 

[blupupher]

No, not using a card reader. I think I got it straightened out with Overkill's advice. Just surprised that when I tried to format it, it would not return to the default just one drive letter.

You were formatting the partition, not the entire memory card.

 

[Rick505]

You can also visit the SD Assn site and download their card formatter:
https://www.sdcard.org/downloads/formatter/

Available for Windows and mac

 

[Kamele0N]

Or via GParted in Linux