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Does SD card size matter?


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OK I found an old Windows XP machine and moved everything over to load onto an SD card being Im a Mac user. So I no longer had the blinking lights I mentioned in my other post but still nothing is happening. I am using a 32GB card that I have. does card size matter?

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I thought I had this written down somewhere, but I can't find it.

 

If (and only if) I recall correctly, your safe up to 32GB. If you happen to have a smaller one laying around somewhere, or can borrow one, might not be a bad idea to test that out, though.

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I've had problems with a 32GB card and went back to a 2GB card which works just fine when formatted as a FAT or FAT32.

 

They're really cheap these days and I have spares laying around.

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There is a functional difference in SD vs SDHC cards. You mention SD but .........

 

 

FAT16 partitions support 4GB

FAT32 partitions support 32GB

 

If you have an SD card then you should be fine.. However, if you have an SDHC card then there is a HotFix for Windows XP to support SDHC cards in excess of 4GB.

 

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/934428

 

Bob

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There is a functional difference in SD vs SDHC cards. You mention SD but .........

 

 

FAT16 partitions support 4GB

FAT32 partitions support 32GB

 

If you have an SD card then you should be fine.. However, if you have an SDHC card then there is a HotFix for Windows XP to support SDHC cards in excess of 4GB.

 

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/934428

 

Bob

 

I don't think it's a problem with Windows; it's the firmware in the LOR device that expects a smaller SD card.

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