please help me reformat my SD card for S9

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ariana
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please help me reformat my SD card for S9

Post by ariana » Fri Oct 08, 2010 11:15 pm

Hi, I am traveling and had my S9 next to my Mac computer in my backpack. When I set up my S9 tonight, I got a message in the little window telling me I have an invalid card, and asking whether I want to erase the data. It looks like I can still use the machine to help me breathe tonight, but I would like to fix my card problem. My questions:

- Do you think it happened because I had my S9 next to my computer? Was something demagnetized?

- How do I reformat, if that is what's needed, and can I do it using my Mac?

I am barely, barely computer literate, so would need pretty basic directions, or advice about what kind of help to seek once I get home. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Many thanks,
Ariana

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Breathe Jimbo
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Re: please help me reformat my SD card for S9

Post by Breathe Jimbo » Fri Oct 08, 2010 11:19 pm

On the SD card, make sure the little lock-unlock tab on the side is all the way into the unlocked position. Sometimes the tab is in-between the two positions.

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Re: please help me reformat my SD card for S9

Post by Astrophytum » Fri Oct 08, 2010 11:33 pm

Hi,

the MAC is the problem...

Be sure the small lock-unlock switch is on Unlock, see pervious post.

Go to an friend with an Windows-PC and format the SD-Card. Use quickformat, be sure you are use the right fileformat, it must be FAT32. Give the volume this name: RESMED.
Be sure the card is absolutly empty, delete all files, also hiden files, if there some one.

MAC cannot do this, or better MAC do this in other ways.


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Astrophytum

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