corrupted MMC format

jos1800 wrote:is it possible to format a corrupted MMC with another series 60 phone?will it work?

Wether or not it can be read on a different phone is hard to say. Sometimes corrupt MMC's in one machine will work perfectly in other machines, but most of the time they won't.

I think your best bet is to stick the MMC in a card reader and format it from the DOS-prompt.

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Arjen

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Arjen wrote:Wether or not it can be read on a different phone is hard to say. Sometimes corrupt MMC's in one machine will work perfectly in other machines, but most of the time they won't.

I think your best bet is to stick the MMC in a card reader and format it from the DOS-prompt.

Best regards
Arjen

How to format from DOS prompt??Instructions pls.

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Arjen wrote:Wether or not it can be read on a different phone is hard to say. Sometimes corrupt MMC's in one machine will work perfectly in other machines, but most of the time they won't.

I think your best bet is to stick the MMC in a card reader and format it from the DOS-prompt.

Best regards
Arjen

How to format from DOS prompt??Instructions pls.

jos1800 wrote:Wirelessly posted (Nokia6600/1.0 (3.42.1) SymbianOS/7.0s Series60/2.0 Profile/MIDP-2.0 Configuration/CLDC-1.0)

How to format from DOS prompt??Instructions pls.

Do a search, someone has a post on improving the spead by breaking the allocation blocks into 4 instead of the fatfst default 16 or whatever. If you just put it in a reader hooked up to your pc what happens?

JasonT wrote:Do a search, someone has a post on improving the spead by breaking the allocation blocks into 4 instead of the fatfst default 16 or whatever. If you just put it in a reader hooked up to your pc what happens?

it says windows cannot open mmc is corrupted or something like it(the error msg. that appears in the pc).i can see the files on the mmc but i cannot do anything with what is in the mmc.about formatting from dos prompt,i did search here,no luck.

jos1800 wrote:it says windows cannot open mmc is corrupted or something like it(the error msg. that appears in the pc).i can see the files on the mmc but i cannot do anything with what is in the mmc.about formatting from dos prompt,i did search here,no luck.

It says it's corrupted and doesn't offer to format it? You didn't perhaps stick it in a mac at any point in time did you?

I saw this in the FIRST thread

A great technique to format the blocked memory card!!!
Hi,
I have installed qoffice and it crashed my 6600 and i had to figure out a new method to format my memory card and here is it how to do that....

1) Switch off your phone.
2) Remove the back cover and remove the memory card and make sure that you don't pmove back the clip which locks the memory card. Push it fully to the simcard side.
3) Putback the battery and switch on the phone but don't put the back cover of the phone. After the phone is fully switched on, go to the "Extras" folder and keep the focus on the "Memory" application so that you can start the application with one click.
4) Now keep the phone on a flat surface and slowly lisf the back side of the battery(the side which don't have the connectors). Make sure that the battery connnectors are touching so that phone will not switch off.
5) Now insert the memory card the the gap between the battery and phone. Don't worry about puting back the memory card lock.
6) Press the battery down so that it will press the memory card in the correct place. Now you have a phone with memory card installed.
7) Start the "Memory" application to format it.
8) Thats it!! Reinstall all your programs and Enjoy

Good luck,
Sudhish K V.
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I don't know how well that's going to work. It sounds a bit risky to me, but you have a coned mmc it probably has warranty and you're banned (just noticed) so it might be worth it.