How do i format a memory card on my mac?

I don't get a choice to format the sd card (actually via an adapter I plug into the USB port that holds various memory cards) - not sure if formating the sd card would actually eliminate the virus, but thought I'd try... The card is infected with a "conficker" virus, which Sophos can't remove. I have eliminated all the files, and there still is like 55 unviewable files.

Disk Utility. The same way you format any type drive on a Mac.

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How do i format the memory card on n78

how do i format the memory card on my n78? do we another application to do it? can i do it with my nokia? the music player keeps on searching for files non stop and i wanna know if formatting the memory card solves the problem
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29-Oct-2008 02:05 PM
grschinon wrote:
29-Oct-2008 01:48 PM
grayburn wrote:
BTW i didn't say anything about looking in the file manager.
You should have because that's how to do it on FP2 phones such as the N78 and N96.
Menu > Tools > File manager
Go into the "Memory card" section, then:
Options > Memory card options > Format
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How can I format an SD card on my mac? I have tried the erase thing but when I put the card into my 35mm camera it says that the card has to be formatted.

I just purchased two new SanDisk 8gb SD cards for my trail cameras. When I put the cards into the trail cameras, the cameras will take pictures but it won't store them on the cards. When I put the cards into my 35mm camera the camera tells me that the cards need to be formatted. I have went through the steps in the disk utilities and erased the cards, which I assume is the same as formatting them?? I have tried this for hours and have had no luck getting these things to work at all. It was awful disgusting when I checked my two trail cameras the first time and found out that they had taken close to 75 pictures but the cards were empty. When I bought my 35mm camera several years ago, I bought a couple of Kodak SD cards and used them right out of the package and never had to do any of this formatting thing. I don't understand what is going on and could sure use some help with this. Thanks for any information anyone can give me with this problem. I would love to have seen what animals set my cameras off 75 times in the last few days. Thanks again.
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AFAIK cameras offer their own built-in format utility for inserted SD cards. You should use that. Otherwise, refer to the manual that came with your camera to determine precisely how your SD cards need to be formatted to work properly. Personally, I'd suggest Partition Scheme: MBR, and Filesystem: FAT32.
Try to limit the number of formats you perform on the SD cards, though, as you're reducing their lifespan. I believe formatting causes re-writes to a portion of the SD card that has fewer read/write cycles than the rest of the card as a whole.

N81: "Memory full" even formatted the memory card

Hi.
Using N81, I get the "Memory full. Delete some data" message every time (when turning on the mobile, when trying to install any app, when trying to uninstall any app, ...).
I've formatted the memory card, and I've got:
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- Used: 1 MB
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but continue getting the same error.
Any similar experience? I reset the mobile (*#7370# and *#7780#) but I don't experience any change (I've deleted the time and settings, but not the memory issues).
Thank you very much in advance.

Hi bilbaow,
Thank you for your post.
What I recommend you try is to re-installing your firmware and see if this make a difference. You can do this via Nokia suite through tools and update.
If after this is still isn't working when you did a hard reset (*#7370#) did you back and restore? If you did do the hard reset but don't restore, do still experience the same issue?
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How do I get camera memory card out of the DVD slot?

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How can I format phone memory my N79

Please guide me how can I format phone memory of N79. My N79 phone memory is 4 MB now but before it was 64 MB. I want format it. I tried *#7370#, mobile phone is restarting but no effect on phone memory. it is still same 4 MB. Any body has any idea please help me

Before perfoming this please take a backup of your data.
Factory defaults-
Type *#7780# on your standby screen.
This will reset all your setting to default factory settings. User data wont be affected.(Default Lock code is 12345)
Soft reset-
Type *#7370#
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If none of these worked then you might want to do a hard reset.
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I have recently changed to an iMac from a Windows PC. How do I delete files and reformat the memory card in my helmetcam?

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If not, the easiest way to reformat the card may have been in the camera itself. I've formatted several kinds of camera cards, drives, USB flash drive, and others. The means varies with the intended purpose. Sometimes the default is the best; since it is platform neutral if the device is seen by both players.
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How to upload photos from memory card to computer on new Officejet 8500A Plus?

I recently replaced an older HP psc 2410 photosmart printer with a new Officejet Pro 8500A Plus printer. The installation went fine without error messages, and it prints, scans and copies just fine. When I insert a memory card into the slot, the printer itself recognizes the files and displays them on the LCD screen and offers to print them. BUT ... what I want to do is upload the files to my PC (running Windows XP), and I can't figure out how to do it! There is no HP program that pops up and offers to transfer the photos like with my old printer. I was also expecting to see the card slots shown as a removeable drive like I did with my old printer, but I don't see them. Also, my Photoshop Elements program doesn't recognize the card slots either.
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Hi,
If your printer is connected thru network or wireless network, you have to access it thru the IP address.
Find out the IP address of the printer. You can do this by clicking on the network icon on the front panel of your printer.
Open Windows explorer and type \\xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx" where xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx is the ip address of the printer.
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Hi, the best way is to copy the content of your old memory card to the computer.
Insert the card into your card reader, in the windows menu bar got to tools>>> folder options>>>view>>>>> tick "show hidden files.
This will make sure u copy the system files from the old memory card.
Now high light all the files on your old memory card and copy to your computer preferably to a folder u have created.
insert your new memory card into to the computer, and copy all the copied files back to your new memory card.
And you are good to go.
You can now revert back "the show hidden files" to "don't show hidden files" on your computer( I assume you are using windows)
I did the same for mine works well
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I do not have the cable to conect phone with my laptop I just bought this Nokia x2
and I dont know why but my bluetoth laptop conection isn't cooperating with the phone.
Is there a different way to copy these filesfrom memory card to memory of the phone?
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How do I know which memory card is bad?

I installed (a while back) 20 GB of memory. Now my system shows 12 GB. How do I identify the card that is bad so that I can replace it? And if I leave it as it is, will this crippled memory structure hurt the computer's performance?

Thanks Hatter & Grant. Sorry I took so long to get back; I had a number of distractions to deal with.
I looked at the lights on the cards at startup, and all 4 lights lit for both 8GB cards. I tried to run Apple Hardware Test, but have no way to do that: None of the 3 options in Help worked; the computer is not new, the OS is not old, and my OS disk from 2008 doesn't get to the Hardware test either; also tried running the Tester from Internet, but that didn't work.
I finally ran TechTool Pro 7.2. It showed that the computer was connected to 20GB! But it ran the memory test for 16.86 GB of 20 GB. I don't know what that meant. Successive runs of the memory test said it was testing 14.64 GB, then 14.53 GB out of 20 GB. But in the end, TechTool said that all 20 GB passed! And when I ran the SPD Data test in TechTool, it said all 20 GB passed.
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It is possible that when the side of the computer is put in place, it is bumping the memory cards. It looks like there could be a slight interferrence; the clearance is tight. So when I put the side back in place, I will try to make sure that the cards are not being moved.
And I did get the side panel in place, started the computer, and it now shows that 20 GB of memory is available. So I think the mostly likely cause of the problem was the side panel touching the memory cards - they stick out about 0.25".

Formating N82 Memory Card

Hi guys,
I installed an app (MovingBall_Example.sisx) on my N82 onto the memory card. The app installed two file. the MovingBall app as well as a RDAccelerometer.dll file. This app designed for the N95's but i thought it will work fine on the N82.
On the first run of the app, it opened and ran for awhile then crashed. i restarted the phone and it hung on the nokia's white screen for ages. I then restarted it a again after removing the battery, but no luck. It will only work if the memory card is removed.
I've had a look on the card, and it seems that some folders and files are corrupted. I have made a copy of the memory card and want to reformat it. What format should i reformat it to and what folders can i safely put back?
I've got the following folders :
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Also, should I touch the sisregistery folder at all?
If I remove all traces the MovingBall_0xE14A45B8.exe & RDAccelerometer.dll from the \bin & \resource will it be okay?
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Hi Hempiz,
If i were you its best to format the entire card and not just deleting certain files.
If its corrupt and you leave files on there the problems will probably still remain or return.
Its worth biting the bullet and formatting the whole card.
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