Just a few follow-up items:

1) The Write-Protect switch is set correctly to allow write access.
2) The card is used in my Samsung I600 Windows SmartPhone and has worked for
over six months with no problems. I have been able to add/change/delete
files on the card when the card was plugged into my SD card reader on my
desktop Windows XP Pro computer or if the card was in the phone. I can't
even delete files when the card is in the phone using the phone's Explorer,
which is part of Windows SmartPhone.

I have never seen anything like this. If I could, I bet I could format the
card in DOS, but there is no way for me to access the card from a DOS system.
I think the problem is that since the file/folder names on the card contain
"illegal" characters, formatting or even deleting is craping out. If this
were just a floppy like the old days, I would run a magnet across it and that
would definatly solve the problem.

I am really stumped on this problem but hope someone out there might be able
to help.


"CalZon65" wrote:

I have a USB SD card reader connected to my Windows XP Pro (SP2) system.
When I Explore the SD card, the names of the files and folders on the card
all contain illegal file/folder characters (e.g., / \, etc.), I believe the
data on the card is corrupted.

Anyway, I would like to format the card and start again. So I right click
on the SD drive in My Computer, select Format, use the default settings but I
continue to get an error telling me that it can't format the card because
there are programs accessing the card, which I believe to be untrue. If I
try to Explore the card and delete the files/folders individually, I also get
an error message telling me I can't delete the file or folder.

Can anyone help me format and/or erase this SD card?