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SD card refuses to take more data

Sep 8, 2010 3:47AM PDT

PC is an HP, 1 Tb HD, Win 7 Home Premium, 6 Gb RAM.

I've been trying to copy several hundred, medium sized jpgs onto an SD card (SanDisk 2 Gb, Ultra), for use in a photo slideshow.

The device it will be used in, is a blu-ray player, which has a slot for the card. The card was formatted to FAT. The general size of each image is roughly 500-700K.

When I attempt to copy roughly 200 images from another folder (copy, paste), the card takes about 1/2 of them, then a window pops up and says that the card can't take any more images, and that if I want to put more on it, I should reformat to the NTFS system, instead.

When I look at the remaining capacity of the card afterward, it shows well over a Gb of remaining space.

If I try to select one image from the original folder, then it still refuses to copy to the card.

I've tried formatting it again (quick format), but the result is the same.

Please give me some ideas of what is going on with this scenario. Thanks.

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That's proper.
Sep 8, 2010 6:22AM PDT

Let's keep this short. You can put only so many files in the top folder.

To get around this, create a folder and in that folder, almost unlimited.
Bob

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Short and sweet!
Sep 8, 2010 11:35PM PDT

Bob, that was the answer. Thanks!

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Glad it helped.
Sep 9, 2010 5:25AM PDT

There are much longer answers but I try to keep it fast and short.

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Thanks
Sep 9, 2010 12:02PM PDT

It helped immensely, and as long as I can understand what to do, the short answer works the best for me. Thanks again.