Deleting from SD card

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Adelle

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I have files on my SD card which I want to delete. They don't show up in any application; how can they be deleted without reformating?
 
Search this site's downloads section for a freeware app called FileZ. It will let you navigate through the card and delete what you want. (You can find it on many download sites--or from the source, www.nosleep.net .)
 
Do you have a Card Reader? You might think of getting one. Sometimes when a file is loaded on to an SD Card and the properties are "read only," they can't be deleted with a Palm OS File manager like Filez or TealMover.

By inserting the card in the reader you can change the properties should you have trouble and delete them on the PC.

Try and remember (I often don't!) that when loading files on to the PC from a burned CD, and then oving them to the SD card, TO CHANGE THE PROPERTIES and uncheck "archive" and "read only." It will make it easier later on to use the Palm File Manager of choice to delete them easily without going through the above scenario.
 
With FileZ, and I suspect with TealMover (and I know with FileProg), you can uncheck the "read-only" attribute (in FileZ it's "Copy Protect") and then delete the file. But yes, a card reader is VERY useful.
 
Actually, it just hit me--you're talking about files ON THE CARD. With FileZ you can get to the Attributes tab sometimes if the app is on the card--but not always. Derrr... beta testing is destroying my mind!
 
There is a PC/Palm software solution as well - called Card Export - I find that I use this more than the card reader I have on my system. No need to remove the card, place in card reader, have the system recognize it. I have a menu set up on my T3 which allows me to push the navigator button once to activate Card Export, a second time to "connect" to the PC. Most times I'm not moving the whole card, but with the 512 mb SD card I can rapidly change music, photos etc. for the differing occasions.

fnagle/Frank
 
That would work. My readers (one at home and one at work) have cables instead of the body of the reader plugging directly into the USB port, which is just as well since the USB ports on both computers are on the back. The one you've linked to would be my choice if my computer's USB ports were on the front of the box.
 
Has anyone noticed a SERIOUS difference in speed dragging a, say, 300k bitmap to CardExport versus putting the card in a reader?

The benefits of CardExport seem HUGE - less wear and tear on the card terminals for one thing, and saved time.

I was just wondering if there's a serious lag with larger files - it would have to be dreadful for me not to consider getting CardExport, however - the convenience seems to far outweigh "slight" speed differences -- if any.

I'm not talking about serious testing or anything - just some opinions on "yeah, it works pretty fast" would be good enough; remember it saves you the time of switching to card reader and back in the first place - seems pretty cool to me; plus you can have an auxhiliary card in the reader AS WELL, and be making a backup card at the same time if you transfer the same files to the reader and card export - that in turn saves you TRANSFERRING all your SD Card data to the desktop to burn a CD - which I did yesterday. How hip is that!!
 
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