Noobs SD card is currupt and wont format

[mrakuaku]

I just got my first Ras pi today, and it the whole ordeal has been extremely frustrating! Its a Raspberry Pi 2 model B. I didn't realize at the time of purchase that the preloaded noobs micro sd card I bought with it wouldn't work with it.

When plugged the SD into my PC and tried and open the SD card files, it said I need to format the card. So I followed the instructions here to no avail https://www.raspberrypi.org/help/noobs-setup/.

When using SD formatter V4.0, (with format type set to full (overwrite), and format size adjustment set to ON), my 8GB card is mistaken as 512kb! After formatting, this stays the same.

I followed this sticky post viewtopic.php?f=28&t=58151
and tried FAT 32 format:http://www.ridgecrop.demon.co.uk/index. ... format.htm ,
but it said that the drive was too small and couldn't be formatted.

I think it's an issue with the partitioning... I'm not sure.

I read somewhere that you can use windows to fix the partitioning by using the search and selecting "create and format hard disk partitions," but I'm a bit lost in how to use that.
Under file system it's listed as "RAW" ... and if I look at the evens under SD card properties I see things from 2013! Is it possible I have a broken recycled SD card!?

Any advice on how to get this thing working again would be appreciated... otherwise I guess I'll have to get another SD card someplace else and hope it's not messed up like this one.

Thanks,

Matt

[kusti8]

Try booting with a Live Linux CD. Instructions cam be found online. That gives you a temporary Linux PC. Insert the SD card and install GParted from the terminal (you need to setup Internet first):

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sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install gparted 

Go to the program menu and find GParted, open it up, select your SD card and delete all partitions and make on big FAT32.

[fruitoftheloom]

Try booting with a Live Linux CD. Instructions cam be found online. That gives you a temporary Linux PC. Insert the SD card and install GParted from the terminal (you need to setup Internet first):

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sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install gparted 

Go to the program menu and find GParted, open it up, select your SD card and delete all partitions and make on big FAT32.

Lubuntu 14.04 LiveCD has gparted included

[kusti8]

Hmm. I've never used Lubuntu.

[mrakuaku]

I don't have a disk drive in my laptop to do this
I read there was a way to run linux as an app on windows.. would this allow me to format the sd card properly? I'm using windows 8.1

[fruitoftheloom]

I don't have a disk drive in my laptop to do this
I read there was a way to run linux as an app on windows.. would this allow me to format the sd card properly? I'm using windows 8.1

Boot from a LiveUSB Drive if no Optical Drive, should be a BIOS option for booting from USB Drive:

http://unetbootin.sourceforge.net

[drgeoff]

If you have a digital camera that will take the card, try using the camera's format option.

[johndough]

Hi

I use:- http://www.diskinternals.com/linux-reader/

Whis shows the partitions that are normally hidden from Windows.

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I am using XP but feel certain that 8.1 would be just as capable.