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Coxy
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This started as a thread disscussing lost space when formatin. But I now have the ability to turn my 2GB Sony mem stick into a 4GB!!! 
When you format a memory stick you lose a lot of space IMO. I know its for the kind of system of the card but why so much?!? I have a 1gb stick with just 949mb free and a 2gb with just 1.82gb free. Is there anyway to stop the amount of space lost when formating? I once checked the space free on a card on my psp, then formated it and it had dropped by one mb.
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masseur
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yeah, many people complani about that.
it seems you can reduce the overhead required in the FAT or FAT32 file systems by reformatting to change the cluster size, though I have never tried it myself
here is a post I made ages ago with a link to a good thread at my-symbian on that topic
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Coxy
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WOW!!!! I have just looked at my Sony 2GB through my phone in the same way the SanDisk 512mb's could be made into a 1gb and it has the capacity to be a 4GB!!!!
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masseur
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oh dear.. here we go again!
well, try it and report your findings then please
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Coxy
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Im just copying all my data off the stick and onto my harddrive for safe keeping, then ill go ahead with it! 
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Coxy
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It worked!
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RyaN
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Let us know the outcome when you copy over 2gb's worth of data on to it |
Coxy
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After about 15 mins, theres about 1.5gigs of stuff there btw.
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procterdc
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I don't mess about with my phone like this at all, its all going to end in tears...it says 2gb or 512mb for a reason...
Besides I haven't ran out of my 512mb yet and I've got over 70 songs 
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Coxy
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That reason may well be money for companies. To create one circuit board and then limit the capacity is a very sly but good trick. It works out cheaper to produce and more money because there are more products on the market.
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souljav
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hello how exactly do you this n will it work with my 512MB stick? |
Chazzer3
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hi guys, do you know if this is possible with the 1gb stick? I know it is with the 512mb and the 2.0gb, but maybe not the 1gb??
Anyone know?
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aps
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its posible with anything...there is arecovery area for all disks! and i guess thats what we r usin? rnt we?
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jasond
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Pardon my blind following of fashion - but coxy, could you explain for the rest of use exactly what you are doing to your memory stick?
You're saying that you are somehow doubling it's capacity?
Enlighten please!
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private_ryan
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yeah, me too! |
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Posted: 2006-01-03 17:37
