I should probably also mention that the Blazer browser has crashed so
many times, plus other random crashes, might have corrupted the SD
Card's file system.

This is my 3rd Palm in a row (Vx - PE -TX) and TX seems to be the most
unstable ( I still can't get Blazer to run without crashing). I
consider myself a die-hard Palm fan and an experienced user, but if
Palm (or Access) doesn't improve the quality of the product, it will
not survive the competition from other PDA makers.

/Why Tea

Why Tea wrote:
>Palm (or Access) doesn't improve the quality of the product, it will
>not survive the competition from other PDA makers.
There are no other PDA makers!
I never have those problems with my TX. Format the card and try again but you probably need a new card.
--
Gil W0MN Yanoff +, the PDA reader
Creed en las obras y no en las palabras

> I never have those problems with my TX. Format the card and try again but you probably need a new card.

I was running my TX happily for the first 3 months, then the problems
occurred. I thought it was just me until I searched the Web and found
it to be a general issue for many other users. Yes, it could be
incompatibility issues, but what are the guidelines? The solution
posted at Palm Website said, do a hard reset and then reinstall apps
one by one. That's trial and error...

If Resco Explorer can read all the files, I don't think the card is
faulty. It seems that there is a bad directory as reported by FileZ.
I'll try to remove that bad directory on PC to see if it fixes the
problem. Otherwise, format the card is probably the only way to go.

In article <1162544810.378353.275380@h54g2000cwb.googlegroups. com>, "Why
Tea" wrote:

> The SD Card has been working fine for many months, but it failed for OS
> and some applications today
>
> - the OS couldn't see anything on the card, but card info showed the
> right info about the size and the usage
> - FileZ reported some vfs errors
>
> - pTunes could still play music from it
> - RescoExplorer was able to list all files on the card ..
>
> Any suggestions?


Mount the card in a card reader to your Mac - or PC, I guess! - and then
run a disk repair application on it. It should mount as a USB drive, and
that should be good enough for your repair app.

It certainly worked with my G5 and 4gig SD card...

Worth a try?

- duncan

> Mount the card in a card reader to your Mac - or PC, I guess! - and then
> run a disk repair application on it. It should mount as a USB drive, and
> that should be good enough for your repair app.

As it turned out, the SD Card file system was badly mangled; e.g.
Program and Launcher that were under Palm were found in PALM.(. Luckily
all the files were still on the card. To cut the story short:
- I copied all files to my PC
- format the card on Palm
- copy all files from PC to the card (in the right directories)

The card is working fine again. I think the lesson here is to back up
your SD Card regularly, especially if you have a TX.