My MicroSDHC 32GB card is full. Can I use a larger capacity card?
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Niall Posts: 10,854
Superuser@rawles1
It is very unlikely that a genuine 32GB card is full as the map of Europe is 8.91GB, North America is 7.20GB, South America is 3.11GB, India 3.07, SE Asia 1.56, Africa 1,20GB, and Oceania 601MB; so the whole world is less than 27GB
Also the maximum size that can be used is 32GB due to the limitations of the base FAT32 disc format6
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Superuser
It is very unlikely that a genuine 32GB card is full as the map of Europe is 8.91GB, North America is 7.20GB, South America is 3.11GB, India 3.07, SE Asia 1.56, Africa 1,20GB, and Oceania 601MB; so the whole world is less than 27GB
Also the maximum size that can be used is 32GB due to the limitations of the base FAT32 disc format
Superuser
Which device do you have? Which maps do you have on A ) the internal memory, B ) the memory card
Superuser
Taking that you are in the UK the manual is here http://download.tomtom.com/open/manuals/new_GO/refman/TomTom-GO-EU-RG-en-gb.pdf
See page 109
Within MyDriveConect
Check MyContent > My Maps
This will list what maps you have where
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@rawles1
Maybe You have a Counterfeit Micro SD Card ???
There are lots of Videos online... How to identify a FAKE Micro SD Memory Card... Just Google 'Counterfeit Micro SD Cards'
They can visually be very convincing
I downloaded the Micro SD Card Test Program 'H2testw' from Softpedia
It generates and copies 1GB files to the card until the card is full + Checks the Read/Write speed
Here... https://www.softpedia.com/get/System/System-Miscellaneous/H2testw.shtml
Note... The program 'H2testw' checked out as Virus free... Using Avast AV & Malwarebytes
Program copies 1GB files to the card until the card is full + Checks the Read/Write speed
A formated 16GB card should hold around 15ish of the 1GB files to fill the Card and 31ish files to fill a 32GB Card
The Fake cards have software installed, that fools the PC into repeatedly over writing the data on a much smaller Memory card, giving the impression it's much larger than it is in reality...
Luckily all my cards check out OK
Use the above at your own discretion...
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My 16GB Toshiba SDHC Card....
Test results....
Warning: Only 14915 of 14916 MByte tested.
Test finished without errors.
You can now delete the test files *.h2w or verify them again.
Writing speed: 15.4 MByte/s
Reading speed: 18.8 MByte/s
H2testw v1.4
Installed 1GB Flles = 15
ATB YFM
Superuser
Check my guide here https://discussions.tomtom.com/en/discussion/990256/formatting-a-microsdhc-card/p1
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@rawles1
You're welcome, glad you're sorted
Stay Safe... ATB YFM