# So I get my new Lexar 256MB SDCard from eBay, and

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [September 12, 2003, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-i-get-my-new-lexar-256mb-sdcard-from-ebay-and/201288 "2003-09-12T21:33:11Z")\
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**Author:** ![ReBusEniGma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/d9b06d/32.png) [@ReBusEniGma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ReBusEniGma)\
**Post date:** [September 12, 2003, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-i-get-my-new-lexar-256mb-sdcard-from-ebay-and/201288/1 "2003-09-12T21:33:11Z")

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as I extricate the postage-stamp-size morsel of memory magic, my excitement is nearly phrenetic. I admire it momentarily before gingerly slipping it inside slot A of my 1st generation Tungsten-T and hearing the satisfying ‘bing!’ of recognition. I’m thinking, “Weee!!! MP3s! Word Documents. MP3s!! Excel spreadsheets. MP3s!!! Powerpoint prezies. MP3s!!!” I load up some tunes, slip on my headphones, and am soon grooving to a nostalgic tune by Steely Dan. I then load up some docs, some spreadsheets…blah blah blah…

It all works great. I’m blissful. Then comes the moment of truth: I decide to look on the card and enjoy looking through my new little file structure like a true geek, so I poke up the card menu and go into shock; THERE’S NOTHING SHOWING ON MY CARD!!! No cute little files, no little icons, nothing. :eek: I was thinking I’d see something similar to a Windoze exploiter (explorer) type interface. Apparently not.

Oh, stuff’s on the card all right, I can tell by looking at the info on it. 209.5 M of 243.8M, so I know it’s there.

Searching further, I find out that it’s no conundrum. In fact it’s perfectly normal! Other files in ‘unknown directory types’ are unlisted. So much for file management on my SDCard… :mad:

Wherefore art this??? Fellow Palm pilots, Is there any app to be had, to get around this completely stupid bit of design and see what’s really on my card?

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**Author:** ![ReBusEniGma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/d9b06d/32.png) [@ReBusEniGma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ReBusEniGma)\
**Post date:** [September 12, 2003, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-i-get-my-new-lexar-256mb-sdcard-from-ebay-and/201288/2 "2003-09-12T22:16:47Z")

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Upon some thought, I feel I could have named this thread a little more appropriately…it could have been more simply called, “Palm Advice – SDCard” or something like that.

[self flagellation]  
Apologies if the title doesn’t fit within the constraints of the forum. Mods feel free to change the name if you feel it necessary 🙂  
[/self flagellation]