programs missing from mini sd!! - Motorola Q Forum

hybrid22 · 07-30-2007, 10:22 AM

i dont know why but all the sudden all the programs are now missing from my mini sd!! the programs logos are now just generic windows and when you open them they say they cant be found!!! i KNOW i didnt reformat anything!! any idea where they could have gone or why they are now missing?

n99hockey · 07-30-2007, 10:25 AM

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Originally Posted by hybrid22

i dont know why but all the sudden all the programs are now missing from my mini sd!! the programs logos are now just generic windows and when you open them they say they cant be found!!! i KNOW i didnt reformat anything!! any idea where they could have gone or why they are now missing?

have you recently removed your SD card?
if so try to pop it back in and restart the Q..sometimes when you remove the card or it pops out and you have running programs on there you need to restart to get it to recognize the card again

hybrid22 · 07-30-2007, 10:30 AM

yeah i have. i tried popping the card in and out, removing the battery...nothing

there were about 6 programs that i kept on there.

n99hockey · 07-30-2007, 10:33 AM

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Originally Posted by hybrid22

yeah i have. i tried popping the card in and out, removing the battery...nothing

there were about 6 programs that i kept on there.

do you see them on the card still?
are the in the remove program list?

hybrid22 · 07-30-2007, 10:41 AM

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do you see them on the card still?
are the in the remove program list?

they are still in the remove programs list but i dont see them in the 'storage' file. i went through all the other folders in case they might have moved to somewhere more remote (program files, windows, my dox). all that is left in the storage is a windows folder and link for doom that is labeled "program files" which is really odd. in the windows folder again, is just a link for doom...which i didnt put there either.

n99hockey · 07-30-2007, 10:47 AM

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Originally Posted by hybrid22

they are still in the remove programs list but i dont see them in the 'storage' file. i went through all the other folders in case they might have moved to somewhere more remote (program files, windows, my dox). all that is left in the storage is a windows folder and link for doom that is labeled "program files" which is really odd. in the windows folder again, is just a link for doom...which i didnt put there either.

so everything on your storage card is gone!?

hybrid22 · 07-30-2007, 10:52 AM

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so everything on your storage card is gone!?

yeah...videos, mp3's, pics...

its just so weird because i didnt touch the card or its files at all!

n99hockey · 07-30-2007, 10:54 AM

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yeah...videos, mp3's, pics...

its just so weird because i didnt touch the card or its files at all!

wow that is weird....
i dont really have an explanation for that...lol

never heard of the magical disappearing of files....
i just hope you had backups or copies on your PC

hybrid22 · 07-30-2007, 11:00 AM

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wow that is weird....
i dont really have an explanation for that...lol

never heard of the magical disappearing of files....
i just hope you had backups or copies on your PC

yeah im really hoping i have at least the programs backed up on my work computer. im almost positive i dont have them on at least 1 of the 3 computers here at home.

so no idea why they would just up and leave like that?

tdcrone · 07-30-2007, 11:10 AM

May not be the problem, but I've had a similar experience: I set my e-mail to the storage card, and then booted the Q without the storage card inserted. WM5 dutifully created "\Storage Card" for me with my e-mail folder underneath it.

When I reinserted the storage card, since "\Storage Card" already existed it loaded as "\Storage Card2", which of course destroyed all my links.

I haven't fixed it yet; eventually I'll stop everything, disconnect from the network, and then remove the card and directory, then reinsert card. Hopefully all will return to its proper place.