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I used RiscOS for a couple of days and then decided it wasn’t nearly as useful as Linux. So, I decided to write over the SD card containing RiscOS.<\/p>\n

I tried using WinImage but for some reason the card refused to write. I had a\u00a0lovely<\/em> cyclic redundancy check error and the SD card was reporting the wrong amount of space free.<\/p>\n

I tried using the Disk Management tool in Windows but it wouldn’t let me expand the primary partition to the full space.<\/p>\n

I found this tutorial about using DiskPart to reset the card:<\/p>\n

Recover Missing Unallocated Space On USB Drive Using Windows DiskPart<\/a>.<\/p>\n

In short:<\/p>\n

    \n
  1. Press Windows-R and type DiskPart in the ‘Open’ box.<\/li>\n
  2. This will bring up a DOS box with DiskPart running in it.<\/li>\n
  3. Type ‘list disk’ and look for the disk that resembles your SD card. (For this tutorial, we’ll assume it’s Disk 1)<\/li>\n
  4. Type ‘select disk 1’<\/li>\n
  5. BE REALLY SURE YOU WANT TO WIPE THE CARD.<\/li>\n
  6. Type ‘clean’. This resets the disk.<\/li>\n
  7. Type ‘create partition primary’<\/li>\n
  8. Type ‘exit’ to quit.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    \"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

    You can now go into Windows Explorer and Format the SD card before writing your image to it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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