It was just the other day when my Mario Party save got corrupted. So I was thinking, I should back-up all my saves incase something happens to the rest of my save files. Well I plugged it in to the computer, and that's where things started getting worse.
After plugging it in and out 10 or so times so my computer could finally recognize the drive (This is Normal, and yes I've cleaned the contacts numerous times, and yes I always Safely Removed Hardware each and every time), finally the blue LED came on. I navigate in Windows Explorer to the directory with the save files, but it tells me access denied. Then my computer freezes up, and I notice the blue LED is now off. After my computer unfreezes, I safely remove hardware, and just to check things out, I put the flash cart back in my DS. I notice ALL my games have been renamed. They have all been truncated to 6 letters plus "~q.NDS"
For example,
New Super Mario Bros.nds became NEWSUP~q.NDS
Zelda - Phantom Hourglass.nds became ZELDAm~q.NDS
Tetris DS.nds became TETRIS~q.NDS
Clubhouse Games.nds became CLUBHO~q.NDS
etc...
The games did still work however. I plug the G6 back into my computer. After another 10 times, it's finally detected. I notice in Windows Explorer how all the games are now renamed how I saw them on the DS. I still can't pull my save files, but the computer didn't freeze this time, so I loaded up the U-Disk manager. Once I click on the NDS tab, I got the error message "an unnamed file was not found." Then the U-Disk manager froze and closes on me.
I figure it's time to format the card. This would be my second time doing so. But this second time around (and third, fourth, fifth time around), I haven't been successful. I've formatted FAT (not FAT32), used Mputility, and ran chkdsk. Each time I try to write new games to the card, after the 2nd or 3rd game, it will freeze in the middle of writing and do what I previously described - when checking the card on the DS, the game names become truncated, and when clicking the NDS tab "unnamed file was not found."
This card has always been a hassle, but at least it worked. Now it doesn't even work. I've read most the threads on here on possible fixes like entering GBA mode and clearing the memory through there when the green text comes up (sometimes it lets me, sometimes it fails), but this card is still messed up.
So frustrating... if anyone has ideas, I'm all ears!
Thanks in advance.
P.S. I know the FAQ says corruption issue is likely due to USER error, but I disagree and think it's a bad product. I own 2 G6's and they BOTH give me trouble. This one seems like it's almost dead. I'm not your average Joe with the computer either...
After plugging it in and out 10 or so times so my computer could finally recognize the drive (This is Normal, and yes I've cleaned the contacts numerous times, and yes I always Safely Removed Hardware each and every time), finally the blue LED came on. I navigate in Windows Explorer to the directory with the save files, but it tells me access denied. Then my computer freezes up, and I notice the blue LED is now off. After my computer unfreezes, I safely remove hardware, and just to check things out, I put the flash cart back in my DS. I notice ALL my games have been renamed. They have all been truncated to 6 letters plus "~q.NDS"
For example,
New Super Mario Bros.nds became NEWSUP~q.NDS
Zelda - Phantom Hourglass.nds became ZELDAm~q.NDS
Tetris DS.nds became TETRIS~q.NDS
Clubhouse Games.nds became CLUBHO~q.NDS
etc...
The games did still work however. I plug the G6 back into my computer. After another 10 times, it's finally detected. I notice in Windows Explorer how all the games are now renamed how I saw them on the DS. I still can't pull my save files, but the computer didn't freeze this time, so I loaded up the U-Disk manager. Once I click on the NDS tab, I got the error message "an unnamed file was not found." Then the U-Disk manager froze and closes on me.
I figure it's time to format the card. This would be my second time doing so. But this second time around (and third, fourth, fifth time around), I haven't been successful. I've formatted FAT (not FAT32), used Mputility, and ran chkdsk. Each time I try to write new games to the card, after the 2nd or 3rd game, it will freeze in the middle of writing and do what I previously described - when checking the card on the DS, the game names become truncated, and when clicking the NDS tab "unnamed file was not found."
This card has always been a hassle, but at least it worked. Now it doesn't even work. I've read most the threads on here on possible fixes like entering GBA mode and clearing the memory through there when the green text comes up (sometimes it lets me, sometimes it fails), but this card is still messed up.
So frustrating... if anyone has ideas, I'm all ears!
Thanks in advance.
P.S. I know the FAQ says corruption issue is likely due to USER error, but I disagree and think it's a bad product. I own 2 G6's and they BOTH give me trouble. This one seems like it's almost dead. I'm not your average Joe with the computer either...
