No data on card

[fulmwaloo]

I installed freemcboot on a memory card. It seemed to be working fine at first. Then I turned on my PS2 recently and it didn't show freemcboot, but just the regular menu. After resetting a few times, it finally loaded freemcboot. But now it doesn't load no matter how much I reset, and when I check the data browser it says the memory card is empty. I definitely didn't delete anything on the memory card and I'd rather not go through the process of installing freemcboot again because it took a very long time and a lot of tries. Is there any chance the data is still on the card? I recently installed a hard drive but I'm not sure how this could have uninstalled it. How can I prevent this from happening again?

[SP193]

I installed freemcboot on a memory card. It seemed to be working fine at first. Then I turned on my PS2 recently and it didn't show freemcboot, but just the regular menu. After resetting a few times, it finally loaded freemcboot. But now it doesn't load no matter how much I reset, and when I check the data browser it says the memory card is empty. I definitely didn't delete anything on the memory card and I'd rather not go through the process of installing freemcboot again because it took a very long time and a lot of tries. Is there any chance the data is still on the card? I recently installed a hard drive but I'm not sure how this could have uninstalled it. How can I prevent this from happening again?

Have you tried inserting your card into your PS2's other Memory Card slot? Try cleaning the contacts of the card too.

If all that doesn't work, it could be that the card has become faulty...

Is your card a genuine Sony 8MB Memory Card? If it isn't, it probably isn't too surprising that it has become like that.

[chessplayerj]

I have a 32 mb non-official Sony 8mb, and it sometimes has problems also, namely with FreeMCBoot. It would be a hit and miss with whether it would load it at all, so finally I just uninstalled from that card and installed to the 8 mb. Works perfectly every time now. I can still use my 32 mb card for pretty much anything else, just sometimes has a problem with FreeMCBoot.

[fulmwaloo]

I got it working. Cleaning with alcohol worked. It was an official Sony 8mb.

[spud42]

excellent. some non genuine cards are just a bit too slow to read and FMBC doesnt get read at boot quick enough.

its mostly the cheap Chinese 64 and 128 Mb cards this happens to.