Why isn't my Tab 2, 10 accessing the SD card?

[OR_Warbler]

Tab 2, 10, not accessing SD card

I'm new to the Tab 2, but I've had a Samsung player (YP-G70) for years. I'm having trouble understanding the file structure and figuring out what I can do. When I first set up the device, my SD card had not arrived. When it did, I tried moving some of the apps to SD (those that allowed it), but they don't seem to have moved. Then I added a bunch of music to SDCARD/Music with it connected via USB to my desktop (used Windows Explorer). Not correct, because the SDCard still is mostly empty.

What I don't grasp is where things should be put. I want to move my books to the SD card, yet when you look at the directory, SDCARD is on the device. Do I move it to the SD card? Or create a new file structure on the card and then move? Right now under extSdCard there is .android_secure, LOST.DIR, and doubleTwist (the only app that moved successfully).

Would appreciate any help you can offer. Thanks.

 

[SpookDroid]

Re: Tab 2, 10, not accessing SD card

You really shouldn't need to do anything special, but do remember that SDCard is actually your device's internal memory and extSDCard is the actual SD Card... I know, confusing, but that's what it is.

 

[OR_Warbler]

Re: Tab 2, 10, not accessing SD card

Thanks. I had kind of come to that conclusion, but nice to know that I was right. Still not understanding why it doesn't write to the REAL SDCard. Guess I'll just continue experimenting...