No. I think I have solved the problem now, just a few tests to do. Thanks for the reply.

Agreed there.

Oh well, I'm gonna give the Galaxy III Mini a bash.
400 mins - Unlimited texts - 1Gb - 23 notes a month.

The version is Gingerbread.XXJW4 which was upgraded via Kies just before christmas.

The USB socket works fine, what I really meant to say is that the storage settings list "SD Card" as unavailable, "USB storage" as unavailable and "System Storage" as 1.83 gb

I'm sure I swapped SD cards before but I'll give it another try tonight, I know its not the latest Galaxy S but its actually a nice handset to use but as mentioned previously the battery useage (mine has a new battery in it) is pathetic when you have it connected to Wi-Fi, I can barely get 24 hours on standby from it - since I've switched Wi-Fi off and literally use it for a few phone calls and texts then it will easily sit there for a week on standby inbetween charges.

USB storage is the internal memory available for your files like music and video, if that isn;t showing up then you have a problem.

You tried a factory reset?

Yup, done a couple, swapped the SD card last night with another from my company BB which I know is ok and it won't recognise that one either although it does at least now enable the "Mount Card" and "Format Card" options, I've formatted it in the Samsung and it still shows Unavailable although now at least it doesn't nag me with a warning that the card is unreadable on the front screen.

I've currently got quite a large handset that can make calls and send texts, eats battery power if I use it on t'internet and can't take photos because its got nowhere to save them

While my daughter has a new fully functioning Galaxy Ace - mine.

Such is life.