I tried gparted actually.. it didn't register from my sd slot in my laptop.

I went out and bought an attachment for sdhc cards so I can plug it into a usb port.

now it is appearing again so. I am hoping to try gparted again when I get home.

If I plug it into the comps at school it will literally lock them up when I try to do anything. The upside is its registering as an h drive in windows, it was also registering in ubuntu.

So I am hopeful this horrible chapter of failed drive is almost over with.

I'll post as soon as any news occurs.