Use Breeze System's DownLoader Pro instead. It offers more download
options than you can shake a stick at. I've used it for a couple of
years and wouldn't be without it. Hard to explain why it's useful to
have software for downloading but it is. See:
<http://www.breezesys.com/Downloader/index.htm>
Chuck Norcutt
Geilfuss Charles wrote:
> Chuck,
> Well that's disconcerting. I have avoided formatting cards with
> my computer, but I routinely allow Photoshop to delete images from a
> card that I have downloaded: this includes CF, xD, SD and mini-SD cards
> used in three different cameras. So far I've had no problem. Maybe I'm
> lazy but I find it very convenient to do this When I have 250 images on
> a card and wish to download half of them to one folder and half to
> another. Saves the trouble of de-selecting images or manually erasing
> them one-by-one. Guess I've been lucky.
>
> Charlie
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: olympus-owner@xxxxxxxxxx [mailto:olympus-owner@xxxxxxxxxx] On
> Behalf Of Chuck Norcutt
> Sent: Wednesday, July 12, 2006 9:11 AM
> To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [OM] Re: formatting
>
> In addition to formatting the media the camera also creates some
> specific folders after the format which it uses for images and other
> info. Unless those folders are there the camera may not recognize the
> card.
>
> It would also be possible using the computer to format the card with
> other than a FAT-16 or FAT-32 format in which case the camera would
> never recognize the card even if the correct folders were put there. Or
> a FAT-32 format might be used on a camera which only undestands FAT-16.
> Or, even if the camera recognizes both FAT-16 and FAT-32 the computer
> created format could change other disk parameters such as sector and
> cluster sizes which would be unrecognizable to the camera. These latter
>
> things are less likely but possible.
>
> The computer has and recognizes many more format parameters than the
> camera which is made fairly dumb to minimize unnecessary code and costs.
> To be on the safe side never allow the computer to write anything to the
>
> CF card by either formatting or even erasing images. There's no valid
> reason to do so. It can only lead to trouble.
>
> Chuck Norcutt
>
>
> John Hermanson wrote:
>
>
>>Would someone explain why formatting a cf or xd card with a computer
>>would render it unrecognizable when put into the camera? A third
>
> party
>
>>wants to know.
>>
>>___________________________________
>>John Hermanson
>>Camtech Photo Services, Inc.
>>21 South Lane, Huntington NY 11743
>>631-424-2121 | Olympus OM Service since 1977
>>http://www.zuiko.com | omtech1 AT verizon.net
>>
>>
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