Thank you
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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
Moose wrote:
> 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.
>>
>
> First, the question is very differennt for CF than for xD cards.
>
> Second, there seems to be some confusion in the replies so far between
> erasing files and reformatting the card.
>
> As Chuck says, CF cards should just look and act like IDE disks. If Oly
> chose to put some special markers or formatting on them, i would think
> it would have shown up as an issue before. Nevertheless, there is no
> ordinary circumstance where it should be necessary to reformat a card,
> and if you do so, do it in the camera you are using it in.
>
> xD cards are a different kettle of fish. They aren't used everywhere for
> everything. And as one of the two official creator/supporters of the
> format, Oly seems to feel they have the right to do proprietary things
> with them, like the panorama format and heaven knows what else. The
> problem with reformatting them with a computer operating system has been
> around for quite a while.
>
> The instructions that come with Oly xD cards don't directly say never to
> format it from a computer. They do say always to format it using the
> camera with which it is to be used. The only time they mention computer
> formating is in the section about disposing of your card, where they
> point out that formatting doesn't actually erase the data, just the index.
>
> One solution that has worked for many Oly camera owners who make this
> mistake is to find someone with a Fuji xD card camera or take the card
> to a retailer and ask to try out a Fuji or three using your own card.
> Quite often, according to forum reports, the Fuji will recognize the
> card and can format it. It is then generally recognized by the Oly
> camera and can be reformatted there to get back to the beginning.
>
> It has also been reported that some Oly cameras will recognize cards
> that others don't.
>
> Another thing to try is manually creating the subdirectories the camera
> expects.
>
> I found out all this shortly after I got the F10, when I couldn't get my
> All in One card reader to recognize the 16MB card that came with the
> camera. Further research revealed that formating wasn't my problem. It
> turns out that there was a flaw in chip sets used in lots of cheap
> read-everything adapters that failed under some circumstances or other
> with xD cards. I bought an Oly MAUSB-300 xD card based thumb drive. It
> works for downloading from the xD cards and also as a convenient
> storage/transfer device. I have simply left the DCIM subdirectory and
> the Fuji generated subdirectory under it on the xD card and put other
> data files in other directory places and I've had no trouble at all.
> Works for data, erase the data and it works for the cameras.
>
> I may have strayed in many ways, but the 1gb xD cards I bought for both
> P&Ss and the reader for them are all Oly.
>
> Moose
>
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