[bookport] Re: Compact Flash question
- From: "Otto Zamora" <8zamora@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 8 Jul 2005 22:28:47 -0400
Hi,
Interesting, I have used my cards out of the box and never formatted, and as
of yet, I have never had a problem.
Otto
-----Original Message-----
From: bookport-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:bookport-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]
On Behalf Of Bruce Toews
Sent: Friday, July 08, 2005 6:40 PM
To: bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [bookport] Re: Compact Flash question
Well, at the very least, it can't hurt to take five seconds at the beginning
to format your CF card, I should think.
Bruce
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On Fri, 8 Jul 2005, Rick Alfaro wrote:
> True, in the case of digital cameras, some of the manufacturers want
> to format the media themselves. I know Olympus and Sony do that, but
> they use SD cards and CF as far as I know.
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> --Best regards,
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> --Rick Alfaro
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: bookport-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:bookport-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]
> On Behalf Of Sandy Licht
> Sent: Friday, July 08, 2005 5:53 PM
> To: bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [bookport] Re: Compact Flash question
>
> When we bought our digital camera, the manual suggested we format the
> memory before taking pictures.
>
> At 04:49 PM 7/8/2005, you wrote:
>> Actually, I have purchased various CF cards, and I have never gotten
>> one that was unformatted. So far they have all been formatted as FAT
>> and not
>> FAT32 and that is the way most of these devices like it, or at least
>> that has been my experience.
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>> --Best regards,
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>> --Rick Alfaro
>> --rick.alfaro@xxxxxxxxxxx
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: bookport-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> [mailto:bookport-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]
>> On Behalf Of Bruce Toews
>> Sent: Friday, July 08, 2005 4:46 PM
>> To: bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> Subject: [bookport] Re: Compact Flash question
>>
>> Offhand, I'm guessing that it's like the situation used to be, back
>> in the dark ages, with floppies: some wil come preformatted, others
>> will not, but in all cases you're just beter off doing it yourself
anyway.
>> That's my guess.
>>
>> Bruce
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>> Bruce Toews
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>> On Fri, 8 Jul 2005, Alan Schlank wrote:
>>
>>> Is it necessary to format a new compact flash card before using it
>>> with the Book Port?
>>>
>>> Alan Schlank
>>>
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