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. --Best regards, --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 -- Bruce Toews E-mail and MSN/Windows Messenger: water_drinker@xxxxxxxx Web Site (including info on my weekly commentaries): http://www.ogts.net Info on the Best TV Show of All Time: http://www.cornergas.com 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 > > >