But as far as I know, the BP won't format the card automatically, you'll have to send the command which is 1 plus 3 plus d plus f. I don't believe it would hurt anything to try it although, if and when you do formatt it of course everything on the card will be erased. Lou ----- Original Message ----- From: "Reed Poynter" <Reed.Poynter@xxxxxxxxx> To: <bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Friday, October 06, 2006 12:48 PM Subject: [bookport] Re: I have ordered my Book Port and have a question. > To answer your question (because the others didn't)... > > I believe that if the cf card fits into the BP and the cf card is OK, the BP > will reformat it. > > Reed > > -----Original Message----- > From: bookport-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:bookport-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] > On Behalf Of Jamie Pauls > Sent: 2006/10/06 08:35 > To: bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: [bookport] I have ordered my Book Port and have a question. > > First, let me clear up something that might come up later. I am the guy who > advocated waiting for the new Book Port to come out next year before I > bought one. Several of you launched a vigorous campaign to dissuade me from > waiting. Well, you one the argument. Actually, my wife did since I promised > her my iPod as soon as I purchased a Book Port. Anyway, I placed my order > for a Book Port today. They are back ordered until the end of this month. > Now for the actual reason for my writing to this list. I have a compact > flash card which my Pac Mate doesn't seem to recognize at this time. If I > plug this flash card into my new book port and the card really is corrupted, > will the Book Port reformat the card for me, or will the unit hopelessly > lock up? I do not have a card reader on my computer and was wondering how > the BP would handle this possibly tricky situation. > > Jamie Pauls, MT-BC > E-mail and MSN: jamiepauls@xxxxxxxxx > Skype: jamie.pauls > Web site: www.accesswatch.info > Blog: http://accesswatch.livejournal.com > Podcast: http://feeds.feedburner.com/accesswatch > > > > > >