I have formatted them, but never because I needed too, I wanted to erase everything on the card quickly, although I guess I could have just selected everything and erased it that way, in any case, I've never had to do it, it was a choice. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Walt Smith" <walt@xxxxxxxxxx> To: <bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Thursday, December 16, 2004 8:01 AM Subject: [bookport] Re: 4 GB compact flash card > Please, please...don't worry about formatting a CF card. The actual need to > reformat a CF card is so infrequent as to be considered rare. The basic > answer to your question is yes, but you almost never need to actually do it. > More CF cards are destroyed by careless reformatting than you can believe > and because of the basic design of them, they don't require it. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Sharon F" <afinchum@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > To: <bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Sent: Wednesday, December 15, 2004 7:05 PM > Subject: [bookport] Re: 4 GB compact flash card > > > Can all 4 GB be formatted from the application menu in (My Computer)? > > Make it a great one > > Sharon F. > >