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Gary Senkus · Jul 9, 2002, 10:26 AM

You would think that card readers would come with a warning about not to use for formatting cards that will used in digicams, but most card reader manufacters also sell memory cards.....
Gary

Brooks · Jul 11, 2002, 12:34 PM

Just curious what the problem is, any card you put in the camera should be able to be formatted no matter how it was previously formatted. I personally computer format my cards every once in a while and scan the card for errors, just so I know the card is ok. I believe that you should hard format (not quick format) the card to clear floating bits of data, and I'm not sure if most cameras don't just do a quick format. After that I just put the card in the camera and format it before use.

Gary Senkus · Jul 11, 2002, 5:59 PM

Brooks,
Many cameras cannot recogize a card that has been formatted with card reader. Olympus is one. According to the manuel once you do it with a card reader you will never be able to use in camara, I tend to go with what the manuel says, been with computers since 1977, I build about 100 a year, also I always read the "read me" files. I believe that "no" computer or device hooked to it should have a personallity.
Gary

NHL · Jul 11, 2002, 6:08 PM

You're both right!

If you format in fat-16 (or remember the DOS prompt?) there should be no problem to use it again in the camera.

ALL digital cameras abide to the DCF file format, which is fat-16, so from older OS it's OK!

[Edited on 7-11-2002 by NHL]

Brooks · Jul 13, 2002, 5:35 PM

My mistake. It works in my case, but I guess if your manual says otherwise you better follow it. Does that mean you have to buy your memory cards from Olympus, or cards formatted for Olympus. That would be a negative for me, I don't like being stuck with a "vendor only" supply.

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Jul 11, 2002, 12:34 PM	#2
Brooks Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2002 Posts: 264	Just curious what the problem is, any card you put in the camera should be able to be formatted no matter how it was previously formatted. I personally computer format my cards every once in a while and scan the card for errors, just so I know the card is ok. I believe that you should hard format (not quick format) the card to clear floating bits of data, and I'm not sure if most cameras don't just do a quick format. After that I just put the card in the camera and format it before use.

Jul 11, 2002, 5:59 PM	#3
Gary Senkus Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2002 Posts: 668	Brooks, Many cameras cannot recogize a card that has been formatted with card reader. Olympus is one. According to the manuel once you do it with a card reader you will never be able to use in camara, I tend to go with what the manuel says, been with computers since 1977, I build about 100 a year, also I always read the "read me" files. I believe that "no" computer or device hooked to it should have a personallity. Gary

Jul 11, 2002, 6:08 PM	#4
NHL Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: 39.18776, -77.311353333333 Posts: 11,599	You're both right! If you format in fat-16 (or remember the DOS prompt?) there should be no problem to use it again in the camera. ALL digital cameras abide to the DCF file format, which is fat-16, so from older OS it's OK! [Edited on 7-11-2002 by NHL]

Jul 13, 2002, 5:35 PM	#5
Brooks Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2002 Posts: 264	My mistake. It works in my case, but I guess if your manual says otherwise you better follow it. Does that mean you have to buy your memory cards from Olympus, or cards formatted for Olympus. That would be a negative for me, I don't like being stuck with a "vendor only" supply.