Occasionally, the data on a CF card can become corrupted, requiring a format on the PC. The important thing to remember is: NEVER, under any circumstances, allow the BN/VN to format a CF card. If this happens, the card will become unusable.
HTH Sarah -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Powers, Terry (NIH/OD/DEAS) Sent: Thursday, February 10, 2005 2:50 PM To: 'Braillenote List' Subject: RE: [Braillenote] cf cards with bn and pc Hi Sarah; I was cleaning up and came across this message. Lately you all have told me that you do not need to format cf cards. Why are you telling this person how to format a cf card on the computer? Terry Powers -----Original Message----- From: Sarah Cranston [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, July 30, 2004 4:06 PM To: Braillenote List Subject: RE: [Braillenote] cf cards with bn and pc Keith, Here is what your student needs to do in order to format a CF card with FAT, so it can be used with the BN: Go to "my computer" Select the removable drive that represents the card. For instance, mine is drive E on my PC at work and drive F on my laptop. Go to the file menu. Press enter on format. When the format dialog comes up, tab until it says file system combo box. Down arrow until it says either "FAT" or FAT16" Tab to the start button in the format dialog and press enter. I hope this helps. Sarah -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Bundy, Keith Sent: Friday, July 30, 2004 2:19 PM To: Braillenote List Subject: RE: [Braillenote] cf cards with bn and pc That's what I thought. The client is out of state and does not know how to format in just FAT. Not sure what we're going to do. -----Original Message----- From: Sarah Cranston [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, July 30, 2004 1:59 PM To: Braillenote List Subject: RE: [Braillenote] cf cards with bn and pc I would suggest never to format a CF card from the BN. I hope you had success with formatting from the PC. Sarah -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Bundy, Keith Sent: Friday, July 30, 2004 1:42 PM To: Braillenote List Subject: RE: [Braillenote] cf cards with bn and pc My PC always reads the file names, etc., even of KeyWord files. I was asked if one can format the CF card from the BN, but it seems that somewhere I read that this is unadvisable if the BN asks if you wish to format. Any thoughts? -----Original Message----- From: riana [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, July 30, 2004 6:47 AM To: List Braillenote Subject: [Braillenote] cf cards with bn and pc Hi Keith, If your student has not solved the problem to read files composed on the bn and stored on a cf card with the pc yet, another option to try would be to check that the files were not perhaps stored as keyword documents. If they were the card reader and pc would not be able to read them. Then they should first be translated into a readable format for the pc. Because of that, i prefer not to store keyword documents on the cf card. Keyword text in any event takes up more room than ascii files. So one actually saves space if you convert documents to txt and it could be read anywhere. Regards Riana ___ To leave the BrailleNote list, send a blank message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To view the list archives or change your preferences, visit http://list.pulsedata.com/mailman/listinfo/braillenote ___ To leave the BrailleNote list, send a blank message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To view the list archives or change your preferences, visit http://list.pulsedata.com/mailman/listinfo/braillenote ___ To leave the BrailleNote list, send a blank message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To view the list archives or change your preferences, visit http://list.pulsedata.com/mailman/listinfo/braillenote ___ To leave the BrailleNote list, send a blank message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To view the list archives or change your preferences, visit http://list.pulsedata.com/mailman/listinfo/braillenote ___ To leave the BrailleNote list, send a blank message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To view the list archives or change your preferences, visit http://list.pulsedata.com/mailman/listinfo/braillenote ___ To leave the BrailleNote list, send a blank message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To view the list archives or change your preferences, visit http://list.pulsedata.com/mailman/listinfo/braillenote
