Since he formatted the card on a MAC, God only knows what was done to it. (Oh MAC weenies might know, but then they use an operating system that shields them from all that, so they might not. Which is both good and bad).
At 09:28 AM 1/29/04, you wrote:
There are several different flavours of FAT.
Almost all cards will use FAT16 by default which is the most compatible, but FAT16 does not work for the really big drives which need FAT32. Any digicam which supports FAT32 (large cards) will also support FAT16. *istD will recognise either.
There is another microsoft format called NTFS wich stands for Windows NT File System. It is *unlikely* you formatted the card in this format but I guess it is possible...
> -----Original Message----- > From: Paul Stenquist [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 29 January 2004 14:21 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: flash card problems > > > My daughter has a PC, but I'm Microsoft illiterate. Is FAT > the default format or do I need to do something special? Paul > > Rob Studdert wrote: > > > On 29 Jan 2004 at 6:17, Joseph Tainter wrote: > > > > > Paul, first you must format the card within the *ist D. It's the > > > first command on the menu, I think. Have you done this? > > > > Given what Paul said earlier about the camera rejecting the card I > > think his only option is to format the card external to the > camera in > > PC FAT format. > > > > Rob Studdert > > HURSTVILLE AUSTRALIA > > Tel +61-2-9554-4110 > > UTC(GMT) +10 Hours > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > http://members.ozemail.com.au/~distudio/publications/ > > Pentax user since 1986, PDMLer since 1998 > >
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