Formatting SmartMedia Card

[cheekycharlie]

Hi
I have formatted a Sandisk 64mb smartmedia card several times using a Dazzle
multicard reader.
The problem is that it comes up saying "Card not initialised".
How do I overcome this please?
I am using a Fuji Finepix 2200 camera.

Thanks for any help.

Michael

[Ken Weitzel]

Hi...

With my Olympus the card MUST be formatted by the camera, so
I think it's a pretty safe bet that Fuji is the same.

The prime reason seems to be that the camera formats it
with a couple of sub-directories under the root, and that's
where your pictures will end up.

Hope this helps.

Take care.

Ken

[Dimitri Cohen]

'Twas a bad idea to format it with the card reader!.. I had that problem
with a certain card on my toshiba m71 but at the same time other cameras had
no problem with that card. Try formatting it on some other camera, see if it
helps.

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[cheekycharlie]

Hi
thanks for your info. I found out what the problem was. When formatting I
selected FAT32 and I should have selected FAT only. Thanks for your help
anyway!
Michael
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