Sigma SD10 & 4gig Microdrive

Sigma SD10 & 4gig Microdrive - compatibility?

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Larry A - 13 Aug 2005 17:30 GMT

HELP! We leave for Costa Rica soon. The SD10 refuses to format a Hitachi 4gig
microdrive. Some sites say the 2 are compatible, others say 4gig's Fat32
isn't recgonizable by SD10 and that a 2gig FAT16 will work? Will it? Can the
4gig be reformatted to a 2 gig? All informed replies gratefully welcomed!
Thanx.

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John Bean - 13 Aug 2005 18:22 GMT

>HELP! We leave for Costa Rica soon. The SD10 refuses to format a Hitachi 4gig
>microdrive. Some sites say the 2 are compatible, others say 4gig's Fat32
>isn't recgonizable by SD10 and that a 2gig FAT16 will work? Will it? Can the
>4gig be reformatted to a 2 gig? All informed replies gratefully welcomed!
>Thanx.

The microdrive can be formatted 4GB FAT16 on a PC with
Windows XP and the SD10 will use it correctly. Don't attempt
to format it on the camera, it will fail. Formatting to 4GB
is non-standard and many cameras will not be able to
recognise it, but the Sigmas do.

I used a 4GB Hitachi microdrive this way when I had a SD9
with no problem at all.

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John Bean

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