Thread: By the way, why are you formatting SDHC in a PC?
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Old 03-23-2010, 05:29 AM   #5
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Originally Posted by theducks View Post
http://www.sdcard.org/consumers/formatter/ FAQ inferred that this was not a Camera specific requirement, but a CARD level requirement.

BTW A camera that is fussy is non-compliant with the SD spec

My Nikon Coolpix plays nice with my Wife Cannon AND my PEz (you can view photos on you PEz, just in Grey scale.
Well bugger me, thanks theducks, I had no real idea. I know a SD card is recognised as a block device, but I would have assumed that Windows would have formatted the card within specifications of the standard. Is this limited to Windows and an inability to handle flash memory correctly?

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