Re: Using CiderPress to copy a volume image to a card formatted for Windows...

[Eric Rucker <bhtooefr@gmail.com>]

On Feb 16, 2:25 pm, fadden <fad...@android.com> wrote:
> My thought was that Vista sees a valid partition map and decides to go
> into DiskCop mode.  Formatting it in a digital camera might wipe out
> the partition map, so the next time you present the card to Vista it
> just sees a block device with a basic structure and stays relaxed.
>
> The only reason for using a camera is that it's easy to slip the card
> in and select "format".  Other options might involve rebooting or
> typing stuff. :-)  I wasn't sure if the camera's formatter would do
> quite the right thing though (i.e. format without a partition map in
> block 128, and zero out block 128).

A camera will make it make a valid MBR partition map and a FAT16 or
FAT32 partition, so that won't help you.