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

[Tom Greene <tom@cowgod.org>]

On Feb 13, 8:35 pm, "Michael J. Mahon" <mjma...@aol.com> wrote:
>
> In fact, I don't have anyway of destroying the formatting except
> (I thought) by overwriting the volume and its partition map with
> CiderPress.
>
> -michael
>

I have no idea if it'll help, but you could try using the Windows
'diskpart' utility to wipe the card. Just be sure to select the
correct disk! :)

C:\>diskpart

Microsoft DiskPart version 6.1.7600
Copyright (C) 1999-2008 Microsoft Corporation.
On computer: CTHULHU

DISKPART> list disk

  Disk ###  Status         Size     Free     Dyn  Gpt
  --------  -------------  -------  -------  ---  ---
  Disk 0    Online          119 GB      0 B
  Disk 1    Online          968 MB      0 B

DISKPART> select disk 1

Disk 1 is now the selected disk.

DISKPART> detail disk

SD Memory Card
Disk ID: 00000000
Type   : Unknown
Status : Online
Path   : 0
Target : 0
LUN ID : 0
Location Path : UNAVAILABLE
Current Read-only State : No
Read-only  : No
Boot Disk  : No
Pagefile Disk  : No
Hibernation File Disk  : No
Crashdump Disk  : No
Clustered Disk  : No

  Volume ###  Ltr  Label        Fs     Type        Size     Status
Info
  ----------  ---  -----------  -----  ----------  -------  ---------
--------
  Volume 3     E   NEW VOLUME   FAT    Removable    967 MB  Healthy

DISKPART> clean all

DiskPart succeeded in cleaning the disk.

DISKPART> exit

Leaving DiskPart...


Tom