Re: CFFA Card

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"Michael J. Mahon" <mjmahon@aol.com> wrote in message R4OdnSSe8MvqFk_UnZ2dnUVZ_sudnZ2d@giganews.com">news:R4OdnSSe8MvqFk_UnZ2dnUVZ_sudnZ2d@giganews.com...
> schmidtd wrote:
> > On Mar 31, 12:51 pm, Robert Boucher <bouch...@alumni.texas.net> wrote:
> >
> > > Either I am too old to understand, or I am not getting across my
> > > problem. Using the CFFA card or a card reader and Ciderpress, Copy II+,
> > > Mac OS10.4, or Windows XP, when I try to format the flash card, I get a
> > > message this card cannot be formatted.
> > >
> > > My question is, can I get around this message somehow and proceed
> > > formatting?
> >
> > If no OS will format it, it sounds like a hard failure of the CF card
> > itself to me.  Do you have any others to test with?
>
> Most card manufacturers will provide a "hard" formatting utility
> that will re-establish the card structure.  That's the next thing
> to try to resurrect it.
>
> A power failure while writing can clobber a card like this.


Sounds like that card may be fatally clobbered. I'd just replace it. 

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