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Question posted by siggyvision on September 27th, 2011

Formating A Cf Card

Can you format a CF card outside of the camera after saving  media to your hard drive?  

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Answer #1: Posted by kcmjr on September 27th, 2011 2:29 PM
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Yes you can reformat the card on a PC but typically that means it won't work in the camera since they almost always use a proprietary format.  You would need to reformat it in the camera to use it there again.


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