If it's a 4gb card it might be High Density "HD". Not all card readers 
can handle these cards.

-Pete







Diane wrote:
> Dear Listers,
>
> I just bought a new Sandisk 4GB micro card on Ebay.  I get an error message
> when I put it in my card reader:
>
> "L :\is not accessible.  The request could not be performed because of an
> I/O device error."
>
> I thought maybe it needs to be formatted.  But I've never had to format a
> micro card before.
>
> Running XP2
>
> Diane Kroeckel
>
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