Rick;
I ran across this utility for flash cards:
http://www.cnetx.com/format/
They have a demo download and the proggie only costs $11.95
sounds like it may be what you need.
<>< Larry Fisk
         Fisk Computers
           Fruitvale, Idaho

----- Original Message -----
From: "Rick Glazier" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Monday, May 12, 2003 6:13 AM
Subject: [PCSOFT] SD memory card not accessable.


> Problem:  SD memory card not accessable.
>
> I took a 64M SD memory card that I use at different times
> with different formats, (in a digital camera, a Palm, and an
> iPaq), and formatted it in a card reader with FAT32 in WinXP-Pro...
>
> OR at least I tried. Now "nothing" will format it.
> It seems to have a RAW file format, and/or no filesystem.
>
> I have done a data recovery on it, and see data I would not like to
> return under an RMA.
>
> I need a program that will do an unconditional format on an SD
> card.  Is there such a thing?

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