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6.1 Formatting your Memory card
In General all CF-cards or microdrives are preformatted and ready for
use in the P+ backs.
However to ensure the best performance from these cards it is
considered best practice to always format them in the P+ back.
Please consult the
“Format Disk” explanation in chapter 9.3
of this
users manual on how to format a memory card in the P+ back.
Formatting of the memory card is done in either FAT 16 or FAT 32
depending on card size, and if the formatting is done in the P+ back
cluster sizes on the disk is set for best performance.
It is also possible to format the cards on either Mac or Windows; this is
explained in the following sections of this chapter. FAT 16 only supports
up to 2 GB of storage.
Please note!
Ejecting the card while the P+ back is still writing to the card, when the
red CF LED is on, will cause images that are still not written to the card,
to be lost or damaged.
Also, removing powersource while the P+ back is still writing might
result in loss of the data that is not yet written to the memory card.
