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05/15/02
SimpleTech SmartMedia (SM) Card/Adapter User Guide
Contents
Introduction
Installation Requirements
Installing the SmartMedia Flash Card
A. Digital Cameras/MP3 Players/Digital Camcorders/Printers
B. PC Computers /PDA (Handheld Device, Palmtop)
1) Attaching the SmartMedia Flash Card to the SmartMedia Adapter (If Applicable)
2) Attaching the SmartMedia Flash Card to USB SmartMedia Flash Card Reader (If
Applicable)
Using SmartMedia Card in Notebook/Desktop Computers:
Windows 95/98/98SE/ME/ 2000/XP
Windows NT 3.5.1/ Win NT 4.0
Windows 3.x with Card and Socket Services Release 2.1 or Higher
Mac OS
Other Hosts or Operating Systems
Inserting or Removing SmartMedia Flash Card
Inserting or Removing the SmartMedia Flash Card with Windows 98/98SE/ME/2000/XP
Inserting or Removing the SmartMedia Flash Card with Windows NT 3.5.1/ Win NT 4.0
Inserting or Removing the SmartMedia Flash Card with Windows 3.x and OS/2 Warp
Inserting or Removing the SmartMedia Flash Card with Mac OS
Formatting the SmartMedia Card
Formatting the SmartMedia Card in Windows Operating Systems
Formatting the SmartMedia Card in Mac Operating Systems
SmartMedia Flash Card Precaution and Protection
Card Specifications
Troubleshooting
Technical Support
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Introduction
This is an Installation and User Guide for the SimpleTech® Smart Media (SM)Flash® Card (SSFDC) and
the SmartMedia Flash® Adapter. The SimpleTech SmartMedia Flash Card is a super small form-factor
card used in several devices including Digital Cameras, Personal Digital Assistants (PDA), MP3 music
players, digital voice recorders, and other electronic devices such as cell phones, and pagers. The
SmartMedia Flash Card is a solid-state, nonvolatile removable and reusable mass storage which shows up
as an ATA hard drive to the host. However, compared to ATA/IDE/ESDI hard drives with rotating discs,
the Solid State SmartMedia Flash Card is extremely rugged and very compact.
The SmartMedia Flash Adapter allows the SmartMedia Flash Card to plug into a PC Card socket.
Therefore, the SmartMedia Flash Card with the SmartMedia® Adapter provides removable mass storage
to thousands of hosts that have PC Card sockets, standard on many notebook computers.
The SimpleTech SmartMedia Flash Card is available in several capacities for your specific applications.
The SimpleTech SmartMedia Flash Card Adapter is also available for using SmartMedia Flash Card in
PC Card (PCMCIA) slots. Visit
www.simpletech.com
for details.
