What to know before buying CF card?

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"Ed" <Ed_Millis@NOSPAM.Hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> I want to get a Compact Flash card for my Jornada 548. I know it needs to
> be Type I. Is there anything else I need to take into account before I
buy
> something? Like: because of processor, speed, internal memory, etc., this
> unit might not be able to handle something over a certain size, or access
> speed, or ???
>
> Ed
>
>

There may be certain makes of cards that won't work in some machines. Get a
full money back guarantee or try before you buy if at a retail shop.

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"dg" <g@s.net> wrote in message news:Xns9524EECF7763Bgzgzgz@216.168.3.30...
> On 12 Jul 2004, "Ed" <Ed_Millis@NOSPAM.Hotmail.com> wrote in
> newsH9mp7BaEHA.524@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl:
>
> > I want to get a Compact Flash card for my Jornada 548. I know it
> > needs to be Type I. Is there anything else I need to take into
> > account before I buy something? Like: because of processor,
> > speed, internal memory, etc., this unit might not be able to
> > handle something over a certain size, or access speed, or ???
>
> It's been a long time since I bought a CF for my Journada 567 and I
> don't remember the issues - if any. But if it's any help I bought a
> conventional Sandisk 512MB CF card and it worked very, very well -
> never any problems with over 2 years hard use.
> --
> DG
> -

but Sandisk has had posts saying that their CF have problems. I had one that
worked in some machines, but not in mine.

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Thank you. I was looking at everything available, but I couldn't tell if it
was compatible or not.

"Beverly Howard [Ms-MVP/MobileDev]" <BevNoSpamBevHoward.com> wrote in
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> HOWEVER, budget a CF reader for your PC (don't use activesync to
> transfer files) and hit the web to assure that you have the latest
> driver for the reader... don't rely on XP's default drivers.

Thanks for that tip. And no need to worry about XP drivers - I'm still on
Win98! (My home PC may well pre-date my handheld!)

Until I get a reader, though, will ActiveSync give me problems? If so,
would I be able to just pop the card in and Explore and move files?

Ed

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Thanks in advance for all the problems I *won't* have! (Although I'm sure
I'll manage to create a few more! <g> )

Ed

"Beverly Howard [Ms-MVP/MobileDev]" <BevNoSpamBevHoward.com> wrote in
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> >> Thanks for that tip. And no need to worry about XP drivers - I'm
> still on Win98! (My home PC may well pre-date my handheld!) <<
>
> Download the current drivers before installing the ones from the CD...
> the CD versions are frequently out of date
>
> >>Until I get a reader, though, will ActiveSync give me problems? If
> so, would I be able to just pop the card in and Explore and move files? <<
>
> YES! Please buy the reader _before_ you buy the card... many are as
> little as $10
>
> A card reader will have more impact on the use of the card than the card
> itself.
>
> With the reader attached, pop the card in and it shows as a new PC drive
> and files will transfer with drag and drop a minimum of ten times faster
> than via activesync.
>
> In addition, you will probably not be able to copy any files larger than
> 15 meg via activesync without problems.
>
> Beverly Howard [MS MVP-Mobile Devices]