Microdrive

[andrej]

Hello,

2 months ago i have bought a seagate ST 1.2 8 GB microdrive (model ST68022CF), but it wasn't recognized by any device (PCMCIA reader, several USB readers, IPAQ, camera...), so i returned it back to china. Than i've bought the same model from england - same model, same story... So i tought it must be a serial mistake, or something, and i have decidet to buy a 6 GB hitachi microdrive (model hms360606d5cf00), and it dosent work again!!!

So in general i have bought 3 different microdrives, and it's pretty wierd that all 3 would be corrupted.

I am asking for your advice - do i need some special driver for XP or vista, do i need a special software to format it, or am i just simply not lucky enought to get a propper microdrive... if so, what model and brand should i buy

Thank you for your answer,


Andrej

 

[nukemaster]

To be honest there should be no drivers needed. As long as the card reader is ATA compatible it should work.

In many places where you use a micro drive, you can also use a CF card. maybe look into those.

 

[MrLinux]

The drives are often shipped unformatted, you need to go into your hardware/device management to see if it's recognised, then (if it is) go to the Computer/Disk Management to partition and format before it will show.

 

[andrej]

@ mr linux

unfortunatly it isn't recognized... I have read there are two standarts - CF and ATA is this the reason, or maybe something with voltage???

 

[nukemaster]

Most devices work with both(Many CF cards actually show up as a microdrive to the readers).

Are you by any chance replacing a drive in a MP3 player?

 

[andrej]

No, i want to use it as a small boot windows xp disk...

 

[nukemaster]

have you looked into a microdrive to ide adapter. at least that rules out the card reader.

I would say use a CF card(faster), but since windows will page on it adding needless sector ware, i guess the microdrive is best.

Do you have a friend who has a microdrive/CF reader you can test with to see if your drives work there.

A quick good shows this
http://www.psism.com/adcf.htm
http://www.newegg.ca/Product/ProductList.aspx?Submit=ENE&DEPA=0&Order=BESTMATCH&Description=ide+cf&x=0&y=0
http://ncix.com/search/?categoryid=0&q=cf+ide