On Wed, 10 Dec 2003 19:51:54 +0100, "Dr. Dweeb"
wrote:

>I have a CF reader in my new PC. I decided to copy my CF-Microdrive to my
>harddisk.

Is the CF reader one that allows the CF card to work as a
standard IDE drive? That is, is the reader a built in PCCard
slot (which probably will treat the CF as an IDE drive without
additional software), or is the reader some sort of external
reader using a parallel port or USB port, and requiring its own
set of drivers? If so, the support software is probably doing
all the converting from IDE to a file stream, and plugging that
into Explorer. Personally, I'd prefer to stick to a PCCard style
reader, as there seem fewer complications.

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It is a USB via a Mobo connector. Either way, since everything else copies,
it must be something starnge about the system directory.

Dweeb

Eric Lindsay's spam trap wrote:
> On Wed, 10 Dec 2003 19:51:54 +0100, "Dr. Dweeb"
> wrote:
>
>> I have a CF reader in my new PC. I decided to copy my CF-Microdrive
>> to my harddisk.
>
> Is the CF reader one that allows the CF card to work as a
> standard IDE drive? That is, is the reader a built in PCCard
> slot (which probably will treat the CF as an IDE drive without
> additional software), or is the reader some sort of external
> reader using a parallel port or USB port, and requiring its own
> set of drivers? If so, the support software is probably doing
> all the converting from IDE to a file stream, and plugging that
> into Explorer. Personally, I'd prefer to stick to a PCCard style
> reader, as there seem fewer complications.

Dr. Dweeb wrote:
> Eric Lindsay's spam trap wrote:
> > On Wed, 10 Dec 2003 19:51:54 +0100, "Dr. Dweeb"
> > wrote:
> >
> >> I have a CF reader in my new PC. I decided to copy my CF-Microdrive
> >> to my harddisk.
> >
> > Is the CF reader one that allows the CF card to work as a
> > standard IDE drive? That is, is the reader a built in PCCard
> > slot (which probably will treat the CF as an IDE drive without
> > additional software), or is the reader some sort of external
> > reader using a parallel port or USB port, and requiring its own
> > set of drivers? If so, the support software is probably doing
> > all the converting from IDE to a file stream, and plugging that
> > into Explorer. Personally, I'd prefer to stick to a PCCard style
> > reader, as there seem fewer complications.

> It is a USB via a Mobo connector. Either way, since everything else copies,
> it must be something starnge about the system directory.

It sounds to me as if Eric's suggestion is spot on: that the problem
lies with the driver software to run the CF card reader, since this card
reader is not a built-in PCCard slot but a USB device which requires
third party driver software (and that's famous for causing trouble).

I've had trouble with a USB CF card reader on my Mac: the driver
software corrupted the data on the CF card I tried *reading* from.

(MacOS X 10.2.something; I forget the device I tried: it's long since
been returned as useless)

Rowland.

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