SD XC card
I did try and delete it and let Windows find and install it again. I can see the drive under My Computer but it thinks the card is not formatted.
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BTW: which brand of card is it?
I always just hook the camera up direct.
if i put my old Sandisk 4GB card back in the K5 the PC reads that okay.
The 64GB card is a Winten
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I noticed in the ad for the card on the Japanese site that it said it supported exFAT and that when i had previously tried to format the card (from the PC whilst it was in the K5) it had tried (but failed) to format it using exFAT. I'd only ever seen FAT32 mentioned when formatting previous cards so did a Google for the differences between FAT32 and exFAT. Once I'd understood that (exFAT seems better for larger file sizes and larger storage cards - and is only used on memory cards) I then did a Google for exFAT and Windows XP and it seems exFAT is supported on XP but with this patch. So I applied that - rebooted - and hey presto, the 64GB card is recognised in the camera! The camera even shows up now as K-5 in My Computer.
Thanks for all your suggestions Steven. I only read your last post after I had tried the above patch so didn't try your FAT32 format - although it sounds as though i wouldn't have been able to...
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