It
turns out that Nikon has also previously posted similar warnings about
using Windows XP to rotate images and format CF cards. The exact same
cautions apply, that if you use Windows Explorer to rotate images you
will destroy the important EXIF data held in the JPEG image header, it
turns out that even a simple 'properties' view of a file can destroy the
EXIF data. Secondly if you use Explorer to format CF cards the default
filesystem is FAT32 which digital cameras won't understand.
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It
turns out that Nikon has also previously posted similar warnings about
using Windows XP to rotate images and format CF cards. The exact same
cautions apply, that if you use Windows Explorer to rotate images you
will destroy the important EXIF data held in the JPEG image header, it
turns out that even a simple 'properties' view of a file can destroy the
EXIF data. Secondly if you use Explorer to format CF cards the default
filesystem is FAT32 which digital cameras won't understand.