5d + Microdirve

i just took out the 4G from a muvo2, formated it in windows (which was only FAT32) but it wouldn't work. tried to format it in-camera but no go.

i've done this before for a D70 & 300D no problem, could it be the FAT thingy?

Hi, I had exactly the same problem with my recently bought 7D and the Hitachi 4GB microdrive.

The answer is simple... the index table from the Microdrive is damaged and needs to be cleaned. I also searched everywhere till i figured this one out.

What to do...

1. Download 7Tools Partition Manager :

2. Install it and connect your Microdrive via a CardReader to your computer.

3. Delete ALL partitions on de drive (size 3.82 Gb)

4. Now right click on the drive in the left pane en view the sectors.

The trick:

5. Overwrite the first 20 sectors (two lines) with just zero´s (00)

6. Apply everything and format the drive in your 5D/7D

Et voila...

Good luck ! Aad, Rotterdam, The Netherlands

The link for the program... (paste into Explorer)

download.paragon.ag/demo/7pm2005_demo.exe

cheers, Aad

i just found out the serial # of my MD is not CF II compatible, is there any way to make it work with the 5D or other cams?

Are there any advantages (or disadvantages) of using a micro drive over a flash drive.

marked for ref.

Microdrive:

Pro: Cheap

Con: Not shock resistant, have height/pressure attitude problem, need power

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Thanks for the info
I suspected they where more power hungry. What about speed compared to flash?
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RyND said:

Thanks for the info
I suspected they where more power hungry. What about speed
compared to flash?

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I have a very old 1 GB microdrive, and it is painfully slow (even the camera "boots up" more slowly) than my 80x Lexar card. Shooting RAW really exacerbates the problem. Some data with the 7D:

Boot-up time
80x Lexar: 1s or less
Microdrive: 3s

Store 1 RAW+JPG image
80x Lexar: 3s
Microdrive: 8s

Filling the buffer with 9 RAW+JPG images and waiting for the red "Write" light to extinguish
80x Lexar: 18s
Microdrive: 48s

I have also experienced some unexplainable image corruption problems on the Microdrive that I have never experienced with any other memory device.

In short:

Although the microdrive's engineering is brilliant, and the cost per megabyte (for new units vs. comprable flash units) is the lowest out there, I will never buy one again for the purpose of capturing images.

Hope this helps!

-Gary Friedman