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Title: format time of r09 & 4gig sd card?
Post by: ellaguru on July 25, 2010, 03:18:56 PM

im trying to format the card in the r09 but it sure seems to be taking a long time...like an hour....is this 'right'?

thanks
chris

Title: Re: format time of r09 & 4gig sd card?
Post by: mattmiller on July 25, 2010, 03:40:33 PM

I've never owned the original R09, but my educated guess would be that an hour is very, very, NOT right.

Title: Re: format time of r09 & 4gig sd card?
Post by: skelly14120 on July 25, 2010, 04:19:44 PM

when i format my 8gb card in the HR it takes under a minute .

Title: Re: format time of r09 & 4gig sd card?
Post by: vanark on July 25, 2010, 04:37:48 PM

It takes me less than 10 seconds.

Title: Re: format time of r09 & 4gig sd card?
Post by: Johnny Thunder on July 25, 2010, 08:26:44 PM

Hopefully just your card is FUBAR. *Literealy*

-JT

Title: Re: format time of r09 & 4gig sd card?
Post by: ellaguru on July 26, 2010, 04:17:18 PM

i got it to reformat a-ok via windoze explorer > usb > r09....nice fellow that loaned it to me said there was a firmware upgrade not on the machine which (i think) was giving me false amount of time left on card after reformat...

all worked out well

chris

Title: Re: format time of r09 & 4gig sd card?
Post by: adrianf74 on July 29, 2010, 09:04:51 AM

Quote from: ellaguru on July 26, 2010, 04:17:18 PM

i got it to reformat a-ok via windoze explorer > usb > r09....nice fellow that loaned it to me said there was a firmware upgrade not on the machine which (i think) was giving me false amount of time left on card after reformat...

all worked out well

chris

Glad to hear it... card should take about 30 seconds to format in the machine.  It takes that, at the most, to format my 16GB card. :)

Title: Re: format time of r09 & 4gig sd card?
Post by: dallman on July 29, 2010, 03:16:57 PM

Is there any kind of menu option for a full format? I know on one of my small recorders either the Olympus LS-10- or the Tascam DR-07, there is an option for this. I tried it once (once being the operative word), and it took about an hour maybe longer on a 16gb card. The regular format option takes under a minute.